I. Before listening

1. TRUE / FALSE: Look at the article’s headline and guess whether these sentences are true (T) or false (F):

2. SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article:

3. PHRASE MATCH: Match the following phrases from the article (sometimes more than one combination is possible):

II. Listen and fill in the spaces

Men are naturally funnier than women. This _____________________ UK male professor, Sam Shuster. He conducted research on 400 different people as he unicycled around his town. He observed _____________________ and discovered that men made more jokes _____________________, and that men’s jokes were more aggressive. He said three-quarters of male “jokers” mocked _____________________ comments, while most women tended to tease him with a smile. He said: "The difference between the men and women _____________________ and consistent." Professor Shuster believes the male hormone testosterone _____________________ being funnier. He found that teenage boys were aggressive in their humor and this aggression changed with older _____________________ of joking.

Earlier research suggests women and men _____________________. One study said women _____________________ jokes than men and male comedians outnumber female ones. Other showed men look more for a punch line. Men also use people they _____________________ their jokes, often in a negative way. Married men seem to like hearing and making jokes _____________________. British comedian John Moloney disagreed with Professor Shuster’s findings. He said that in his _____________________, he had never noticed that men were funnier than women. He stated: "The difference is that if a group of women were together ___________________, they don't automatically start telling jokes, which men do. It then becomes a bit of a competition, but _____________________ men are funnier."

III. DISCUSSION

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

1) What did you think when you read the headline?

2) What kind of comedy do you like?

3) Do you think men are funnier than women?

4) Are your favourite comedians men or women?

5) Do you think humor is genetic and the male hormone testosterone causes men to be funnier?

6) What do you think are the differences between male and female humor?

7) Are you good at telling jokes?

STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

1) How do you think men and women use humor differently?

2) Do you really think women tell fewer jokes than men?

3) Are the subjects of men and women’s jokes different in your country?

4) Do you understand the humor of other nationalities?

5) Do you laugh at jokes told in English?

Date: 2015-12-24; view: 1165