Unit1Laughoutloud!Developingideas

Pre-reading:Read&ShareReadtheshortintroductionstoMarkTwainandLinYutangandsharewhatelseyouknowaboutthemwiththeclass.Fast-reading:Read&AnswerMarkTwainandLin’sattitudetowardshumourispositive/favourable.Andtheypractisedwhattheypreached.1.ReadthepassageandfindoutMarkTwainandLin’sattitudetowardshumour.2.Whatisthestructureofthepassage?A.P1B.P1C.P1D.P1P2P3P4P5P2P3P4P5P2P3P4P5P2P4P3P5Readpara1carefullyandanswerthequestion.

Whyishumoranessentialpartofhumanbehaviorforthousandsofyears?throwlighton使…較容易理解CarefulreadingWhywasMarkTwainfamousinhumor?Becausehiswritingstylewasmischievous.Becausehecouldexplainseriousissueswithhumor.Becausehewasthemosthumorouswriterofmoderntimes.Becausehelikedtousesatireandwit.Readpara2carefullyandanswerthequestion.WhatdidTwain’sresponsetothebarber’squestionimply?Hegavethelecturehimself.Hecouldn’tgetatickettoeverylecture.HehadtostandbecauseofhisbadluckHedidn’tlikethefellowthatlectured.Readpara2carefullyandanswerthequestion.HowwastheconceptofhumorbroughttoChinese?LinYutangtranslatedtheEnglishword“humor”intotheancientChineseword“幽默”.IthasbeeninChineseallthetime.LinYutangborroweditfromwesternliterature.LinYutanginventedit.Readpara3carefullyandanswerthequestion.WhatcanwelearnaboutLinYutangfromthesentence“Thinkingonhisfeet,Linstartedtotellastoryabout…”?Linwasabletothinkandreactquicklywithoutanypreparation.Linwasgoodattellingstoriesonhisfeet.Linlikedtellingstoriesinhisspeech.Linhadpreparedastoryinadvance.Readpara4carefullyandanswerthequestions.thinkonone’sfeet反應(yīng)敏捷，反應(yīng)快WhichofthefollowingimpliedrelationshipinLin’sstoryiscorrect?Theman-LinYutang.Theman-thepresident.C.Theemperor-thepresident.D.Thelionandthetiger-theotherguests.WhatdidLinYutangandMarkTwainhaveincommon?Theybothconsideredhumoraslaughter.Theybotharguedthathumorwasn’tasessentialaswaterforus.C.Theybothagreedthesignificanceofhumorforhumanbeings.D.Theybothsharedtheequation:Reality+Dreams+Humor=Wisdom.Readpara5carefullyandanswerthequestion.WhatdidLinYutangandMarkTwainhaveincommon?Theybothconsideredhumoraslaughter.Theybotharguedthathumorwasn’tasessentialaswaterforus.C.Theybothagreedthesignificanceofhumorforhumanbeings.D.Theybothsharedtheequation:Reality+Dreams+Humor=Wisdom.Whatisapunchline?LearningtolearnApunchlineconcludesajoke

andisintendedto

makepeoplelaugh.Inbroadersense,apunchlinecan

refertotheunexpectedandfunnyconclusionofanyperformance,situationorstory.Punchline:故事或笑話的最后部分點(diǎn)題或拋出笑料等的）妙語，畫龍點(diǎn)睛的結(jié)尾句Organiseinformationfromthepassageandcompletethediagram.IntroductionHumourisanessentialpartof1_________________.Authorshaveuseditto2______________,andthrownewlighton3_______________________________.humanbehaviourentertainsensitiveoremotiveissuesPostreadingMarkTwainRememberedfor:abilityto4_________________withmore5___________________Writingstyle:6___________________________Example:

7___________________________________Alsowellknownforhiswitty

remarksExample:

8_________________________________________________________________________________“That’sjustmyluck.Ialwayshavetostand

whenthatfellowlectures!”TheAdventuresofTomSawyerfunnyandoftenmischievousseriousmessagescombinehumourLinYutangFamousforhisuniquebrandofhumourEvidence:

9____________________________________________________________________________________Quickwithelpedmakehimfamousas10________________Example:

11___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Heborrowed“youmo”fromAncientChinese

asthetranslationfortheEnglishword“humour”.amasterofhumour

HetoldastoryaboutacruelRomanemperor

whotriedtofeedamantowildanimalsduring

thedinneratauniversity.ConclusionHumorisa12_________________andatoolthatcanbeusedto13_____________________.Lincreatedanequation:___________+___________+____________=________Humorisalmostasgreatasourneedfor________________.InthewordsofMarkTwain:“_________________________________________”.wayoflifeilluminatetheworldRealityDreamsHumorwisdom

waterandairHumorismankind`sgreatestblessingThink&ShareReality＋Dreams＋Humour=Wisdom林語堂的人生公式

Workingroups.Discussandpresentyouropinionoftheequationfromthepassage.Post-reading:GroupWork1.Workoutthemeaningofthisequation.Considerthefollowing:?Whatisyourunderstandingof“reality”and“dreams”??Whatisthefunctionof“humour”inthisequation??Whatisyourunderstandingof“wisdom”?Reality+Dreams+Humour=WisdomWorkingroups.Discussandpresentyouropinionoftheequationfromthepassage.Post-reading:GroupWork2.DecidewhetheryouagreewithLin’sdefinitionofwisdom.Thinkofexamplestosupportyouropinionandmakenotes.3.Shareyouropinionwiththeclass.Reality+Dreams+Humour=WisdomLanguagepoints——詞匯concludev.(使)結(jié)束,終止情境探究①Letmeconcludemyspeechwithasaying:Wherethereisawill,thereisaway.讓我用一句諺語結(jié)束我的演講:有志者,事竟成。②Inconclusion,Ithinkthereishopeforthefuture.總之,我認(rèn)為將來還有希望。③Wecansafelydrawaconclusionfromourdiscussion.從討論中我們可以有把握地得出結(jié)論。歸納拓展(1)conclude(...)with...以……結(jié)束(……)(2)conclusionn.結(jié)論inconclusion最后,總之a(chǎn)rriveat/cometo/draw/reachaconclusion得出結(jié)論workout計(jì)算,算出;理解,了解;解決;證明有效或?qū)嵱?進(jìn)展(順利);鍛煉情境探究①Thedealisn'tjustworkingoutthewaywewerepromised.這項(xiàng)交易并不如承諾我們的那樣進(jìn)展順利。②Myfriendworksforanewspaper.我的朋友為一家報(bào)社工作。③Sheisatrainedteacher,butsheworksasasecretaryinouroffice.她是個(gè)訓(xùn)練有素的教師,卻在我們辦公室里當(dāng)起了秘書。歸納拓展workfor效勞;為……效力workas充當(dāng),擔(dān)任;以……身份工作頭腦風(fēng)暴你還知道哪些表達(dá)“充當(dāng),擔(dān)任”的動(dòng)詞詞組?請查閱資料,并寫出來。答案:actas/serveas/functionaskeepup跟上,趕上;使不下降;繼續(xù),使繼續(xù)下去;(精神、勇氣、情緒、體力、決心等)保持愉快、活潑、開朗①Ifthisstormkeepsup,thecropswillbedestroyed.這場風(fēng)暴要是持續(xù)不停,莊稼就要被毀了。②Weshouldkeepawayfromcigarettesandkeephealthy.我們應(yīng)該遠(yuǎn)離香煙,保持健康。③Marytendstokeepofffrompeoplewhotrytobefriendlytoosuddenly.瑪麗一般不去接近那些突然變得親熱起來的人。④Keepinmindthatweshallhavetobepresentbeforeeighttomorrow.記住我們要在明天8點(diǎn)以前到場。歸納拓展keepawayfrom遠(yuǎn)離……keepupwith趕上,跟上keepoff避開,不接近keep...inmind/keepinmindthat記住keepintouchwith與……保持聯(lián)系句型公式while引導(dǎo)讓步狀語從句;notonly...butalso...句式教材原句Whilethesesamejokesmightnotbeasfunnytousnowastheywerethen,theirauthorsunderstoodthathumourcouldnotonlyentertainbutalsothrownewlightonsensitiveoremotiveissues.嘗試翻譯雖然那些同樣的笑話對現(xiàn)在的我們來說可能不像當(dāng)時(shí)那么有趣,但是它們的作者明白,幽默不僅使大眾快樂,而且可以使人們對敏感或有爭議的問題產(chǎn)生新的認(rèn)識。Languagepoints——句型公式句型公式“(not+)現(xiàn)在分詞”作原因狀語教材原句Thebarber,notrecognisinghim,askedifhehadatickettothelecture.嘗試翻譯理發(fā)師沒有認(rèn)出他來,問他有沒有這場演講的門票。句型公式having(been)done作狀語教材原句Once,havingbeeninvitedtodinneratauniversity,hewasputonthespotwhenthepresidentsuddenlyaskedhimtogiveaspeech.嘗試翻譯有一次,他被邀請去一所大學(xué)吃晚飯,當(dāng)校長突然讓講話時(shí),他感到很為難。句型公式全部倒裝句型教材原句Thenalongcameatiger.嘗試翻譯然后來了一只老虎。句型公式形容詞(短語)作狀語教材原句“Whatdidyousaytomyanimals?”saidtheemperor,astonished.嘗試翻譯“你對我的動(dòng)物們說了什么?”皇帝驚訝地說道。Languagepoints——難句突破[自我分析]本句是一個(gè)主從復(fù)合句。Thinkingonhisfeet是現(xiàn)在分詞短語,在句中作

狀語;LinstartedtotellastoryaboutacruelRomanemperor是主句,whotriedtofeedamantowildanimals為

限制性定語從句,修飾先行詞emperor。[嘗試翻譯]林語堂急中生智,開始講述一個(gè)殘忍的羅馬皇帝試圖把一個(gè)人喂給野獸的故事。[自我分析]本句是一個(gè)主從復(fù)合句。becauseheknewhowtousehisbodyandfacialfeaturestomakepeoplelaugh是由because引導(dǎo)的原因狀語從句,其中how