课件31张PPT。Unit 3 A taste of English humour
Period 1 Warming Up & Reading
文本研读课Ⅰ. 根据课文语境及汉语意思写出单词
1. So they could feel more _______(满足的;满意的)
with their lives.
2. His parents were both poor music hall __________
(表演者;演出者). contentperformers3. The tramp became known __________(遍及;贯穿)
the world.
4. This character was a social ______(失败者)but was
loved for his optimism and determination to _________
(克服)all difficulties. throughoutfailureovercome5. He is known to be an ___________(杰出的) physicist.
6. Chaplin starred in silent films so he had to make use
of _______(姿态;手势)and body language. outstandinggesturesⅡ. 词义匹配
1. feel/be content with A. 穷的;缺少的
2. badly off B. 对…… 满足
3. pick out C. 在……担任主角;主演
4. cut off D. 破门而入
5. star in E. 寻找6. break into F. 挑出;辨别出
7. in search of G. 切断;断绝
答案:1-B 2. -A 3-F 4-G 5-C 6- D 7-EⅢ. 阅读导引
1. 查阅有关Charlie Chaplin的相关资料,了解他的幽默风格以及他取得的成就。
2. 找出课文中含有动词-ing形式的句子。
3. 找出课文中描述小流浪汉的句子,体会人物的性格特点。Step 1 Leading in
Do you know the following humorists and what they are famous for? Try to match them. A. Guo Degang-cross talk(相声)
B. Charlie Chaplin-comedy(喜剧)
C. Mr Bean-mime(哑剧)
D. Sanmao-clown(小丑)
E. Mark Twain-funny stories(幽默故事)
答案:①C ②E ③B ④A ⑤DStep 2 Fast Reading
Ⅰ. Skim the passage and do the following task.
The main idea of this passage is_____.
A. the history of English humour
B. the films Chaplin made
C. the humour Chaplin made in his films
D. the Gold Rush in CaliforniaⅡ. Match each paragraph with the main idea.
Para. 1 A. Why people needed cheering up.
Para. 2 B. Charlie’s achievements.
Para. 3 C. What Charlie’s childhood was like.
Para. 4 D. What his famous film character was like.
Para. 5 E. An example of his work.
Para. 1—__ Para. 2—__ Para. 3—__ Para. 4—__
Para. 5—__ACDEBStep 3 Careful Reading
Ⅰ. Choose the best answer according to the passage.
1. How do you understand the sentence “Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face”?
A. Laughter has the power to drive winter away and welcome warm spring. B. Laughter can keep one’s face warm, especially during freezing winter.
C. Laughter can make people forget their problems and make them feel happy.
D. Laughter can give people warmth, so their faces are not cold. 2. Which of the following is NOT true about the
description of Charlie Chaplin,as a tramp in the film?
A. He wore large trousers,worn-out shoes.
B. He was a poor,homeless man with a moustache.
C. He walked around stiffly carrying a walking stick.
D. He couldn’t overcome difficulties with determination. 3. In The Gold Rush, Chaplin and the other fellow eat one of his leather shoes because_____.
A. they are very hungry
B. the shoe is delicious
C. they want to make people laugh
D. they are interested in it4. Chaplin was given a special Oscar for_____.
A. they enjoy doing so
B. the films he directed
C. the joy he gave us in his films
D. the contributions he made in films5. From the text,we can know that_____.
A. Victor Hugo had made friends with Chaplin
B. many people went to California to become rich
C. Charlie Chaplin had a happy life when he was
young
D. when the little tramp chewed the shoe,he told the
audience it was deliciousⅡ. Read the text again and fill in the following form. performersworsemoustachestickfailureoptimismdirectedoutstandingⅢ. Sentence explanation
Find out these sentences in Reading and complete the following exercises.
1. As Victor Hugo once said, “Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face”, and up to now nobody has been able to do this better than Charlie Chaplin. 分析:(1)句中as引导非限制性定语从句,意为“___
___”,as从句可放在句首、句中或句末。
(2)up to now意为“_________”, 与现在完成时态连
用。
(3)比较级______与否定词nobody连用表达最高级含
义。正如直到现在better句意:正如维克多·雨果曾经说过的,“___________,
___________________”,关于这一点,直到现在也没有
人能比查理·卓别林做得更好。笑容如阳光驱走人们脸上的冬天2. Unfortunately his father died, leaving the family even worse off, so Charlie spent his childhood looking after his sick mother and his brother. 分析:____________________________为v. -ing形式短
语作状语,表示一种自然而然的结果,而不定式作结
果状语常表示出乎意料的结果。“leave+宾语+宾语补
足语”,意为“___________________”。 leaving the family even worse off使……处于某种状态句意:_________________________________________
_______________________________________________
___________不幸的是他的父亲去世了,使得整个家庭状况更糟了,因此查理的童年是在照顾生病的母亲和弟弟中度过的。Step 4 Retelling
Charlie Chaplin,born in a poor family,showed
an 1. __________ (astonish) talent as a performer as
soon as he could walk. 2. _____________ (fortunate),
his father died,3. _______ (leave) his family even worse
off. By his 4. _____,he could act the fool doing
ordinary everyday tasks. No one was ever 5. ______ astonishingUnfortunatelyleavingteensboredwatching him. Later on,Chaplin directed,produced
and 6. _______ (star) in a series of funny movies,
7. ______ made people laugh at a time when they felt
depressed,so they could feel more content with their
lives. The little tramp,who was a 8. ________ man
with a moustache,large trousers,worn-out shoes and
9. __ small round black hat,was one of the 10. _____
___________ (outstanding) parts he had ever played. starredwhichhomelessamostoutstandingStep 5 Discussion
What should we learn from Charlie Chaplin?
_______________________________________________
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________________________________________________We should be optimistic no matter what difficulties wemeet with, just as Charlie Chaplin was. (Never give up/lose heart;Do our best;Have great determination. . . )