新人教必修四 Unit3 A taste of English humour-Warming up.pptVIP

Enjoy a comedy Charlie Chaplin’s Movie Posters Other examples of English homour funny stories Mark Twain Life on the Mississippi Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Adventures of Tom Sawyer Have all built their nests in my beard. There was an old man on the Border There 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) all the folks on the Border. Examples of Chinese humour funny plays pantomime刘全和 刘全利 * Warming up Thats not exactly what I meant when I said, Bring your bat! Ive heard of a little black rain cloud, but this is ridiculous 1 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 didn’t like it. So I had 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 he 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 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 didn’t like it. So I had to go back and change it twice? Joke 2: parents 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 funny. How many kinds of humour do you know? Do you know the character in the film? mime and farce Mr. Bean funny poems Edward Lear Poems by Edward Lear There Was an Old Man with a Beard There was an Old Man with a b