在笑声中学习英语

黄峻

摘要：本文介绍了高中英语创新复习课的设计，提出了让学生在笑声中学习英语、激发学生学习兴趣和热情的观点。

关键词：创新；幽默；激发兴趣；鼓舞热情；培养；乐观态度

中图分类号：G632.0 文献标识码：A 文章编号：1992-7711（2014）01-0120

一、教学目标

1. 在导学案的指导下激起学生学英语的兴趣和好奇心。2. 指导学生欣赏英语中的幽默。3. 通过创设幽默生动的氛围以及呈现英美生活情境来提高学生的幽默感。4. 教育学生注意文明礼貌并且帮助他们掌握一些日常生活常识。5. 培养学生乐观的生活态度并学会寓学于乐。

二、教学手段

多媒体、PPT、录音、声音资料、图像等

三、教学步骤

1. 导入

（1）介绍本课的学习目标、学习风格和方法。（2）以一则英语笑话开始，旨在创设幽默快乐的学习氛围。

Headmaster：“On the ferry， you must all be very careful. If a student falls into the sea， what will you do？”

Students： “Shout ‘Boy， on board， sir.”

Headmaster： “And what will you do if a teacher falls into the sea？”

（There was a moment of silence）

A voice said： “It would depend on which one， sir！

Teacher： If the teacher were me， what would be the end of the story？

（学生给出各种回答）

（2）从这则英语笑话中总结并适当联想出以往所学英语知识点。（划线处为中英文互译）

on the ferry 在渡船上

board / go aboard the ship / train /plane

登上轮船、火车、飞机

boarding card / ticket 登机牌

boarding school / students 寄宿学校/住宿生

the board of the company 公司董事会

depend on / count on / rely on / calculate on

依靠&同义词组

It （all） depends. 看情况了。

depend on sb to do sth / for sth

依靠某人做某事/ 得到某物

calculate-calculator-calculation

计算&词形变换

It is calculated that 据推算 / 据估算

2. 猜如何用英语应答以完成幽默对话

对话

-Do you think I have a gift for playing the piano？

-No， but Ill give you one if you stop playing！

语言点总结

（1）gift=talent

（2） be gifted in / at= be talented in / at

（3） have a gift / talent for 有某方面的天赋

（4）周杰伦有音乐天赋。他还有创作和演唱的天赋。

Jay Zhou has a gift for music and he is talented both in composing and singing as well.

3. 小组竞赛——给出最幽默好笑的应答

介绍竞赛规则：

尽快想出幽默好笑的应答为自己的小组加分；（2）同时记下我们学过的知识点

-If you had 20 apples in your right hand and 30 in your left， what would you have？

-Sore arms.

-Why are you putting a bandage on your pay check？

-Because my salary has just been cut.

知识点总结

（1） have pain in ones arm 膀子疼

（2） have a sore throat 喉咙疼

（3） put a bandage on some place 给某部位贴上创口贴

（4） wind bandage round the arm 给膀子缠上绷带

（5） cut down / back on sth 消减某物

4. 做一个会讲笑话的人——表演时间

介绍规则：

Read a joke fast and try to act it out by adding some body language like facial expressions to polish up the effect. Find your partner and make preparations

Make up a funny dialogue （You can add your own words）. And act it out.

A man went to a hospital for a new brain. He was given a choice between two brains——an engineers for $20，000 or a politicians for $500，000. He asked the doctor： “ Does that mean the politicians brain is much better？” “Not exactly” ， replied the doctor， “ Its because the politicians brain has never been used.”

One week after he arrived in prison， Walter Gideon had his appendix removed. Soon after that he had two fingers cut off after an accident in the prison kitchen. The head of prison said to one of the wardens： “ Keep an eye on him. I think hes trying to escape bit by bit.”

知识点总结

（1）buy / sell / offer sth for $100

以100美元的价格买/ 买/ 出价$100

（2）choose sth between /from 从……选择

（3）Not exactly. 不完全是。

（4）Not really. 不是。

（5） learn politics 学政治学

（6）an active politician 一位活跃的政治家/ 政客

（7）political liberties 政治自由

（8）have sth removed 将某物去除/ 移除

（9）keep an eye on sb 留神看住某人

（10） escape from prison 从监狱里逃走

（11） a prisoner on the run = an escaped prisoner

一个在逃犯

5. 评价和思想教育

T：You have done a good job！ Im impressed！ Im proud of you！

Remember： An old saying goes that life is like a mirror. If you smile to it， it will smile back to you. So try to find the joyful things in life and enjoy the happiness of learning， especially English！

6. 课后作业

Try writing funny stories or dialogues inspired by your daily life in English.Pay attention to the language points and grammar of English as well.

四、教学效果和反思

尽管本课的教学内容并非具体某一课内容，课型也是创新复习课，但是在设计和组织课堂活动时仍采用学生熟悉的“导学练”的方法，以“导学案”作为教与学的纽带，由教师牵引学生畅游英语知识的海洋，温故而知新，师生同享学习之乐，升华思想境界，科学的教和自主的学有机结合，在轻松幽默的氛围中重温英语知识，感受英语的魅力。

课后广泛征求学生和听课教师的意见，该课得到普遍好评，这给予了教学创新很大的鼓励和动力，笔者将做出不懈努力，继续在英语教学中探索更能体现英语语言之美的教与学的正能量。

（作者单位：江苏省扬州大学附属中学 225001）