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ain idea. 3. Moral Objectives (1) Enlighten the students about the importance of humor. (2) Lead the students to learn from Charlie’s experience.II. Important Points1. Help the students learn how to understand and enjoy English humor. 2. Train the students’ reading ability.III. Difficult Points1. Promote the students’ reading ability: How to analyze the text and grasp the main idea of the text.2. Help the students know the differences between the English and Chinese humors.IV. Teaching Methods1. Taskbased language teaching method, situational municative teaching method and heuristic method. 2. Teaching Aids: a projector, a puter, blackboard, and some pictures, etc.V. Teaching ProceduresStep I Leadin (3 mins)1. Greet the whole class as usual.2. Begin with a question to arouse the students’ attention.3. Introduce two English humors to help them get a general understanding of English humor.T: Hello! At the very beginning of our today’s class, I would like to ask you a question. Why would a thief break into a shop three times? Can you guess the answer?S1: …S2: …T: Both of you did excellent jobs! Well, the story is…T: What are you laughing at? Is it the thief who makes you laugh?S: …T: The thief is humorous, right? As is known to all, humor is a word which means making others laugh. If someone often makes others laugh, just as the thief does, we say he is humorous. We call him a humorist. Today, we are going to have a wonderful taste of English humor.Step II Warming up(10mins)1. Talk about verbal and nonverbal humors and find their differences. 2. Show some pictures to the students. Ask them to guess who the typical actors in the pictures are and introduce them.3. Explain different types of humors in English and Chinese.4. Deal w