外研版高中英语选修11TheLastLaugh.ppt

The Last Laugh Leading-in Let’s look at some English jokes! I forgot to shake the bottle Mother: Why are you jumping up and down? Tom: I’ve just taken some medicine and I forgot to shake the bottle. Let’s look at some English jokes! Leading-in Otherwise he would try to borrow it from me Tom: William has asked me for a loan of five pounds. Should I be doing right in lending it to him? Jack: Certainly. Tom: And why? Jack: Because otherwise he would try to borrow it from me. Reading and vocabulary 1. According to the sentence “He became so interested in the topic that he decided to do some serious research into what makes us laugh.” The title is “What makes a joke funny?” 2. According to the sentence “But the mechanism which triggers humor is not fully understood, although there are plenty of theories.” The title is “What makes people laugh?” Important words identify: 动词，确定，识别，鉴别 e.g. Never identify wealth with happiness. 千万不要把财富等同于幸福。 gender: 名词，性，性别 e.g. Take your age and gender account. 把你的年龄和性别考虑进去。 Important words unexpected: 形容词，意外的，意想不到的 e.g. The unexpected news fairly knocked him back. 这个意外的消息使他大吃一惊。 misfortune: 名词，不幸，灾祸，灾难 e.g. Some misfortune must have befallen him. 某种灾难必降临在他头上了。 Important words ridiculous: 形容词，可笑的，荒谬的 e.g. She broke in with a ridiculous objection. 她突然插嘴提了个可笑的异议。 terribly: 副词，可怕地，极度地 e.g. After years of eating excessively, he was terribly out of shape. 长年吃得过多之后，他的身体极度地变样。 Important words transcend: 动词，胜过，超越 e.g. Sales of the new product exceeded our estimates. 新产品的销售远超出了我们的预计。 sacrifice: 可作动词和名词，牺牲，祭品 e.g. He was endowed with the spirit of self-sacrifice. 他富有自我牺牲精神。 He is ready to sacrifice inclination to his country. 为了祖国的利益他乐于牺牲个人所好。 Important phrases face up to: 大胆面对 e.g. Your ostrich policy is in vain. Be a man and face up to the fact. 你的自欺欺人是没有用的，要像个男子汉那样面对现实。 in horror: 惊恐地 e.g. At the sight of the blood he drew back in horror. 他一看到血就惊恐地连忙后退。 Impor