江苏省南京市外国语学校牛津版高中英语选修六：Unit1 Task 教案

Unit 1 Laughter is good for youPart One Teaching Design第一部分教学设计Aims and requirements♦ Read a magazine article about stand-up comedy and two short plays♦ Listen to an answering machine message and a radio talk show♦ Discuss comedy and famous crosstalk performers♦ Write an e-mail about crosstalk♦ Present a short playProcedures●Welcome to the UnitStep 1: Brainstorming(T—teachers; S—students)T: Boys and girls, are you happy today?S: Yes.T: Have you laughed today?S: Yes./No.T: If you haven’t laughed today, I’ll give you a chance. Let’s enjoy some pictures together. (show the above pictures to the students) Are you familiar with these pictures?S: Yes, quite familiar.T: Did you laugh when you first saw them?S: Yes.T: Do you think laughter is good for us?S: Yes. Laughter can help us forget about worries, keep us in a good mood, have positive attitudes towards our lives, enjoy life better and live longer.T: Usually what kind of things can make you laugh?S1: Watching interesting and amusing programmers.S2: Reading interesting books.S3: seeing funny things.S4: Hearing a joke.T: Now that laughter is good to everyone, remember to laugh more in the daily life.Step 2: Sharing InformationToday, I will give you a chance to laugh heartily.There are four posters on our book. All of them are quite funny. Let’s enjoy them one by one. Picture 1T: What kind of expression is the man wearing?S: A funny facial expression.T: Where is he standing?S: In a spotlight, on stage.T: What is he doing there?S: Putting on performances, amusing and entertaining the audience.T: What might he be saying?S: He might be telling a joke.T: Where and when can you see the funniest man?S: At the Comedy Club this Tuesday.Picture 2T: What does the poster tell us?S: It recommends a book to us.T: What’s the book about?S: The book is about a funny girl.T: What do critics say about the book?S: Amazing, I laughed until I cried. ----Sunday ReviewYou won’t be able to stop laughing. ----Star TimesFunniest book of the year! ----Humor WeeklyT: Can these remarks attract you?Picture 3T: What’s this poster about?S: The poster is about a course teaching the traditional Chinese technique of crosstalk. T: Can you tell something about the Chinese crosstalk?S: It is a traditional Chinese art. Two or more actors/actresses stand on the stage, using funny words to entertain the audience.T: If you want to learn the crosstalk, what kind of qualities do you need to have?S: Having a sense of humor, being quick-minded and able to cooperate well with his or her partners.T: How can you find out more information according to the poster?S: By calling 5555-1234 for course schedule and fees.Picture 4:T: What is this poster about?S: It is a comedy about life in the circus.T: What can we see in a circus?S: In a circus, we can see acrobats(钢丝), riders, clowns and performing animals.T: Do you think the life in a circus is interesting?Step 3: Discussionwill be the funniest?Who is your favorite comedian? Why do you like him or her?Why do people like funny things?Divide the students into different groups to discuss. Encourage them1. Read the article in Part A on page 104 and the one in Part B on page 105 in Workbook.2. Prepare the Reading part.●Reading Stand-up for Your HealthStep 1: Lead-inT: Do you know who this person is?S: Charlie Chaplin, a famous American comedian.T: What kind of imagine will appear in your mind?S: He always wears a small black hat, very wide trousers and a moustache, and carries a stick that he swings in the air as he walks.T: How do you feel at the sight of him?S: He is humorous and makes us laugh.T: what’s the style of his film?S: In his film, he’s never the Mr. Big and he always has much trouble in his life. However, he uses his sense of humor to teach people that there are always ways to face problems if you are able to laugh.T: Do you think laughing is good for people’s health?S: Yes. Laughter is a bridge that can lead people to health, happiness and peace. It is a good therapy to help people get rid of bitterness and forget all the problems.T: Today, we’ll learn a passage entitled “Stand-up for your health!” Do you know the meaning of “Stand-up” here? Does it mean you have to stand up to keep healthy?S: No. “Stand-up” is a kind of comedy in which the comedian stands in front of the audience and talk directly to audience members.Step 2: Fast-reading for general idea.Go through the passage as quickly as possible and find answers to the three questions in Part A.1 What is the article about?2 How many types of stand-up are there?Step 3: Careful-reading for detailed information1 A stand-up comedian is not allowed to make fun of an audience member.2 If the comedians act or speak like a well-known person, this is called observational comedy.3 What the physical comedians usually do is tripping over chairs, walking into doors and fallingdown on stage.4 Quite a few stand-up comedians have become famous as television and film actor later on inlife.5 The fact that when Crystal hosts the Academy Awards, he always keeps a toothbrush in hispocket for good luck is only known to a few people.6 Billy Crystal has no plans to go on making films to go on telling jokes.7 The reason why people who laugh a lot live longer is that when you laugh, your brain sendsStep 4: Practice1.Part DFind these new words and expressions in the article. Guess their meanings from the contest.Step 5: Post-reading activities.1. Discuss the following questions in groups, then role-play the dialogues and act out before the class.(1) What are necessary qualifications a good comedian needs to have?(2) When you are in low spirits, what will you do to stop unpleasant feelings?(3) Besides laughter, what are other factors that can help people keep healthy and live longer?1 Fill in the blanks according to the text.Stand-up is one of the most well-known and well-loved types of comedy. In observational comedy, the comedian makes jokes about 1_______ things he or she 2________ in everyday life. Prop 3_________ use props to tell their jokes. Physical comedians use their 4_________ to make jokes. Impressionist comedians act or speak like a well-known person, which is called doing an 5_________ of the person,Billy Crystal is one of the stand-up comedians who have become famous as television and film actors later on in life. His 6_________ with all age groups and his ability to 7_________ people all over the world prove that stand-up can be enjoyed by everyone.Doctors have been 8_________ the effect stand-up and other forms of comedy have on people. They have discovered that people who laugh a lot live longer. This agrees with the English saying “9_________ is the best 10_________”.2 Translate the following sentences into English.1 有一种非常出名，深受人们喜爱的喜剧形式叫做单口喜剧。

Unit 1《Laughter is good for you》●Task Writing to a foreign friend南京市外国语学校This section consists of a series of activities which provide you with opportunities to learn and practice the listening, speaking, reading and writing skill. This section is divided into three steps and each step is preceded with a skills building part. Through listening and reading, you will get information about Chinese crosstalk. You are asked to use the information you have got to write an e-mail to a foreign friend answering his questions about Chinese crosstalk.Skills building 1: identifying prioritiesIn this part, you will learn how to identify the most important part and the least important part of a task.Now look at the sentences on the blackboard.I need to know how many of you will go to watch the play this Saturday. I’ll have to book the tickets.I want to know why you are so interested in the play.I would like to know how you will go to the theatre.Discuss in your groups and decide which one means the most important request and which one is the least important request. And give me your reasons. ( Do not judge whether their answers are right or not directly. Take notes of the reasons beside the sentences on the blackboard.)If you want to know whether your judgment is right or wrong, you can refer to the guideline and the three points in skills building 1 on page 10.Now have you known how to identify the most urgent request? Let’s come back to the sentences on the blackboard and check if you have judged correctly.Step 1: answering questionsThis part is designed to help you develop your listening skills. You are first asked to take some notes while listening to a telephone message and decide which requests are the most important, somewhat important or the least important, according to what you have learnt in Skills building 1. Then you will listen to an English radio talk show and read a magazine article to get moreinformation needed to find the answers to the questions asked by a foreign friend.1 read Part A on page 10 to make sure what you are asked to do when listening to the recording. While listening, you should take some notes and pay attention to the words used in Bill’s requests, so you decide what is the most important , somewhat important or the least important.Play the tape again for the students to check.2 Now read the guidelines of Part B on page 11 to know what you should do to finish this part. Then listen to the radio talk show and make corrections. If you are not sure about your answers, I’ll let you listen to it again.I will play the tape again for you to check.3 Please check the answers that you have got to the questions in Part A to see if there are some questions to which you have not found the answers. Let’s read the article in Part C and underline the answers you need.Skills building 2: asking questions orallyIn this part, you will practise asking questions orally in various forms and using the correct question words.1. You need to answer the following questions and I’ll write down your answers on the blackboard.What do we say when we want to ask whether someone knows something or not?(Do you know…?)Are there any other ways we can use to ask the same question?(Could you please tell me if/whether…? Please tell me if/whether….? Would you mind telling me if/whether…?)If we want to know someone’s name, what do we say?(Who is…? Please tell me his/her name.)If we want to know the time or the place that something happened, how will we ask the question?(When/ Where did…? Please tell me when/where…)2 Read the guidelines in this part and go over the sentence structures listed.Step 2: taking part in a radio talk showThis part is designed to have you use what you have learnt in Skills building 2 to practice asking different forms of questions.1 Read the guidelines and make sure you know what you are going to do in this part. And go over Column A on the right and decide what question words you should use according to the information in this column. You should know that for people’s names, you will use who or what name, that for a place, you should use where or at what place, and that for the year, you should use when or in which year. Are you clear?2 Now work in pairs to ask and answer questions according to the two columns. You can ask more questions according to other information you have got in Steps 1 and 2. Try to use different ways to ask the same question. Minutes later, I’ll check your answer and see who can ask more questions for one piece of information.Skills building 3: answering questions in an e-mailIn this part, you will learn how to answer questions in an e-mail in an effective way.1 Read the guidelines and the two points in this part. You will know what you should pay attention to when they use an e-mail to answer questions.2 Read the sentence structures to know what informal language and formal language you can use to answer questions in e-mails. Do you know when to use informal ways and when to use formal ways to answer questions? You should know that when you write e-mails to your family members or good friends, you usually use informal language. If you write e-mails to someone important or you are applying for a job through e-mails, you should use formal language.Step 3: writing an e-mailThis part is designed to have you use the information about Chinese crosstalk in Step1 and 2 and the skills building 1 and 3 to write an e-mail to Bill to answer his questions.1 Work in pairs to discuss what you should write in the e-mail to Bill. Decide the order of the answers according to the importance of the questions. You should also decide what structure you use to write the e-mail.2 Please write the e-mail after the discussion. I’ll choose some different styles of e-mails, formal or informal, to help you compare and think about which style you think is better.3 Finish the note in part A on page 106 in workbook after listening to the recordings. Then you can complete the article in Part C on the same page.。

Unit 1《Laughter is good for you》Reading南京市外国语学校Teaching aims:(1) Encourage the Ss to grasp the main topics of the three sections---types of stand-up, a famous comedian and the fact that laughter is good for your health.(2) S timulate the Ss’ interest in learning English by talking about their own opinions when it comes to the topic “Laughter is the best medicine”.(3) Students are expected to gain some knowledge about stand-up comedy and reinforce theirreading comprehension.(4) Develop the students’ reading ability---how to guess the meanings of new words.Important points & difficult points:(1)Find the main points in the three sections and express them.(2)Understanding the text.Procedure:Step 1 Lead-in(1) Warming up:Learn about famous comedians and well-known forms of comedy.(2) General questions:1. What is the article about? Stand-up comedy.2. How many types of stand-up are there? There are four main types.3. What is laughter good for? Our health.Step 2 Reading comprehensionDetailed information:C1: Answer the following questions.1.What is special about stand-up comedy?2.What are the four main types of stand-up?3.When did Billy Crystal begin practising stand-up?4.What is one reason Billy Crystal has become so famous?5. How many times has Billy Crystal hosted the Academy Awards?6. Who were Bob Hope and George Burns?7. What does your brain do when you laugh?8. What is the English idiom about laughter mentioned in the text?(2)Will you create similar situations to perform the four types of stand-up comedy?Step 3 Further readingChoose the correct answer:1.A stand-up comedian _____ while performing.A. enjoys laughingB. enjoys making fun of himselfC. usually takes advantage of the audienceD. has prepared a lot of jokes in advance2.Which of the following is the style of prop?A. jokes in everyday lifeB. visual humourC. body actionD. imitation of a well-known person3.Billy Crystal started his career ____.A. as a television actorB. as a film actorC. as a stand-up comedianD. as a host4.What does the word ‘routine’ in Para 3 probably mean?A. roadB. performanceC. linesD. style5.What does the word ‘improvise’ in Para 4 proba bly mean?A. perform without permissionB. perform without preparationC. act wellD. act fast6.At the 2004 Academy Awards, a very old actor ______ at first.A. was asked to make a silent speechB. didn’t turn on the microphone on purpos eC. made the audience laughD. couldn’t make himself heard7.What does the word ‘appropriate’ in Para 4 probably mean?A. properB. clearC. sillyD. enjoyable8.We can infer from the 5th paragraph comedians are expected to ______.A. enjoy a very long lifeB. work till the end of lifeC. have no plans to stop workD. perform stand-upStep 4 Developing reading ability through usage1.Fill in the blanks according to the text.(1)One of the most well-known and well-loved types of ________ is called stand-up. There are different ______ of stand-up comedy. The main _____ are observational, prop, physical and impressionist. There has always been _______ in them to make people watching them laugh. (2)Billy Crystal, a famous stand-up ________, has hosted the Academy Awards ____ times. Each time, he performs his stand-up _______ in front of millions of people when the show is broadcast ____ on TV. His outstanding ability is to ________has impressed people around the world.(3)Doctors have discovered that people who laugh a lot live ____ after researching what _____ stand-up and other forms of comedy have on us. When we laugh, our ____ sends chemicals around the body that are good for us. _______ helps the body stay healthy, as the saying goes, ‘Laughter is the best ________’.2. E(p5) Complete the passage.1.American2. observe3. appropriate4. comedy5. television6. actors7. improvise 8. host9. healthy 10. comedianStep 5 Consolidation and Expansion (Choose one of the following.)F(p5) Discuss the questions:1. What kind of comedy do you enjoy the most? Why?2. Laughter is good for you and for everyone else. How do you make other people laugh?3. Tell a funny story to your classmates.Step 6 Homework1.Write a funny story.2.Relevant exercises in Assessment book.。

Ⅰ.单元教学目标Ⅱ.目标语言Ⅲ. 教材分析与教材重组1. 教材分析本单元以“笑有益健康”为话题，介绍了西方非常流行的滑稽剧、中国相声两种具有代表性的喜剧形式。

本单元的语言知识和语言技能都是围绕这一内容展开的。

通过本单元的学习，要求学生掌握与舞台表演有关的词汇，了解喜剧这门艺术，以及喜剧在人们生活中的作用。

要求学生练习表演喜剧，能够用英语以e-mail 形式介绍中国的传统喜剧表演形式——相声。

通过本单元的语言技能训练，要求学生学会使用正确得体的英语问问题和回答问题。

培养学生传承中国传统艺术形式，以开放的心态欣赏借鉴外国优秀文化。

1.1 Welcome to this unit该板块通过四张海报让学生讨论最有趣的事，自己最喜欢的喜剧演员，以及为什么人们喜欢趣事，从而引出笑有益健康的话题。

由三个开放性的问题引发讨论，既是一种读前热身，也是对本单元话题的一种导入，有利于激活学生已有的相关知识，激发学习兴趣，为接下来的阅读和后面的一系列活动做好铺垫。

1.2 Reading包括:读前问题（A），阅读材料本身(B) 、紧跟在阅读文章后面的Reading strategy和读后练习(C—F)。

A部分的三个问题，训练学生快速阅读技巧的同时，初步了解文章的主题内容。

B部分的阅读文介绍了西方非常流行的喜剧形式——滑稽剧及其种类、著名喜剧明星比利·克里斯托和人们为什么喜欢喜剧。

Reading strategy介绍了根据上下文猜词的技巧。

C1部分考查学生对文章细节内容的把握。

C2部分考查学生对4种滑稽剧形式的理解。

D根据上下文猜测和理解词义，考查学生对8个词和短语的理解。

E是著名喜剧明星比利·克里斯托的传记，该题以完型填空形式呈现，要求学生在理解课文，熟练掌握词语及表达的基础上，选择合适的词填空。

F部分为拓展延伸练习。

要求学生讨论自己最喜欢的喜剧形式以及怎样逗别人开怀大笑。

1.3 Word power共有A、B、C、D四部分。

高中英语M6,U1,Reading,教案牛津版选修6Stand-up for your health！Teaching aims:1. Develop the students’ reading ability.2. After reading the passage, the students will be able to(1) get some information about stand-up;(2) tell different types of stand-up;(3) learn something about Billy Crystal;(4) express their own opinions about the topic “Stand-up for your health”. Teaching important points:1.What is special about stand-up?2.Different types of stand-up.3. Information about Billy Crystal.4. Understand the topic “Stand-up for your health”.Teaching difficult points:1. How to help the students understand the passage better .2. How to help the students live a better life.Teaching methods:1. Fast-reading method.2. Careful-reading method.3. Guessing methodTeaching aids:1.The multimedia.Teaching procedures:Step 1 Lead- in1. A sketch for the Ss to enjoy.2. A sketch usually makes us laugh, and what else can make us laugh?(Ask the Ss tofind as many forms as possible and introduce “stand-up” to the Ss) [Explanation]从一个小品入手，引起学生的兴趣，然后再问起“还有哪些形式会引人发笑”也就顺理成章。

Unit1 单元教案Period 1 Warming up and reading▲Previewing work1.Do you know the meanings of the following words. Write down their Chinesetranslations.realistic_________ abstract_________ sculpture_________ gallery_________ conventional_________renaissance_________humanistic_________superb________ 2. Read them aloud.▲Pre-learningDo you know the following artists? What are they famous for?Qi Baishi Xu Beihong Wu Guanzhong Vicent van Gogh Leonardo da VinciWhile-learning1.Fast Reading.What does the passage mainly talk about?A.Art is influenced only by the customs and faith of a people.B.Europe has followed a similar way of life for a very long time.C.There are quite a few different styles of western art.D.The style of western art has unchanged many times, while Chinese art haschanged many times.2.Careful ReadingFill in the blanks according to the text.period time theme Related informationThe middle ages 5th-15th centuryAD 1.________________Style: to paint ina(n)2._________wayThe renaissance 15th-16th century People and3.____________ New techniques:4.___________ was first used and5.__________ paints were also developed.6.________ Late 19th–early20th century To show how7.________ andshadow fell onobjects at differenttimes of day.Characteristics:painters worked8._________ andpainted quickly.Modern art 20th century-today To look at their9._______ in newways.Styles: to paint ina(an) 10._______ orrealistic way.▲Post-learning.1. What art style do you like best? Discuss with your partners, and show your suggestions.2. Read the passage again and again till you can read it fluently.▲Work after classFinish Ex.1 , P42【用法理解】1)[u] faith in sb/sth 信任；相信；信心He has gr eat talent, but he has lost his faith.I haven’t much faith in this medicine.2) [u] 信仰【归纳拓展】1）have faith in _________2）break / keep faith with sb 对某人（不）守信用；（不）忠诚于某人3）lose faith in _________辨析：faith, belief, confidence, trust这些名词都有“相信，信任”的意思1）faith语气较强，指“认为有确凿的证据或道理而完全相信”。

3rd period ReadingTeaching aims:(1)Encourage the Ss to raise reading ability by focusing on language points.(2)Get the Ss to grasp the new language usage in the text by learning them.Important points & difficult points:Language usage: make fun of; in response to; host; live; make up; prove; whatever; after all and so on. Procedure:Step 1 RevisionLearn about some humour.Step 2 Language points (Learn and use)1. A stand-up comedian may make fun of an audience member, or he or she might decide to tell different jokes in response to the reactions of an audience.People __________her because she wore such a strange hat.She ____________by the other children because she was always serious.2. A stand-up comedian may make fun of an audience member, or he or she might decide to tell different jokes in response to the reactions of an audience.__________ complaints, the company reviewed its safety procedure.Ronnie only nodded __________ my questions.3. He has hosted the show eight times.I don’t know who will _____ the show tonight.Next week’s show _________ by Sarah Cox.She ________ a radio cookery programme at that time.4. Each time, he performs his stand-up routine in front of millions of people when the show is broadcast live on TV.The landing on the moon was telecast ____ , and people all over the world watched this.The concert was not a recorded show; it was ____.The football match tonight will be covered _____.5. Instead of telling the joke he had planned, Crystal made up a new one.I doubt they __________ the whole thing.The whole story _________! Don’t believe it.make upShe never goes out without ______ herself _____ first.The chemist _______ a bottle of medicine.Farming and mining ________ most of the country’s industry.She _____the material ____ into a dress.make upThe four of them _________ a team.You must ________what you owe before the end of the month.make up; take up; put up; come up;He ________ some excuse about the dog eating his school uniform.The grass in the garden _______ to her knees.Chris _______ smoking when he was at school.John was in the garden _________ a fence.6. Crystal’s popularity with all age groups and his ability to amuse people all over the world prove that stand-up can be enjoyed by everyone.They will prove to you that I’m not lying.Can you prove you were at home on 3rd May?Vasco da Gama proved that the world was round.7. Whatever the reason,research shows that in the end, the English saying ‘ Laughter is the best medicine’ may be true after all.Whatever the reason may/might be…No matter what reasons there may/might be…I thought I wouldn’t need to study for the test, but it seems my teacher was right______.Though it was raining hard, we chose to take a plane ______.Don’t be too hard on T im. ______, he is only fifteen.after all; at all; above all; in allDid you sleep on your flight ______?_____, there are over 120 languages spoken in London’s schools.He will be remembered _______ as a loving husband and family man.She shouldn’t be wo rking so hard---she is 70, ________.Step 3 ConsolidationA. Choose the correct answer.1. Stand-up comedy is ____ because the comedian is right there in front of the audience and may talk directly to audience members.A. specialB. particularC. especialD. unusual2. A stand-up comedian might decide to tell different jokes _____ reactions of an audience.A. as a result ofB. in response ofC. according toD. referred to3. In observational comedy, the comedian makes jokes about humorous things he or she _____ in everyday life.A. watchesB. seesC. observesD. looks4. Each time, he performs his stand-up routine in front of millions of people ____ the show is broadcast live on TV.A. ifB. whenC. asD. during5. One little known fact is ____Crystal is the host of the Academy Awards, he always keeps a toothbrush in his pocket for good luck.A. thatB. whenC. that whenD. when that6. You can ____ to hear a lot more from Billy Crystal---he has no plans to stop making films, or to stop telling jokes.A. promiseB. waitC. hopeD. expect7. Laughing helps your body stay healthy and can _____ help you fight pain.A. evenB. everC. justD. still8. Whatever the reason, research shows that in the end, the English saying ‘ Laughter is the best medicine’ may be true _____.A. after allB. at allC. above allD. all overB. Fill in the blanks using the verbs given.1. If you hear a comedian _____ jokes about the way people behave when they queue up in lines, or _____ why it only rains when you forget your umbrella, you are listening to an observational comedian. (tell; ask)2. Prop comedians use things, called props, _______ jokes.(tell)3. When he started practising stand-up as a child, he told himself jokes while _______ in front of the mirror, ______ his teeth.(stand; brush)4.He is very good at thinking quickly and ______ new jokes about the people and things around them.(make)5. They could only see him ______ there ______ his lips.(stand; move)6. Crystal’s popularity with all age group and his ability ________ people all over the world prove that stand-up can be enjoyed by everyone.(amuse)C. Fill in the blanks, using the correct form.1. I _______________ tennis every day for a month. I don’t understand why I’m not losing weight. (play)2. Like other stand-up comedians who ___________to act in films, Crystal still enjoys stand-up. (go on)3. Instead of telling the jokes he ___________, Crystal made up a new one. (plan)D. Fill in the blanks, using proper preposition or adverb.1.Only a few stand-up comedians have become famous as television and film actors later ____ inlife.2. The audience howled ______ laughter.3. Doctors have been researching what effect stand-up and other forms of comedy have _____ us.4. He hopes to follow ___ the footsteps of other famous comedians, such as Bob Hope and George Burns, who lived to be 100 years and kept working _____the end of their lives.Step4 Homework1. A1, A2 on page 100 in Workbook2.B1, B2 on page 101 in Workbook3.Relevant exercises in Assessment book.。

Unit 1 of Module 6 Language Points of ReadingLearning Aims:1. Learn some language points by heart.2. Master the usage of some important language points, such as make fun of…, in response to, make jokes about …, be broadcast live on TV, have an effect on, make up and so on. Learning Important and Difficult points:1. To enjoy some long and difficult sentences.2. To grasp the language points and try to use them freely.Learning procedures:第一部分：自主探究I.识记短语1.make fun of…取笑某人2. in response to对….作出回应3. make jokes about …拿某人开玩笑4. queue up排队5. silent film无声电影6. lose weight减肥7. trap over a chair被椅子绊倒8. later on后来，随后9. be broadcast live on TV电视现场直播10. make up编造；构成…11. follow in one’s footsteps追随某人的足迹12. have an effect on对…有影响13. after all 毕竟；别忘了14. soon after 不久以后，很快II. 重点单词、词组或句子用法探究：1. A stand-up edian may make fun of an audience member, or he or she might decide to tell different jokesin response to the reactions of an audience.此句是由or连接的并列句〔句型〕，may, might 表示推测〔语气〕；make fun of的意思是开…的玩笑，取笑，tell jokes 的意思是讲笑话in response to的意思是对…做出反应,the reaction of的意思是…的反应e.g. It’s cruel to make fun of people who stammer〔口吃〕. He is good at telling jokes about the way people behave. I refused her in response to the letter.[拓展]have fun 玩得快乐for fun 开玩笑地play jokes on 开…的玩笑play a trick on 捉弄，开玩笑be responsible for sth./to sb.对…负责take responsibility for 对…负责the reaction to 对…的反应小试牛刀！1〕她不喜欢被别人取笑。