英语： Unit 26 Emotions-reading 课件

北师大版选修 9

Reading What makes you laugh?

Reading What makes you laugh?

sketch

What makes you laugh?• A comic book or your favorite cartoon • A humorous column in your favorite

newspaper or magazine • A comedy actor like Zhao Benshan• cross-talks (e.g. 如此包装 ) • Comedy films (e.g. Mr. Bean ) • A classic comedy play (e.g. by

Shakespeare) • Articles or sketches sending up some

serious contemporary issues

Nurse: How do you feel after your operation?

Patient: Quite all right, only I can feel two hearts beating inside me.

Nurse: No wonder the doctor who operated on you was looking for his watch everywhere just now.

TWO HEARTS BEATING

A man is so addicted to gambling that he often comes home late. His wife never stops railing at him. Once he is detained at his office and comes home late. His wife accuses him of gambling again but he swears he was detained in his office. "I pray to God that you are speaking the truth", his wife says."May God strike me dead if I am lying.""Then I pray to God that you are lying", his wife said hopefully.

AN ANGRY WIFE'S PRAYER

At a court the judge is interrogating a mugger but gets into difficulty because the mugger is a foreigner who doesn't speak English. "Don't you speak English at all?" the judge asks. "Only a few words," replies the mugger."What words do you know?""Your purse or your life!"

ONLY A FEW WORDS

A: Which do you find more important, money or friends?

B: Friends, of course.A: Why?B: I can always borrow money from

friends.

Which is more important?

A mother is admonishing her son.

----Now, John, don't be selfish. Let your little brother share the bicycle with you.

----But Mother, I do. I ride it down the hill, and he rides it up the hill.

DON'T BE SELFISH

a. The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat

slowly and ________________.

b. Television is an invention that permits you to be

entertained in your living room by people

___________________________.

d. Laughter is the best medicine. He who laughs, _____.

Exercise 2

lie about your age

lasts

You wouldn’t have in your home

c. US president Calvin Coolidge was known as a man of

few words. One day, he found himself sitting next to a

young lady at a public dinner. Smiling sweetly, the

young lady said: “Mr. President, I have made a bet with

my friends that I can make you say at least three words

to me during this dinner.

____________________________________“you lose” replied the great man with a frown and

he sat in his usual silence for the rest of the meal.

e. A man went to the doctor’s with a cucumber in his

left ear, and a carrot in his right ear, and a banana

up his nose. “what’s wrong with me?” He asked the

doctor. “It is simple,” said the doctor.

_____________________.

f. There once was a man from Peru who dreamed he

was eating his shoe. He awoke with a fright in the

middle of the night. __________________________.

g. “What do you call a deer with no eyes?” ________

You are not eating properly.

And found that his dream had come true. No idea!

(no-eye deer)

h. Baby polar bear: Mum, am I really a polar bear?Mum polar bear: of course, you are.Baby polar bear: are you sure I am not a koala bear or a panda bear?Mum polar bear: Definitely not.The baby polar bear goes to his dad.Baby polar bear: Dad, am I definitely a polar bear or is there a chance I might be a grizzly bear or a brown bear?Dad polar bear: well, I am a polar bear and you mum’s a polar bear so of course you are a polar bear! Why do you ask, son?Baby polar bear: __________________.Because I am freezing.

All the above jokes are keep you happy for a

short period of time. How about the ways to

keep you happy for a long time?

And what are the personal qualities which can

keep you always happy?

And what are factors in real life which can keep

you always happy?

What are the personal qualities which are important for long-term happiness? • Cheerfulness• Tolerance• Flexibility• A sense of humor• Generosity • Kindness• Good judgment• An ability to take the rough with the smooth

What are the real life factors which make you have long-term happiness?• Job satisfaction

• An exceptional skill/talent fro something• Strong religious/political belief• Plenty of money • Passion for a particular hobby• Good health• Lots of friends/good social skills • A loving family

• Happiness comes from spiritual wealth, not material wealth; happiness comes from giving, not getting; if we try hard to bring happiness to others, we cannot stop it from coming us also.

• See more sentences about how to keep yourself happy on page 42.

Famous people’s views on happiness

Do you agree them? And which three statements are closest to your opinion?

Your homework:Try to giving your reasons in a composition named what are my opinions on happiness?