Why worry?

　　There are only two things to worry about:

Either you are well or you are sick.

If you are well, then there is nothing to worry about.

If you are sick, there are two things to worry about:

Either you will get well or you will die.

If you get well, then there is nothing to worry about.

If you die, there are only two things to worry about:

Either you will go to Heaven or Hell.

If you go to Heaven, there is nothing to worry about.

But if you go to Hell, you will be so damn busy

Shaking hands with friends, you won´t have time to worry. 　　Whose job ...?

　　This is the story about four people named Everybody,

Somebody, Anybody and Nobody.

There was an important job to be done,

and Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it.

Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it.

Somebody got angry about that.

because it was Everybody´s job.

Everybody thought Anybody could do it,

but Nobody realised that Everybody wouldn´t do it.

It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody,

When Nobody did what Anybody could have done. 　　2. Pre-reading by telling the truth -What do you like to laugh at?

　　I like to laugh at cartoons, for they're lovely and fun.

　　I like to laugh at fairy tales. They are amusing and interesting.

　　Although we have different sense of humor, it seems that the humor that all cultures enjoy is non-verbal humor. We all laugh at the antics of Charlie Chaplin and Mr. Bean. It is good that we can all laugh at something together!

　　Many years ago there lived an Emperor who was so exceedingly fond of fine new clothes that he spent vast sums of money on dress. To him clothes meant more than anything else in the world. He took no interest in his army, nor did he care to go to the theatre, or to drive about in his state coach, unless it was to display his new clothes. He had different robes for every single hour of the day.

　　3. Reading aloud to the recording

　　Reading aloud to the recording of the text improves our literacy skills -- reading, writing, speaking, and listening. Now please listen and read aloud to the recording of the text A MASTER OF NONVERBAL HUMOUR. Pay attention to the pronunciation of each word and the pauses between the thought groups.

　　4. Reading and underlining

　　A really useful way to help us with our listening is to become aware of 'thought groups' .

　　When we speak, we need to divide speech up into small 'chunks' to help the listener understand messages. These chunks or thought groups are groups of words which go together to express an idea or thought. In English, we use pauses and low pitch to mark the end of thought groups.

Next you are to read the text, dividing the text into thought groups and circling all the useful expressions or collocations in the passage. Copy them into your notebook after school as homework.