北师大版 高二 (6) Unit 17北师大版 高二 (6) Unit 17

Unit 17 Laughter

Lesson 1

What’s so Funny

Unit 17 Laughter

Lesson 1

What’s so Funny

World Laughter Day

• From the picture above, we can know

the attention people around the world

have paid to laughter. Then what do

you think can make people laugh?

• Do you think laugh is important?

Why?

take back, draw back

withdraw

board

agent

person who manages

business for others

get on or into a train,

ship etc

Match the words with the definitions.

make or be slow or late

person being conveyed

by bus or train etc

passenger

delay

Words from the passage B and definitions

overlook

ignoremature

old enough to

made decisionsreply

answer

hesitate

pause in doubt clarify

make something more clear

Read the first and last lines of the

stories, look at the pictures and

match the stories and the picture

with the headlines.

A / 3 / Check your spelling

B / 1 / Family harmony

C / 2 / Memory loss

Read the three stories and then answer

the following questions:

1. Why does the woman write a cheque

for $50?

Because she doesn’t know how to

spell forty.

2. Why does the girl decide to change

her response when her father asks

her the second question?

Because she thinks the trip he is talking

about in the second question happens

after the trip in the first question.

3. What does the man mean when he

says “Do you know who I am?”

The man means that he is a very

important person.

Which of the stories do you like

most? Why? Retell your favorite

story. Do you have your funny

stories? If yes, share your own

funny story with the whole class.

Voice your opinionVoice your opinion

have trouble/difficulty in doing sth.

cash a cheque

withdraw … from…

open/ close a bank account

forgetful

Phrase picking up

board a flight

boarding card

push one’s way to the front

check in/ check out

Read the following sentences from

anecdote C:

One unfortunate counter agent was

dealing with all the passengers

when an angry man, who had been

queuing for some time, pushed

his way to the front.

more examples:

1. I was in the town centre then, where I

had been doing some shopping.

2. I had been thinking about this for

some time when one day I saw the

boys’ mother in the street.

a. long activities in the past that

happened before other past events:

She was rescued by a man who had

been working in a nearby garage.

What is Past Perfect Continuous?

b. the repeated actions that

happened before a particular

point in the past.

We had only been driving for

about fifteen minutes when Jill

asked me to stop the car.

c. An action that was still in progress

and had not been completed at a

particular time in the past.

I had been waiting for the train for

over an hour when they announced

that it had been cancelled.

Summaryhad been doing

意义：

Before she was rescued from the ruins, the soldiers had been searching for two hours.I had been waiting for two hours when they announced that the tickets were sold out.

结构： 用于描述过去某一动作之前一直在进行或反复的动作。例：

money

She realised that she didn’t have any money left.

She had been doing some shopping.

Do you know who I am?

He pushed his way to the front.

He had been waiting in line for some time.

She was scared.

watch a thriller

She was scared because she had been watching a thriller on TV.

. .

He was laid off.

always come to work late

He was laid off because he had always been coming to work late.

过去完成进行时表示动作 _____________

__________ 开始， ______________ 这一时间。过去完成进行时的构成为“ _____

______________ ” 。和过去完成时一样，过去完成进行时也必须以 _____________

______ 为前提。

past perfect continuous

在过去的某一一直延续到

had been + 现在分词

某一特定的过去时间

时间之前

使用过去完成进行时时，应注意和其它时态的区别：1. 过去完成进行时与过去完成时 过去完成进行时强调动作在过去某一特定时间之前开始，到这一时间 _____________ ；而过去完成时则强调动作在过去某一动作或时间之前 __________ 。

仍在进行

已经完成

她叫我进去之前我已经在房间里等了半个小时。（一直在等）

我们来之前他已经吃过早餐了。（动作已经结束）

I had been waiting in the room for half

an hour before she called me in.

He had already had the breakfast

before we came.

2. 过去完成进行时与过去进行时 过去完成进行时强调动作在过去某一时刻之前 ____________ ；而过去进行时强调的是在过去某一时刻 ___________ 。

一直在持续 正在进行

昨天晚上铃响之前，我一直在读一本小说。（一直在读）

昨天晚上铃响时，我正在读一本小说。（当时正在读）

Last night I had been reading a novel

when the bell rang.

Last night I was reading a novel when

the bell rang.

Finish Ex. 5

1. She was very tired because she had

been working for hours without a

break.

2. Their clothes were muddy because

they had been playing football.

3. She was fired because hadn’t been

coming to work on time.

4. She was fired because she hadn’t

been coming to work on time.

5. She was angry because she had been

waiting for her boyfriend for half an

hour.

6. His ear ached because he had been

talking on the phone for hours.

7. He was messy because he had been

repairing his car all afternoon.

8. She was very scared because she

had been watching a thriller on

TV.