(
课件网) Unit 4 Humour Lesson 1 What's So Funny Leading in What humorous or funny stories have you read humorous stories Fan Jin Passed the Royal Exam The Adventures of Tom Sawyer The Merchant of Venice … READ AND EXPLORE Group Work Which of the three stories do you like most Why READ AND EXPLORE Complete the summaries with the words or phrases you have learnt from the stories. 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. Then 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. saucer doorway antique throw READ AND EXPLORE Sherlock Holmes asked his 5. _____ friend Dr. Watson 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 day the next day. Watson didn't realise that someone had stolen their tent! Millions faithful astronomy billions scientific measurement current atmosphere READ AND EXPLORE A middle-aged man who was 11. _____ went to the doctor. The doctor examined him and found 12. _____ OK. The doctor thought that what the man needed was 13. _____ and suggested 14. _____. Actually he was 15. _____. feeling very down everything a good laugh seeing a circus performing the clown Complete the summaries with the words or phrases you have learnt from the stories. FOCUS ON LANGUAGE CONTINUOUS TENSES Pair Work Read the following sentences from Story C. Discuss which continuous tense (present perfect continuous, past perfect continuous, future continuous) is used in each sentence. FOCUS ON LANGUAGE CONTINUOUS TENSES 1. Everything had been going wrong for him. past perfect continuous 2. Well, I've been having a bit of a crisis. present perfect continuous 3. This time next week, I'll be arriving in New York. future continuous FOCUS ON LANGUAGE Fill in the columns with more examples of the different continuous tenses from the three stories. Future Continuous (will be + verb-ing) Present Perfect Continuous (have / has been + verb-ing) Past Perfect Continuous (had been + verb-ing) I will be working in the United States for three months. Well, I've been having a bit of a crisis, you know, lots of problems. Everything had been going wrong for him. FOCUS ON LANGUAGE Complete the sentences using present perfect continuous, past perfect continuous or future continuous where appropriate. 1. The eager fans _____ (wait) for six hours before they finally got the tickets for the football match. 2. I _____ (look for) that for weeks - where did you find it 3. Mrs Wang _____ (stay with her friends) when ... ...
