高中英语人教版必修四 Unit 3 A taste of English humour Reading 课件 （共20张PPT)

课件20张PPT。 Unit 3 Reading
A Master of Nonverbal Humor
Do you know any masters?master: a person who is extremely skilled at sthPre-readingA Master of Nonverbal Humoroutstanding playsShakespeare(1564-1616)Mr. Beanentertaining actingBruce Lee(1940-1973)astonishing KongfuMei Lanfang(1894-1961)subtle acting of Peking OperaNew wordsoutstanding
entertaining
astonishing
subtle
He is very skilled at making people laugh without using words. What can we know about Chaplin according to the title?Pre-readingIn fact, films are silent at Chaplin’s age.
Watch the video and think about how Chaplin, as a humorist, make people laugh without using words?
appearance
movements/body language
Task1 Read paragraph 3 and 4 carefully and figure out how Chaplin make people laugh from the following two aspects.
1) appearance
2) body languagephysical appearance
a____ ______ ____ hat
______ trousers
_______ shoes
_______ stick
small round blacklargeworn-outwalkingHe looks _____________________.charming/funny/interestingbody language of little tramp
1.most of the time
walk around ________ carrying a stick
2. being caught in a snowstorm


cut off....
tries cutting and chewing..
picks out ....
eats each mouthful with great enjoyment
The acting is very _________.convincingstiffly Task 2:What are the possible reasons for his convincing and entertaining acting of a sad situation? Read Para2 and think about it.
Further thinkingHe was influenced by his performer parents.
His sufferings help him understand the problems of poor people.
He has an optimistic attitude towards life.
“Not that Charlie’s own life was easy.” Can you use some adjectives to describe his childhood.be brought up in a poor acting familypoor/badly offwas taught to sing as soon as he could speak…
his father died… worse off… have to look after….most popular child actor…subtle acting made everything entertainingwell-trainedpainful/helplessgifted/humorousBecause of his subtle acting, he has made a big difference. Task3 Read Paragragh1 and 5 and find out his achievements. Chaplin’s achievements
________the lives of Americans…
_______ people ____ great confidence
work as a film s____, d______ as well as a p__________ and scriptwriter(编剧).
______a special Oscar for his outstanding work
tarirectorroducerwinbrighteninspirewithTask4 Figure out the text type and main ideas.Para 1&5 __________________________
Para2 __________________________
Para3&4 ___________________________
significance and achievementchildhood experiencefamous character and acting techniqueText type:________________A. argumentation B. exposition C. biography(人物传记) Task 1 We have learned a lot about Chaplin, now you are supposed to introduce him in your own words. Try to cover the following three aspects(3 minutes).
his childhood experience
the way he made people laugh
his achievementsastonishing charming convincing entertaining
outstanding unfortunate optimistic inspiringPost-readingTask 2 Does the writer convince you that Chaplin is a master of nonverbal humor? Why or why not?(2 minutes)You have to believe in yourself. That's the secret of success. -- Charles Chaplin
人必须有自信，这是成功的秘密。 -- 卓别林