(共17张PPT)
Humour
Unit 4
Lesson 3
My favourite comedian
Learning Objectives
01
02
03
find out basic information about Mr. Bean and his acts in the fancy restaurant
develop the ability to make inferences from context and have a better understanding of the character
act out the scenes in the restaurant with partner
comedian
Who is he
What's his nationality
What's he famous for
What TV series and films has he acted in
How does he express his humour
His nationality is English.
He is famous for the character
Mr Bean he acted.
He played in TV series and films of Mr Bean.
P14 1
Pre-reading
Rowan Atkinson 罗温·艾金森
Read Text 1 quickly to get the main idea of each part.
Task 1
Para 1
Para 2, 3
Para 4
A. An introduction to Mr Bean
B. The author’s attitude towards Mr Bean
C. The two scenes of Mr Bean at the
fancy restaurant
高级餐厅
While-reading
an internationally recognised comedy character
constantly encountering awkward situations
humour purely rely on body language
Text 1
Task 2
Read the rest of Text 1 and focus on the two scenes of
Mr Bean at the fancy restaurant.
Underline the verbs or verb phrases describing Mr Bean's actions. Then take notes using the diagrams below.
Scene 1
is seated at the table
takes out a card
writes a few words
Scene 2
looks at the menu, surprised
takes all the money
out of his wallet
counts it
P16 3
Check your answers.
Scene 1
is seated at the table
takes out
a card
writes a few words
puts it in an envelope
places it on the table
looks back at the envelope
opens it to find a birthday card
puts it on the table happily
looks surprised
Scene 2
looks at the menu, surprised
takes all the money out of
his wallet
counts it
puts it in a saucer
looks from the menu to the money with concern
orders “steak tartare”
makes an attempt to eat it
smiles and nods
hides inside the purse of a woman
throws some down the trousers of the restaurant's violinist
steak tartare: a dish made with raw beef and raw egges
Read Text 1. Make inferences about Mr Bean .
Task 3
P16 5
1. Why does Mr Bean go to a fancy restaurant on this particular day
2. Does Mr Bean have any friends
How do you know
3. Why does Mr Bean choose the “steak tartare”
4. Why does Mr Bean pretend to like the food when the waiters ask him
Reading Strategy: Making inferences
解答该类型题目时要从整体上把握语篇内容,根据已知信息去推测未知信息,体会作者的言外之意。在进行推断时要据文推理、合情推理,不可脱离原文主观臆断。
Read the text for general idea
Read details and analyse character’s expressions, acts and language using logic to make inferences
Why does Mr. Bean
1. go to a fancy restaurant
2. Does Mr Bean have many friends
3. choose the “steak tartare”
4. pretend to like the food
To celebrate his birthday
para2: He opens it to find a birthday card...
NO.
para2: He goes to the restaurant alone and writes a birthay card for himself but he pretends he receives this card.
It is the only dish he could pay for.
He is trying to behave properly and pretends to show that he usually goes to fancy restaurants.
para3: He takes all the money out...counts...looks from the menu to the money...
链接高考
(2023年全国甲卷B篇)
She credits(归功于) these skills to her late grandfather and builder Derek Lloyd. From the age of six, Terri, now 26, accompanied Derek to work during her school holidays. A day’s work was rewarded with 5 in pocket money. She says: “I’m sure I wasn’t much of a help to start with painting the rooms and putting down the flooring throughout the house. It took weeks and it was backbreaking work, but I know he was proud of my skills.”
Why did Terri’s grandfather give her 5 a day
A.For a birthday gift. B.As a treat for her work.
C.To support her DIY projects. D.To encourage her to take up a hobby.
【解析】推理判断题。根据文章第二段“She credits these skills to her late grandfather and builder Derek Lloyd. From the age of six, Terri, now 26, accompanied Derek to work during her school holidays. A day’s work was rewarded with 5 in pocket money. (她将这些技能归功于她已故的祖父兼建筑商Derek Lloyd。从六岁起,现年26岁的Terri就在学校放假期间陪Derek去上班。一天的工作得到了5英镑零花钱的奖励)”以及“It took weeks and is was backbreaking work, but I know he was proud of my skills. (这花了几个星期的时间,是一项艰苦的工作,但我知道他为我的技能感到骄傲)”可推知,Terri的祖父每天给她5英镑是作为对她的工作的鼓励。故选B。
(2020全国I卷B篇)
There are three books I reread annually. The first, which I take to reading every spring, is Ernest Hemingway’s A Moveable Feast. Published in 1964, it’s his classic memoir of 1920s Paris. The language is almost intoxicating(令人陶醉的),an aging writer looking back on an ambitious yet simpler time. Another is Annie Dillard’s Holy the Firm, her poetic 1975 ramble (随笔) about everything and nothing. The third book is Julio Cortazar’s Save Twilight: Selected Poems, because poetry. And because Cortazar.
What do we know about the book A Moveable Feast
A. It's a brief account of a trip. B. It's about Hemingway's life as a young man.
C. It's a record of a historic event. D. It's about Hemingway's friends in Paris.
Act out the two scenes of Mr Bean at the fancy restaurant.
Task 4
Mr. Bean X1
Waiter X1
Narrator X1
Post-reading
Option 1:
Summarize Mr. Bean’s personalities and find some evidence in Text 1 to support your opinion.
Option 2:
Watch an episode Rowan Atkinson starred in and try to describe your favourite scene. Write an article about it. Your article should:
describe Mr Bean's actions in detail;
explain what makes his performance humorous.