Unit 3 A taste of English humour(福建省漳州市芗城区)

课件29张PPT。Unit 3
A Taste of English Humour品味英语的幽默Warming-up and reading Do you feel my love? I want to lose weight. I’m driving at a high speed.Do you feel they are funny?
How many kinds of humour do you know about?Kinds of humorfunny poemscross talk 相声funny storiescomedy mime 哑剧sketch小品jokes Play a humorous game四是四，
十是十，
十四是十四，
四十是四十 ，
十四不是四十，
四十不是十四。English Tongue TwisterBetty bought some butter, but the butter was bitter, so she bought some better butter to make the bitter butter better.
I wish to wish the wish you wish to wish, but if you wish the wish the witch wishes, I won’t wish the wish you wish to wish.
Let’s enjoy
a noverbal short play Charlie Chaplin Do you know who he is ?Reading A Master of Nonverbal Humour Skimming,listening and correcting I.Listen to the tape and then decide
the following statements are true
or false. 1. Charlie Chaplin was poor when he was a small boy.
2. People who don’t know English cannot enjoy Chaplin’s films.
3.The Gold Rush is set in California in the late of the nineteenth century. TFF4. In The Gold Rush Chaplin and his
friend are fortunate to find some gold .
5. In the film the meal he eats is hard to chew.
6. Chaplin not only acted in films but wrote and directed films as well.TFFT SkimmingII. Finish off Ex. 1 on page 19.
Use the information in the passage to complete the notes about Charlie Chaplin .Scanning:Read the passage again and write down the main idea of each paragraph.Para 2Para 1Para 3Para 4Para 5What Charlie Chaplin’s childhood was like.Why people needed cheering upWhat his most famous character was like.His achievements. An example of a sad situation that he made funny.His childhoodHis famous character（人物）His worksHis achievementsDetailed reading Para.21). Unfortunately his father died, leaving the family even worse off.
A. richer B. earlier
C. poorer D. later 2). …his parents were both poor music hall performers.
A. 清洁工 B. 经理
C. 艺人 D. 支持者 1. Find the similar words or expressionsPara.22. What did he do after his father died during his childhood?
A. He made films to support his family.
B. He looked after his mother and brother.
C. He went to school to learn acting.
D. He went to California in search of gold.3. Did he show his talent when he was a child? How do you know that?By his teens , Charlie had , through his humor, become one of the most popular child actors in England . He could mime and act the fool doing ordinary everyday tasks .
worn-out shoes large trousers a walking stick a small round black hat a moustacheGive a description on Chaplin?The tramp, a poor, homeless man with a moustache, wore large trousers, worn-out shoes and a small round black hat. He walked stiffly carrying a walking stick. Para.3Q1: Which film of Chaplin is mentioned in Para.3-4? Para.3-4The Gold RushQ2: Find out some information about the film The Gold Rush by listening.
Para 4: The Gold RushTime :
Place :
Job in the film :Q1:Were they fortunate enough to find the gold? Q2:What troubles did they meet in California? in the mid-nineteenth century California panning for goldThey ____________ on the edge of a mountain during a ___________ with _______________.snowstorm are hiding in a small hut No nothing to eat The Gold Rush1.Cut off the leather top of the shoe
2.Pick out the laces and eat them
3.Try cutting and eating the
bottom of the shoe
4.Treat it as if it were the finest meat
5.Sit down at the table with plate and drinking up Para.5Chaplin wrote, ________, and produced the films he _________.directedstarred inHe was given a ____________ for his outstanding work.He lived in England and the USA but spent his last years in ____________, where he was buried in 1977.special OscarSwitzerland SUMMARY 1 nobody has been able to do better than Charlie Chaplin in humor.He made people laugh at a time when they felt depressed , so they could feel more 2 with their lives .
Chaplin’s parents were poor music hall performers . It was 3 that Chaplin was brought up very successfully when he was very young . 4 , his father died , leaving the family even 5 . Chaplin could act the fool doing ordinary everyday tasks . Nobody was ever 6 watching him for he made everything 7 .
He became known___8___ the world . The tramp , a poor , 9 man with a moustache , wore large trousers , worn-out shoes and a small round black hat .
Later , Charlie Chaplin wrote , directed and produced the films he 10 . In 1972, Chaplin was given a special Oscar for his outstanding work in films .1.Up to now ; 2.content ;
3. astonishing ; 4. Unfortunately ;
5. worse off ; 6.bored ;
7. entertaining ; 8.throughout ;
9. homeless ; 10. starred in Interview Work in pairs. Imagine that you are Charlie Chaplin, and your partner is a journalist from 21st Century. Make an interview according to the reading passage. Discussion:
1. What should we learn from Charlie Chaplin?
2.How many ways can you make others laugh?