人教新课标必修四Unit3Usinglanguage.pptVIP

Unit 3 A taste of English Humour Using language 所谓pun, 通常是指利用一个单词 的两个含义, 或者利用两个特定的 单词, 达到“一语双关”的目的。 如: ① He is not a grave man until he is a grave man. 其中的grave有两个含义, 一个是“严肃的”(形容词), 一个是“坟墓”(名词)， 因此这句话的意思是： 他不是一个严肃的人, 除非他躺到坟墓里才能严肃起来。 ②They pray for you today and prey on you tomorrow. 其中的pray (祈祷)和prey(捕食), 发音 相同, 外形相似。 因此这句话的意思是： 他们今天为你祈祷, 明天就会加害于你。 Read the two puns and enjoy playing on words. A bicycle can’t stand on its own because it is two-tired. A small boy went to the counter to pay for his lunch but he was a little short. English jokes The second person treats it as a request for information and gives an answer to the question. C. The answer to the question contains a word which, when spoken, can have two meanings. Read a short, funny story on Page 22 about the famous detective Sherlock Holmes and his friend Doctor Watson. Then change the story into a short dialogue. Act it in groups of three — Holmes, Watson and a narrator. Patient: Doctor, I’ve lost my memory. Doctor: When did this happen? Patient: When did what happen? Garcia: Thank you doctor. My fever is gone. Doctor: Don’t thank me. Thank God. Garcia: Then I will pay the fees to God. 1. What was Mary going to do with the cooked plums in the pan? ___ Mary got angry with John. ___ Mary saw the chickens behaving strangely. ___ John was sorry. ___ The chickens enjoyed the jam. ___ John said he thought the jam was porridge. ___ Mary looked at the red mess on the ground. ___ John said the chickens were drunk. ___ Mary came home. Mary Smith looked at the beautiful ripe plums. They would make lovely jam. When she had finished the cooking, she filled all her empty jam jars and left the rest of the jam in the pan. She would put it in the fridge when it was cooler. But just then the telephone rang, her mother was in hospital after a car accident. Mary picked up her bag and ran out of the house. Some days later, her husba