(共16张PPT)
1. Girl : If we marry, will you give me a ring
Boy: Of course, What’s your telephone
number
2. Daughter: Auntie kissed me this morning,
Mum! Mum: How nice! Did you kiss her back, dear Daughter: Of course not. I kissed her face.
Unit 3
A taste of English Humor
Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.
----Victor Hugo
How many kinds of humor do you know
verbal
nonverbal
sketch; cross talk
funny poems; funny stories;
jokes; limerick（打油诗）
mime ; farce
clown
Types of humor Example of English humor Do you have this humor in China
Verbal jokes Play on words, usually two lines
Funny stories Mark Twain
Funny poems Edward Lear
nonverbal Mime Charlie Chaplin
farce Mr. Bean
哑剧：刘全和 刘全利
打油诗
陈佩斯
侯宝林 马三立
幽默笑话
Reading
A MASTER
OF
NONVERBAL HUMOUR
Skimming : Read the text quickly and complete the main idea of it.
The text is about the life and work of Charlie Chaplin who________ the lives of Americans and British through two world wars and __________________________.
brightened
the hard years in between
Read the passage quickly and match the main idea of each paragraph.
Paragraph 1:
Paragraph 2:
Paragraph 3:
Paragraph 4:
Paragraph 5:
why people needed cheering up.
what Charlie’s childhood was like.
what his most famous character was like
an example of a sad situation that he made funny
his achievements
True or False
1.Charlie Chaplin did best in making people laugh.
2.Charlie Chaplin brightened the lives of the Americans and British and made them feel more satisfied with their lives.
Para.1
T
T
Para.2
1. What did he do after his father died during his childhood
2. How do you know that he had a gift for acting when he was a child
1. What did he do after his father died during his childhood
He looked after his sick mother and his brother.
Para.2
2. How do you know that he had a gift for acting when he was a child
A. Chaplin was taught to sing as soon as he could speak and dance as soon as he could walk
B. By his teens, Chaplin had become one of the most popular child actors in London.
C. His sutle acting made everything entertaining.
Para.2
a small round black hat
a moustache
a walking stick
large trousers
He was loved for optimism and determination to overcome all difficulties and he
was kind even when others were unkind to him.
Para.3
worn-out shoes
Careful reading for Para.4
What’s the correct order of the following events
Chaplin tried cutting and eating the bottom of the shoe.
Chaplin and his friend washed sand and expected to pick up gold, but they failed.
They were so hungry that they boiled a pair of leather shoes.
They were caught in a small wooden house.
Chaplin cut off the leather top of the shoe.
Chaplin picked out the laces and ate.
6
1
3
2
5
4
Para.5
Chaplin produced, _______, and wrote many movies he ________.
The Tramp
The Kid
The Gold Rush
directed
starred in
He was given a ____________ for his lifetime __________ work.
Modern Times
The Great Dictator
The Circus
special Oscar
outstanding
Charlie Chaplin was born in a _____ family in _____. When he was a boy, he had become one of the most popular _____in England. As time went by, he grew more and more _______ for his charming __________ “the little _______” . The homeless man with a ________ , wore large trousers, ________ shoes and a small round black _____. Type of his acting is _____ .In ____ , he was given a special Oscar for his outstanding work . He _____ in 1977. He is loved and ___________ as a great actor who could inspire people with great _______.
poor
1889
popular
character
tramp
Summary: fill in the following blanks
moustache
worn-out
hat
mime
1972
died
remembered
confidence
actors
