Unit 20　Humour

(teacher shows the screen.)
new words:
cyclist n.騎腳踏車的人
direction n.方向，指導；(常用復數(shù))說明
brake n.閘、剎車 vi.剎車
fortunately adv.幸運地
drive off趕走，擊退
silence n.&v.沉默
look on…as…把……看作
rude adj.粗魯無禮的，殘暴的
t:now first let's learn the new words and expressions of this period.sb,read them,please.(student b read the new words and expressions and teacher helps to correct the student's mistakes.then ask the whole class to read after the tape.)
step ⅲ.fast reading
t:now open your books at page 43.you are given five minutes to read the text fast.then answer the three questions on the screen.write your answers on a piece of paper.i'll collect the first five pieces.
(teacher shows the screen.)
1.how did the writer go to the interview?
2.how many people were going to interview the writer and who were they?
3.what was the end of the story?
t:who will give us the answer?first answer question 1.sc,you try,please.
sc:the writer rode her bicycle to the interview.
t:right.who knows the answer to question 2?
sd:(one student stands up and says.)three people were going to interview the writer:the boss of the office in which she wanted to work,who was a woman,a man with whom she would have to work together and finally the manager of the company—the driver of the yellow car.
t:and the answer to the last question?
se:the woman got the job at last and was pleased that the manager had decided not to be angry with her for having been so rude.
step ⅳ.reading
t:very good.read the text again,then discuss the questions after the text in groups of four.i'll ask some group to answer the questions in a few minutes.now please begin
(a few minutes later.)
t:have you finished?
ss:yes.
t:who will answer the first question?
sf:because he made her fall off her bicycle when she was on her way to the interview.
t:please go on!
sg:2when she went into the room where she would be interviewed,she met the driver.
sh:3.the last time we met,i admitted than i talked more than i did.
si:4.when my manager does something wrong,i tell him so.
sj：5.i have a lot of jokes.for example,…
t:all right.your comprehension is right.maybe you find some sentences difficult to understand.look at them on the screen.i'll explain them to you.
a.i was cycling…interview.=i was going to the interview by bicycle.
b.as there was another car coming in the other direction=because another car was coming in the opposite direction.
c.and was a danger to other people:note the preposition to.=he behaved in a way that might be dangerous to other people.