2017年必修4 Unit 3 A taste of English humour Period 4.pptVIP

英语中有趣的双关语“pun” 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。比如: ①He 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 Tow Jokes : 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. English jokes There are thousands of jokes which use “play on words” to amuse us. Now read some of these customer and waiter jokes. 1 C: What’s that fly doing in my soup? W: Swimming. I think! 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. Listening Listening on P23 Mary made some jam but left some on the kitchen table for a few days as she had to go to look after her sick mother. Some days later, John, knowing nothing about the jam, came home and threw it into the kitchen yard. 1. What was Mary going to do with the cooked plums in the pan? Before you listen to Part 2, try to put these sentences below in order. Then listen again and check if you were right. ___ 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. Fill in the blanks while listening to Part 2 a second time. Listening te