Unit 20 Humour

Lesson1

warming up， listening and speaking

Step 1. Warming up

Almost every student can say Chinese tongue twisters. Now let them practise some English ones. Write each tongue twiser on the blackboard and let them speak slowly, then at a higher speed. Finally, ask some srudents to speak aloud.

Step 2. Listening

First, ask the students to look at the picture before listening to the tape second, let the students guess what happens in the story.

Next, ask the students to listen to the tape without making notes. Play the tape a second time and ask the students to number the pictures in the correct order. Check the answers with the whole

class.

Then let the Ss answer Questions 2 and 3. Go over the rest of the questions and make sure the students understand them. Play the tape another time, and ask the students to answer the questions.

Step 3. Speaking

Make sure the students understand all words and phrases in the dialogue.

Next, let them work in pairs to practis