1、Unit 4 HumourLesson 1 Whats So Funny?目錄頁contentsPre-readingIPost-readingIVFast readingIILanguage and Grammar VIIICareful readingHomeworkPre-readingPre-reading: Activate and shareDo you like reading humourous or funny stories? Why?Example:I like reading humorous stories because I like the play on wor

2、ds.Fast readingFast-reading Task 1 Work in groups of three. Each student reads one of the stories and fills the table.QuestionsStory AStory BStory C1. Which characters are in the story?2. Where are they?3. What happened to / between them?4. Why is it funny?Careful readingCareful reading Task 2 Read

3、again and complete the notes.Story ACharacterWhat did each person do?Real purposeThe resultthe art collectorthe store ownerCareful readingStory BCharacterWhat did each person do?Real purposeThe resultSherlock HolmesDr. Watson Task 2 Read again and complete the notes.Careful readingStory CCharacterWh

4、at did each person do?Real purposeThe resultThe middle-aged manThe doctor Task 2 Read again and complete the notes.Careful reading Task 3 Complete the funny part of the three stories.StoryThe funny partAThe store owner refused to give away the saucer with the cat because .BSherlock and Dr. Watson sa

5、w millions of stars at night because .CAn amazing clown couldnt .Post-readingPost-reading: Summary An art collector noticed a cat lapping milk from a 1. _ in the 2. _ of a store. He realised that it was an 3. _ and very valuable. He decided to buy the cat and offered to pay 200 dollars in the end. T

6、hen he asked the store owner to 4. _ the saucer, but the owner refused to give it away for he had sold 68 cats because of this lucky saucer.Complete the summaries with the words or phrases from the stories.saucerdoorwayantiquethrow inPost-reading: Summary Sherlock Holmes asked his 5. _ friend Dr. Wa

7、tson what he saw from the sky. “6. _ of stars,” said Dr. Watson. Based on his knowledge on 7. _, he believed there are millions of galaxies and 8. _ of planets. He deduced that it was probably a quarter past three based on the 9. _ of time. From the 10. _, he forecasted that it would be a beautiful

8、day the next day. Watson didnt realise that someone had stolen their tent! Millions and millionsastronomybillionsscientific measurement current atmospherefaithfulPost-reading: Summary A middle-aged man who was 11. _ went to the doctor. The doctor examined him and found 12. _ OK. The doctor thought t

9、hat what the man needed was 13. _, and suggested 14. _. Actually he was 15. _.depressed everything was (working)a good laugha circus performancethe amazing clownPost-reading: RetellingTell one of the three stories to your group based on your notes.2. Which of the three stories do you like most? Why?

10、 Language and GrammarLanguage points: Important words innocently confuse crisis depressed bleed sneeze consultation appetite surgery vision examineComplete the story using the correct form of the words below. I became ill last year very suddenly. I always coughed and 1._ and lost my 2. _. My 3. _ be

11、came bad andmy teeth 4. _ sometimes. I was very afraid and decided tosee the doctor. While I was at the hospital waiting for a 5. _ with the doctor, an old lady engaged me insneezed appetite vision bled consultation conversation in the waiting room. She asked me what was wrong and when I told her, s

12、he 6. _ took an apple from her pocket and said, “Can I interest you in this delicious orange?” At first I was 7. _ and told her she was holding an apple. Then she said, “Well, your eyes seem fine to me. Now if I can just get you to eat this then you can go home!” ThisLanguage points: Important words

13、innocently confused really made me laugh and cheered me up! I realised that she saw that I was feeling 8. _ and worried and she was trying to help me. After the doctor 9. _ me, he told me that it wasnt serious and that I wouldnt need any 10. _. I was so relieved. Now I still remember that lady and t

14、he “orange”. Im thankful that she made me laugh in a time of 11. _.Language points: Important wordsdepressed examined surgery crisis as a resultget to ones feetover and over againfeel downlive sth. downhand overbe used to sth.give awayfor salekeep an eye on_ _結(jié)果站起來一再地情緒消沉使（丑行）被別人忘記移交習(xí)慣某物 / 事贈送出售照看；留

15、意Language points: Important phrasesLanguage points: Exercise1. The foreign trade company has imported large quantities of goods _ at home.2. There is a stranger outside the house and I _ him for a while.3. Its natural that many people _ at the beginning of retirement, but as time goes by, theyll gra

16、dually adapt themselves to the retired life.4. I have reminded you _ not to smoke but you wouldnt listen.5. The famous singer made a promise to the public that he would _ half of the years income to help the disabled.for salehave kept an eye onfeel down over and over againgive away 6. The old man ga

17、thered his strength and finally _ on his own.7. She made such a stupid mistake that shed never be able to _.8. He didnt make full preparations for the interview. _, he missed the opportunity.9. Passengers who use the speakers of their digital devices will be stopped by workers, or _ to the police if

18、 they refuse to obey the new rules in the city.10. Im sure you will _ this kind of life after you stay a little longer there.got to his feetlive it down As a result handed over be used toLanguage points: ExerciseGrammar 1. Dont call me between 13:00 and 14:00. I _ (take) a nap.2. Dont hang out with

19、Sam then. He _ (work) on his article on critical thinking.3. We _ (try) to arrange an interview with the presidential candidates for days, but we havent received their response yet.4. She passed the exam with flying colours because she _ (study) very hard throughout the year.5. For the whole morning, the board of directors _ (discuss) the resolution in the