(共27张PPT)
Unit 4
Humour
To read and talk about Charlie Chaplin
To read for deep understanding and critical thinking
To summarise information
1. What do you know about Charlie Chaplin
2. Have you ever seen his films
What is so interesting about them
Charlie Chaplin
He was a great silent movie star. Modern Times, The Little Tramp, The Gold Rush, City Light are his masterpieces (代表作). He was very popular in his time.
The Gold Rush 《淘金记》
City Lights《城市之光》
Modern Times 《摩登时代》
Give a description on the little tramp.
He wore a small black hat, very wide trousers, a moustache and carried a stick that he swung in the air as he walked.
Read and draw a timeline to show Chaplin’s life story.
April 16, 1889: born in London, parents were
entertainers
1899: father died, mother became sick, had to
fend for himself, joined a stage group
1910: began working in stage shows and toured US
1912: was offered a movie contract in US, huge
commercial successes
1917: set up his own studio, controlled all
aspects of his films
1936: films very successful, his most
successful one is Modern Times
What are Chaplin’s ideas and opinions in presenting comedies Read and find evidence from the text. What do you think of his ideas and opinions
Chaplin’s ideas and opinions in presenting comedies are making the joke effortless and simple. He took the situation of the underdog and made it into comedy gold. Chaplin acted the ordinary man who had difficulties to overcome, and made sure he always ended up smelling of roses.
Do you think his poor childhood helped him in his work Why
2. What should we learn from Charlie Chaplin
1. Chaplin’s films were much more than just a series of
slapstick scenes loosely woven together.
卓别林的电影不仅仅是一系列松散地交织在一起的
闹剧场景。
loosely adv. not exactly 不严谨地
loosely speaking 笼统地说
loosely translated 粗略地翻译
e.g. The play is loosely based on his childhood in
Russia.
2. Chaplin acted as an ordinary man who had difficulties to
overcome, and made sure he always ended up smelling of
roses.
act as 充当，扮演，担当
e.g. A copper wire acts as a conductor.
A trained dog can act as a guide to a blind person.
You can speak Greek — will you act as interpreter
【语境应用】 翻译下列句子。
1) 心脏充当了我们身体的一部泵。
_____________________________________
2) 他在这部戏里扮演了一位老人。
_____________________________________
The heart acts as a pump of our body.
He acted as an old man in the play.
end up “结束”，后接名词作宾语
e.g. The manager finally ended up his speech.
后接形容词作状语
e.g. If you continue to drive like that, you’ll
end up dead.
后接动词-ing形式作状语
e.g. If you don’t watch the road more carefully,
you’ll end up having an accident.
后接介词短语作状语
e.g. Much of this meat will probably end up
as dog food.
If you go on doing that kind of thing,
you’ll end up in prison.
【语境应用】 完成句子。
1) 罗伯特工作很努力，最后成了公司的经理。
Robert worked very hard, and he ________
(as) manager of the company.
2) 尽管他努力了，最后还是没有成功。
In spite of his efforts, he _______________
_____________ after all.
ended up
ended up unsuccessful
3) 如果你不避开那场火灾，到头来你会被烧伤。
You will _______________________ burnt if
you don’t keep away from the fire.
4) 令我们非常惊奇的是，汤姆最后得了一等奖。
Much to our surprise, Tom ____________
first prize.
end up getting / being
ended up with
3. Chaplin is sometimes criticised for being overly
sentimental, but comic actors of today still think his
films are influential in their approach to acting.
criticise vt. & vi. 批评，指责
to express your disapproval of someone or something, or
to talk about their faults
e.g. The government has been criticised for not
taking the problem seriously.
4. His early fimls was such huge commercial success
that film companies were falling over themselves
to hire him.
他早期的电影是如此巨大的商业成功，以至于电
影公司都争相雇用他。
falling over oneself：to display great or excessive eagerness
表现出极大或过分的渴望
e.g. People were falling over themselves to get good jobs.
人们想方设法去获得一个好工作。
follow in one’s footsteps 追随某人的脚步
shine a light on 揭露；折射
box office 票房
mental torment 精神折磨
slapstick comedy 低俗喜剧
“To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain, and play with it!”
— Charlie Chaplin
Write a summary about Charles Chaplin.
