1、人教课标版高一人教课标版高一 必修必修 4Unit 3Warming upThats not exactly what I meant when I said,Bring your bat!Ive heard of a little black rain cloud,but this is ridiculous1 Policeman:Why did you have to break into the same shop three times?Thief:Well,I stole a dress from that shop but my wife didnt like it.So I ha
2、d to go back and change it twice?Joke 1:The joke is funny because the wife wanted to change the dress her husband had given her.If women pay for their dresses they can,of course,change them if they do not like them.However,the wife is treating the dress as if the husband has bought it for her when h
3、e has really stolen it.People do not usually change stolen goods if they do not like them.They may get caught as they have done.So that is why this joke is funny.2 Teacher:You say that John Jones has a cold and cannot come to school today.Who am I speaking to?Voice:Oh,this is my father.Joke 2:parent
4、s often ring up school to explain why their child cannot come to school.The humour lies in the fact that the voice on the phone gives it away that it is the child speaking and not the parent.A child(however much they want to)cannot give themselves permission not to come to school.That is why it is f
5、unny.Look at the following pictures.Which picture can make you laugh?Do you feel my love?I want to lose weight.Im driving at a high speed.Do you feel they are funny?How many kinds of humour do you know?funny poemscross talk 相声相声Types of humorfunny storiescomedy mime 哑剧哑剧sketch小品小品jokes Charlie Chapl
6、inCharlie Chaplins Movie PostersOther examples of English homourMr Bean is funny becausehe makes funny faces and acts silly behaviour.Mark Twain Life on the Mississippi Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Adventures of Tom SawyerEdward LearPoems by Edward LearThere Was an Old Man with a BeardThere was an
7、 Old Man with a beard,Who said,“It is just as I feared!Two Owls and a Hen,four Larks and a Wren,have all built their nests in my beard.There was an old man on the BorderThere was an old man on the Border,Who lived in the utmost disorder;He danced with the cat,and made tea in his hat,which vexed(烦扰烦扰)all the folks on the Border.Examples of Chinese humour funny plays