Unit 20 Humour
d.his face was very red.=he was so embarrassed that his face became bright red.
e.look on…as:regard…as
e.g.he looks on her as a child.
f.had decided not to be angry with me for having been so rude=although i had been so rude to him,he decided not to be angry with me.…for having been so rude→it expresses reason.
e.g.i was sorry for having wasted so much time.=i was sorry that i had wasted so much time.
t:have you anything else difficult to understand?please read the text and find them.
(teacher goes among the students and answers any questions raised by the students.)
step ⅴ.listening and reading aloud
t:now i'll play the tape recorder.when i play it for the first time,listen carefully.when i play it for the second time,please listen and follow it.then please read the text aloud.are you clear?ok.let's begin.
(after playing the tape,teacher goes among the students,and correct the mistakes in their prounciation and intonation.)
step ⅵ.consolidation
t:now look at the screen.fill in the blanks with a proper word according to the text to complete the passage.later we'll check the answers.
(show the screen.)
fill in the blanks with the proper words.
one day i was cycling 1 a street on my way to the 2 .suddenly a yellow car 3 me and stopped.i had to 4 hard and 5 off.i got so angry 6 i 7 at the driver.however.i was 8 time for the interview.by accident,one of the interviewers,the 9 of the company,was the driver of the yellow car.fortunately,the manager was not angry 10
me for having been so 11 .two days later he 12 me the job.i was very pleased and said to everyone jokingly that i told my manager exactly what i thought 13 him.
suggested answers:
1.along 2.interview 3.passed 4.brake 5.fell 6.that 7.shouted 8.in 9.manager 10.with 11.rude 12.offered 13.of
step ⅶ.summary and homework
t:in this class,we've learned a passage about an interview.there are many useful expressions in it.can you find them?ok.let's find them together.they are:in the correct direction,as adj./adv. as possible/someone can.today's homework:1.make sentences with the expressions of this unit;2.read the tips and checkpoint of this unit and have a discussion;3.write a short funny story or a joke in english.
sample writing:
a joke