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Unit 3 A taste of English humour (Reading)
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Types of humour Example of English humour Do you have this humour in China
nonverbal Charlie chaplin pantomine (哑剧) (刘全和, 刘全利)
mime and farce (哑剧和轻喜剧) Mr Bean
verbal jokes play on words, usually two lines
funny stories Mark twain
funny poems Edward Lear
funny plays (陈佩斯, 严顺开)
cross talk (马季, 姜昆)
jokes
doggerel (打油诗)
Do you have other kinds of humour in China
中国幽默特有的形式：
独角戏、相声、小品、双簧等。
“幽默”的含义
“幽默”一般有两层含义：
一是指使某事物可笑或喜剧性的因素；
二是指看出、欣赏或表达有趣的喜剧性事物的能力。
Nonverbal Humour
a small black hat
a moustache
a stick
very wide trousers
He wore a small black hat, very wide trousers, a moustache and carried a stick that he swung in the air as he walked.
Little Tramp
Find the words or expressions that mean almost the same as these in italics.
1.I know there are many people worse off than me.
A. richer B. earlier C. poorer D. later
2. She has the determination to be successful.
A. skill B. communication
C. will D. confidence
3.He was in such a hurry that he bumped into and old lady.
A. knocked into B. came across
C. waved goodbye to D. looked up at
4. The problem Charlie Chaplin was having to deal with would not go away.
A. practising B. preferring to talk to
C. trying to talk to D. facing
Fast Reading
What’s the passage mainly about
A. The history of English humour
B. The films Chaplin made.
C. The humour Chaplin made in his films.
D. The Gold Rush in California.
2. People enjoy seeing other people’s bad luck because __.
A. they enjoy doing so
B. it makes people more worried about their life.
C. it makes people more content with their life.
D. there’s much fun is doing so.
3.In the middle of 19th century people went ot California to look for __.
A. films B. gold
C. entertainment D. water
Information about Charlie Chaplin’s career
Born
Died
Job
Type of acting
Character
Costume
Reason for success
1889
1977
actor
“the tramp”, a poor and homeless person
Large trousers, worn-out shoes and small round black hat
Charming ,social failure with a determination to overcome difficulties and always kind
mime and farce
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How did Charlie Chaplin make a
sad situation entertaining
Discussion
Did he enjoy the meal
Why
1.Read the text and write what Charlie Chaplin’s thought in the vedio
2.Finish off the exercises about the text.
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