Unit 3 A taste of English Humour
Using Language
Reading and speaking
ENGLISH JOKES
ENGLISH JOKES
There is one kind of jokes which use "play on words". They are funny because one does not understand the other.
tongue twisters pun
riddles jokes
Tongue Twisters
1. Can you can a can as a canner can can a can?
2. I wish to wish the wish you wish to wish, but if you wish the wish the witch wishes, I won't wish the wish you wish to wish.
你能够像罐头工人一样装罐头吗？
我希望梦想着你你梦想中的梦想，但是如果你梦想着女巫的梦想，我就不想梦想着你梦中的梦想。
Pun
1. He is not a grave man until
he is a grave man.
其中的grave有两个含义，一个是“严肃的”，一个是“坟墓”

因此这句话的意思是：

他不是一个严肃的人，除非他躺到坟墓里才能严肃起来。
2. They pray for you today and prey on you  tomorrow.
其中的 pray(祈祷) 和 prey(捕食)，发音相同，外形相似。

因此这句话的意思是：
他们今天为你祈祷，明天就会加害于你。
Riddles
1. What kind of dog can never bite and bark?
2. What is black when it is clean and white when it is dirty?
hot dog
blackboard
Jokes
1. C: What's that fly doing in my soup?
W: Swimming. I think.
B
2. C: What's that?
W: It's bean soup.
C: I don't want to know what it's been.
I want to know what it is now.
C
been??
3. C: Waiter, will the pancakes be long?
W: No, sir. Round.
shape??
A
Sherlock Holmes
＆
Watson
Questions:
What's wrong with their camping?
Someone has stolen their tent.
Careful reading
1. When and where did the story happen?
2. How did they find that their tent was stolen?
3. Which sentence do you think is the funniest?
1. When and where did the story happen?
One evening when there were stars in the sky.
In a mountainous area, in the open air.
2. How did they find that their tent was stolen?
a question by Sherlock
Watson: short and long life
Repeat again
Small human being and vast sky
Repeat again
Cold universe and warm people
Someone has stolen our tent
3. Which sentence do you think is the funniest?
"You should be thinking that someone has stolen our tent!"
punchline