Unit 3 A taste of English humour 课件2.pptVIP

play on words tongue twisters jokes pun riddles … … Lead-in Policeman: You can’t park here. Driver: Why not? Policeman: Read the sign. Driver: I did. It says, “Fine for parking!” So I parked. Pun: Tongue Twisters How many cans can a canner can if a canner can can cans? A canner can can as many cans as a canner can if a canner can can cans. I thought a thought. But the thought I thought wasnt the thought I thought I thought. She sells seashells by the seashore. The shells she sells are surely seashells. So if she sells shells on the seashore, Im sure she sells seashore shells. a funny poem--limerick There was an old man of Beijing. Who would eat almost anything. He ate and ate From anyone’s plate. But he stayed just as thin as a string. I saw a face in a flame of fire , I saw a tree touch the moon and higher, I saw an ant swallow a hat I saw a chicken wear a hat I saw an apple twelve feet high I saw an elephant in the sky I saw a duck run in a race A funny poem How did Watson answer Holmes’ question? What happened actually? 1. How did Watson answer Holmes’ question? --I think of how short life is and how long the universe lasted. --I think of how small I am and how vast the sky is. --I think of how cold the universe is and how warm people can be in their beds. 2. What happened actually? Someone has stolen their tent. After reading the funny story, what kinds of persons do you think they are? Sherlock Holmes: Doctor Watson: Carelessness may cause many funny stories in our daily life. Now let’s enjoy another story which was caused by carelessness. careful careless What happened to the chickens because of Mary’s carelessness? The general idea of the listening text Mary made some plum jam and left some in the pan.Five days later, her husband came home and poured the jam into the chicken. Later Mary came home and found all her chickens were behaving strangely. She found that all the chickens were drunk. Engl