[中学联盟]浙江省杭州市塘栖中学高中英语必修四教学课件：unit 3 reading tiger.ppt

What does humour mean? Humour means something funny or something that makes people laugh. If a man is humorous, either verbal or nonverbal, he can make people laugh. Mr. Bean is funny because he makes funny faces; he acts silly; he seems to be quite stupid, and the things he does are strange. Ma Ji is a well-known artist of crosstalk showed in China. His crosstalk shows always make his audience shout with laughter. Why should we be humorous? To make our life easy and interesting. To make a sad situation entertaining. To look down upon difficulties and easily overcome them. To calm ourselves down when we are nervous. In all, we can enjoy life when we are humorous. We want to live by each others happiness-not by each others misery（不幸）.------Chaplin, The Great Dictator我们必须仰赖彼此的快乐过活—而非仰赖彼此的不幸. ------卓别林,〈大独裁者〉 You have to believe in yourself . Thats the secret of success . (Charles Chaplin) * Unit 3 A Taste of English Humor 七点要早读，生活真赶啊．．． 同学们，冬天要预防感冒．．． 学习还是要 劳逸结合啊 Chinese humorists Charlie Chaplin Mr. Bean funny stories Mark Twain … facial expressions Ways to make people laugh body -languages make -up cross-dressing actions words Humour funny poems jokes funny stories cross talk mime tongue twisters word play sketch (小品) comedy How many kinds of humors do you know? jokes funny stories funny poems comedy nonverbal mime Do you have this humour in China? Example of English humour Types of humour funny plays 小品 (赵本山) cross talk 相声 (马季) doggerel (打油诗) Mr. Bean play on words, p22 Charlie Chaplin Sherlock Holmes p22 Mark Twain Edward Lear Marx Brothers (刘全和, 刘全利) verbal He is one of the greatest and widely loved silent movie stars. He made many of the funniest and most popular films of his time. Charlie Chaplin In the 1980s, Zhao Benshan won audience by performing the two-person show---two people singing and dancing. His show is filled with humor and makes p