（一）明确目标

1. Get the students to know about comedies and humor.

2. Get the students to know more about the funny plays.

（二）整体感知

Step 1 Presentation

Questions: Do you know some comedians?

Do you know some comedy plays?

Today we are going to read a text about language matter.

Step 2

Look at the photos and talk about them, then answer the questions on the book.

（三）教学过程 

Step 3

Read the text more carefully and then do the post-reading exercises on the book.

Step4

Deal with the language points.

(The teacher lists them on the blackboard or on the screen. Ask the students to say the Chinese meanings and give some examples. )

Step 5

Play the tape for the students to listen and follow, and then ask the students to find out the main idea of each part of the text.

（四）总结、扩展

Step 6

Do exercises 3 choose the best verb to complete each sentence using the correct form. Referring to page 55.

（五）随堂练习

1. We send out the invitation cards quite early, but quite few people didn’t turn up at the party.

A B C D

2. Though he has been dead for many years, we still think that death is heavier than Mount Tai.

A B C D

3. The price of the fruit and vegetables were a little lower then we had expected.

A B C D

4. The harder you' 11 practice, the greater progress you will make.

A B C D

5. These shoes are the less expensive of all.

A B C D

参考答案

1. B 2.D 3.A 4.B 5.C