МБОУ «Десятовская основная общеобразовательная школа» Вечер на английском языке для обучающихся 6-8 классов. Учитель английского языка: Иванова Галина Васильевна.
A Party of Humour
1– Hello, friends.
2 - Hi everybody.
1 – Welcome to our party of Humour.
2 – We hope you will have much fun and enjoy yourselves at our party.
1 – You will see some short plays and you will get some information about famous writers who wrote humorous stories.
2 – Some jokes will make you smile or even laugh.
1 – There will be some games for you to play and guess.
2 – You will enjoy watching a beautiful dance and may join us and sing a song.
1 – As you know people tell jokes, smile and laugh in all times and all over the world.
2 – I agree with you. We can hardly imagine our life without jokes. I dare say, jokes even help us in different situations.
1 – There is even a special fun day for jokes and playing tricks. It is celebrated all over the world on the first of April, when people play tricks and practical jokes on each other.
2 – But remember people take them in good part and laugh heartily even if some tricks or jokes have made April fools of them.
Mark Twain, a famous American writer said: ”The first of April is the day we remember what we are the other 364 days of the year”.
1 – Well, it’s rather important to remember what we are. And by the way as I know “Mark Twain” is a pen-name. And do you know the real name of the writer?
2 – Certainly, I do His real name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens. He was the son of a small-town lawyer in the State of Missouri.
1 – What about his education?
2 – When the boy was five years old he was sent to school. Little Samuel didn’t like school but he had many friends and was their leader. In summer when school was over, the boys spent many hours on the Missouri River.
1 – When did he begin to write?
2 – When Samuel was eleven years old, his father died leaving nothing to his wife and four children. Samuel had to leave school and look for work. His elder brother was working as a printer and he helped the boy to learn printing. For some years Samuel worked as a printer for the town newspaper and later for his brother, who at that time had started a small newspaper. The two young men published it themselves. So Samuel wrote short humorous stories and printed them for their newspaper.
1 – I believe that “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” made the writer famous.
2 – You are quite right. And besides, we are able to see some extracts from this story just now.
TOM SAWYER AND AUNT POLLY
(After The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain)
Characters:
Tom Sawyer
Aunt Polly
Ben
Billy
SCENE 1
AUNT POLLY: Tom! ... Tom! ... (no answer). Where is the boy? Tom!
TOM (appearing): Here I am.
AUNT POLLY: Oh, you’ve been to that closet. What were you doing there?
TOM: Nothing.
AUNT POLLY: Nothing! Look at your hands. (Tom looks at his hands.) And look at your mouth. What is that?
TOM: I don’t know, Aunt.
AUNT POLLY: Well, I know. It’s jam, that’s what it is. (Pointing to the switch on the floor.) Hand me that switch!
TOM: Oh, look behind you, Aunt! (Aunt Polly looks behind her. Tov runs away. Aunt Polly stands surprised for a moment, then she breaks into laugh.)
SCENE 2
AUNT POLLY: Tom, go and whitewash the fence.
TOM: Oh, Auntie, I can’t. I’ll do it … tomorrow.
AUNT POLLY: Whitewash the fence, I say! (Goes away. Tom begins whitewashing the fence. Ben appears. He has an apple in his hand)
BEN: What are you doing?
TOM: I am whitewashing the fence.
BEN: Do you want o say you like it?
TOM: Of course, I do. Does a boy whitewash a fence everyday? (Tom goes on whitewashing. He doesn’t look at Ben.)
BEN: Tom, let me whitewash a little!
TOM: No, I can’t. Jim wanted to do it, but Aunt Polly didn’t let him.
BEN: Tom, do let me. I’ll give you my apple …
TOM: All right. (He takes the apple, sits down and begins to eat it. Ben is whitewashing the fence. Billy appears.)
BILLY: Hello! What are you doing here?
BEN: Tom and I are whitewashing the fence.
BILLY: You don’t think it is interesting, do you?
BEN: We do. Jim wanted to do it, but Aunt Polly didn’t let him.
BILLY: Let me whitewash a little!
BEN: No, I won’t (They begin fighting.)
TOM: Stop that! Now it’s your turn to whitewash, Billy. (Now Billy is working.)
TOM: Stop that! Now it’s your turn to whitewash, Ben. (Now Ben is working.)
AUNT POLLY (appearing): Oh, it’s all done! You are a good boy, Tom. You can work when you want to. Now you may go and play.
TOM: Hurrah! Let’s run to the river! (They run away.)
ALL THE BOYS: Hurrah!
TOM DOESN’T WANT TO GO TO SCHOOL
(After The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain)
Characters:
TOM
SID, his cousin
AUNT POLLY
SCENE
(Tom and Sid are in their beds. It is morning and time to get up. Tom doesn’t want to go to school. He wants to be ill. Then he could stay at home.)
TOM (sitting): I don’t want to go to school. What can I do to stay at home? Oh! My tooth is loose. That’s wonderful! … No, it won’t do. Aunt Polly will put it out… Oh, what a wonderful idea came to me! (He lies back and begins to cry. But Sid is sleeping. Tom cries louder): Sid! Sid!
SID (opens his eyes): What has happened, Tom?
(Tom doesn’t answer. He continues crying. Sid sits up and looks at Tom.)
SID: Tom! Say, Tom! Tom! What has happened to you? (He gets up and comes up to Tom. Tom continues crying.)
TOM: Oh, Sid! I am not angry with you.
SID: Oh, Tom, you are not dying! Don’t!
TOM: I am not angry with Aunt Polly. Tell her so. And, Sid, give my cat with one eye to the new girl at school and tell her … (Sid takes his clothes and runs out of the room.)
SID (shouting): Oh, Aunt Polly, come! Tom is dying!
AUNT POLLY: Dying!
SID: Yes, come quickly!
AUN POLLY: Don’t say so! (She runs in and comes quickly up to Tom’s bed.) You, Tom! Tom, what has happened to you, my boy?
TOM: Oh, Auntie, look at my right hand! It is red and hot.
AUNT POLLY (seeing that his hand is not red and hot): Oh, Tom, stop that nonsense and get up!
TOM: But, Auntie, it is so hot, that I’ve forgotten about my tooth.
AUNT POLLY: Your tooth? And what has happened to your tooth?
TOM: It’s loose.
AUNT POLLY: Open your mouth. Well, you are right. Your tooth is loose. Sid, bring me some thread.
TOM: Oh, please, dear Auntie, don’t pull it out. It’s all right now.
(Sid brings the thread. Aunt Polly ties one end of thread to Tom’s tooth and the other to the bed. Then she suddenly claps her hands before Tom’s face. Tom falls back. You can see the tooth hanging on the thread.)
TOM: Oh, oh! (He covers his moth with his hands.) Oh! My tooth was all right. But I didn’t want to go to school.
AUNT POLLY: Oh, Tom, so all this is because you don’t want to go to school. You want to go fishing. Tom, Tom, I love you so dearly, and you … Now get up quickly and get ready to go to school!
1 – There are some games for you to play. Try your English.
WHAT IS IT?
You have to add two more letters that you can see. You will get a world you know then.
- Co… You wear it in winter.
- Co… Ice-cream is sweet and …
- Co… It grows in the field.
- Co… Her dinners are good.
- Co… You do this with your hair.
- Co… A very useful animal. (plural)
FIND THE WORDS WHICH RHYME!
Name the objects in the pictures and find among the words under those which rhyme with them. Write your six pairs of words!
1. Knife 2. Flag 3. Star
4. Cat 5. Clock 6. Door
Hat Car Sock Life Bag Floor
2 – I am sure these jokes will make you smile.
Jokes
1.
Once Mark Twain was fishing. A man came along and asked him.
“Are you catching any fish?”
“I caught fifteen trout yesterday,” Mark Twain said.
“Is that so?” said the man. “Well, do you know who I am?”
“No,” said Mark Twain
“I am the game warden of this place and trout is out of season,” answered the man.
“By the way, do you know who I am?”
“No,” replied the game warden.
“Well, I am the biggest lair in this place,” said Mark Twain.
2
Jones: Aren’t your daughter’s piano lessons costing you too much?
Brown: On the contrary. Thanks to them I could buy the house next door at half its worth.
3
He: What did you hear in the opera yesterday?
She: All sorts of things. Smith is going bankrupt, Mrs. Brown had dyed hair, the Whites had a quarrel on Tuesday.
4
Customer: I would like a book, please.
Bookseller: Something light?
Customer: That doesn’t matter. I have my car with me.
5
Teacher: Why are you late, Johnny?
Johnny: I had to wash my neck and ears, sir, but it won’t happen again.
6
Teacher: Didn’t James help you do these sums, Andy?
Andy: No, Miss, he didn’t.
Teacher: Andy, are you sure he didn’t help you?
Andy: No, Miss, he didn’t help me, ye did them all by himself.
7
A lady came upon her friend’s little son walking slowly along the street.
“Hurry up, bill!” she called. ”It’s already half past nine. You are late for school.”
“That’s all right, ma’am,” he said carelessly, “school is open all day long.”
8
“Daddy, can you write your name with your eyes closed?”
“Of, course I can, my son.”
“Well then, will you sing my school report?”
9
Teacher: Your English exercises are always better that your French ones. Can you explain why it is so?
Pupil: Yes, I can. It’s because my Mummy doesn’t know French.
10
Teacher: Which is nearer to us, America or the moon?
Pete: Of course the moon, sir.
Teacher (in surprise): Why do you think so?
Pupil: I think so because we can see the moon but we can’t see America.
11
Mrs. Newrich: Do you think that the portrait will be really beautiful?
Artist: Of course. You won’t know yourself.
1 – And do you know any English writer, who wrote humorous stories?
2 – I suppose you mean Jerome K. Jerome.
1 – You are quite right as usual. Jerome K. Jerome is a well-known English writer. He was born in a poor family. His father died when Jerome was twelve. The boy didn’t finish school. He went to work to help his family.
2 – What did he do to earn his living?
1 – Well, Jerome tried different profession and for three years worked at a theatre.
2 – I suppose working at the theatre he began writing.
1 – Yes, indeed. He began to write articles for newspapers, plays for the theatre and short stories. But nothing was published. In 1886 Jerome K. Jerome wrote a comedy which was successful. Then the writer began to publish articles and short stories. Jerome K. Jerome became famous when his novel “Three men in a boat” was published. Just now you will see the extract from this novel.
HOW WE PACKED
(After Three Men in a boat by Jerome K. Jerome)
CHARACTERS: HARRIS, GEORGE, BILL.
SCENE
(A room: a t8able, some chairs and two big bags. There are many different things on the table and chairs. The three friends are standing in the middle of the room.)
BILL: Well, friends, so we are going to the country. We shall have a good rest on the river. But now we must pack our things.
GEORGE: Let’s bring all the things into the middle of the room. (They do so.)
BILL: We shall pack the things I know how to do it.
GEORGE and HARRIS (together): How nice of you. We shall help you with advice. (They take two chairs and sit down. Bill looks at them with surprise. But he says nothing and begins to pack. He takes the things and without looking at them puts them into one of the bags. When it is full, he sits on it and locks it.)
HARRIS: Aren’t you going to put my shoes in?
BILL: Oh, yes. (He looks round, takes the shoes, opens the bag and packs them in. Then he sits on the bag again and locks it.)
GEORGE (laughs): Bill, did you put my tie in?
BILL: I don’t remember. Did you see me pack it?
GEORGE: No, I didn’t.
BILL: And you, Harris, did you see it?
HARRIS: I am not sure I did. (Bill opens the bag again and finds Harris’s and George’s ties, but not his own. He begins to throw out the things from the bag, and then he finds his tie. Then he packs everything back again.)
GEORGE: Bill, you have packed some apples. I need an apple. (B ill looks angrily at George, but opens the bag, finds an apple and throws it at George0. George and Harris laugh.)
HARRIS: Well, Bill, you are tired. Sit on this chair. We shall pack the food. George, let’s work a little. (Bill sits 0down on a chair and watches them. They take the other bag and begin packing plates, cups, bread, a cake, etc.)
GEORGE: Harris, be careful! What have you done?! Look, you are standing on the butter in this paper. (This makes them nervous and excited. They step on things, put things behind them and cannot find them.)
GEORGE: Harris, where’s the kettle? Find it and give it to me.
HARRIS: Look behind you and take the kettle yourself. (George takes the kettle, puts the eggs into it and drops it on the floor.)
HARRIS: Oh, George, you have broken all the eggs! (Harris puts the butter he is packing on a chair and runs to George to help him.)
GEORGE: You know, Harris, I think let us better put the butter into the kettle. Where’s the butter?
HARRIS: I remember I’ve put it on this chair.
GEORGE (stands up): I saw you put it on this chair. I saw you do it a minute ago. (They go round the room, looking for it. Then they meet in the Centre and look at each other.) Where can it be? (Bill laughs, George turns to him, and Harris sees the butter stuck to George’s trouser.)
HARRIS: Why, it’s here!
GEORGE: Where?
HARRIS: Stand still, can’t you! It’s on your trouser. (They get the butter off George’s trousers and pack it. At last the packing is finished. They look tired and hot. They drop onto chairs.)
GEORGE and HARRIS (together): Oh, my! It’s all over at last. (Bill laughs)
2 – Join us and sing a funny song “Old Mac Donald”
Old Mac Donald
1. Old McDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O.
And on this farm he had some ducks, E-I-E-I-O.
With a quack, quack here, and a quack, quack there,
Here a quack, there a quack, everywhere a quack, quack,
Old McDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O.
2. Old McDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O.
And on this farm he had some turkeys, E-I-E-I-O.
With a gobble, gobble here, and a gobble, gobble there,
Here a gobble, there a gobble, everywhere a gobble, gobble
Old McDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O.
3. Old McDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O.
And on this farm he had a cat, E-I-E-I-O.
With a meow, meow here, and a meow, meow there,
Here a meow there a meow, everywhere a meow, meow,
Old McDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O.
In the Dark
(After J.K. Jerome)
Many years ago two friends, Joe and Tom, came to a small town. It was very dark when they came to a little inn. They asked for a room with two beds. The owner of the inn showed them a room and gave them a candle because there was no lamp in the room. When they were going to the room the candle fell out of Joe’s hand. It became very dark. They found the door of the room and went in. They took off their clothes and went to bed. The bed was very big and by mistake they got into the same bed: Tom from one side and Joe from the other. After a few minutes Joe said, “You know, Tom, there’s a man in my bed. Here are his feet near my face.” “Yes, Joe, there’s a men in my bed too. His feet are near my face too. What shall we do? Let’s push them off our beds.” And they began to push each other. After some time the two men fell on the floor.
“Joe!” cried Tom. “My man is stronger than I. He has pushed me down to the floor.” “I’m on the floor too,” answered Joe. “I think we must go to the owner of the inn and tell him about it.”
Are You Angry, Sir?
One day Mark Twain was traveling in France by train. He was going to a small town near Paris. It was very late at night when he went to sleep. He asked the conductor to wake him up when they got to the town, and went to sleep. It was early morning when he woke up. The train was already near Paris. Mark Twain was very angry. He ran up to the conductor and cried:
“I asked you to wake me up! Why didn’t you do it? I am very angry with you!”
The conductor looked at him for a moment and then said:
“You may be angry, sir, but not so angry as the American whom I put off the train instead of you.”
1 – There is a game for you to play.
SOME WORDS ABOUT SOME WORDS.
And sometimes you can make a “new” word out of two “old” words. Look:
Snow +man = snowman
Black + board = blackboard
Book + shelf = Bookshelf
Cross + word = crossword
Foot + mark = footmark
Head + ache = headache
Road + way = roadway
Shop + man = shopman
Snow + ball = snowball
Sports + man = sportsman
Sun + shine = sunshine
Tooth + ache = toothache
2 – I think it’s time to enjoy watching a beautiful dance. (a dance)
1 – Our party comes up to the end. We hope you have enjoyed it.
2 –You many express your opinions. Please leave your replies, suggestions and remarks in English room number 4, if you want to.
1 – Bye-bye.
2 – Bye.
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