课件23张PPT。Welcome to our class!A tongue twister: Betty bought some butter,
but the butter was bitter,
so she bought some better
butter to make the bitter
butter better.Verbal humour I wish to wish the wish you wish to wish, but if you wish to wish the witch wishes, I won’t wish the wish you wish to wish.
Verbal humourCharlie ChaplinWho is he?What is he
good at?Nonverbal
humourA Master of Nonverbal HumourReadingWord Guessing1.Up to now the people in Wenchuan have been very sad.
2.It is astonishing that the man survived for about 179 hours without food.
3. Unfortunately, thousands of people lost their lives in the earthquake.
4.They are homeless, so their life is worse off than ours.
5. Failure is the mother of success.
6. Chaplin overcame a lot of difficulties and at last he became a great mime actor.
.Please guess the meanings of these new wordsTask 1Skim the passage and finish Exercise 1 on Page19.ComprehendingBorn: ___________________________
Job:________________________________
Type of acting: ______________________
Famous character:________________18891977actormime the little trampCostume:____________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ Died: ______________________________ large trousers,worn-out shoes and a small round black hat and a walking stick a small round
black hat a moustache a walking sticklarge trousersworn-out shoesCareful readingTask 2Listen to the tape and answer these questions:1.How did people feel between the years when the two world wars broke out?
2.What was Chaplin’s childhood like?
3.Why was the little tramp loved by the people?
4.Can you give an example of a sad situation that Chaplin made funny?
5. What were Chaplin’s achievements?
1.How did people feel between the years when the two world wars broke out?2.What was Chaplin’s childhood like?3.Why was the little tramp loved by the people?4.Can you give an example of a sad situation that Chaplin made funny?They felt depressed.He lived a poor/uneasy life and learnt to sing and dance when he was very young.Because of his optimism and determination to
overcome all difficulties and he was kind to others even when others were unkind to him.The Gold Rush.5. What were Chaplin’s achievements?He wrote,directed and produced the films he starred in and he was given a special Oscar for his outstanding work in films in1972.Task 3Read the passage again and write down the main idea of each paragraph.(Exercise2 on Page19)Here are the suggested answers:Para1: People needed cheering up.
Para2: Chaplin’s childhood.
Para3: His famous film character.
Para4: An example of his work.
Para5: His achievements. ImitationTask 4Watch a short film of Chaplin and try to imitate his way of walking.DiscussionTask 5Please discuss this question in groups:Why do you think Chaplin was so successful?HomeworkWrite a summary of the passage in your own words and hand it in tomorrow.
Goodbye!
Thank YouThank you for your listening!mimenonverbalfunny stories
verbal jokesfunny poemscomedyfunny playscross talkThanks a lot!Born : 1889Type of acting: mimeDied: 1977Job: actorCharacter : The Little Tramp Famous film: The Gold Rush Retelling the gold rushTHE GOLD RUSH