Unit 3 A taste of English humor
Lesson 1 warming-up and speaking
学习目标：
了解英语幽默以及Charlie Chaplin的故事。
学法指导：
教师引导，学生自主学习讨论，交流学习成果。
课前预习：
查找出以下单词的意思
humor n. 2.mime n. 3.comedy n.
performer n. 5.up to now 6.depressed adj.
content adj. 8.feel/be content with
9.astonish vt. 10.fortunate adj.
【课堂演练】：
Warming-up
What is humor? (laugh, humorous, humorist)
Humor is something that makes it funny and makes people _____. If someone often makes others laugh, We say he is very __________. We call him a ________.
How many types of humor do you know?
三．Speaking
A:How many types of humor do you know?
B:I only know several types of humor, they are and .
A: What’s your favorite type of humor?
B:My favorite type of humor is ?(mime)
A:What is ? (mime)
B: is a performance using gestures and body movements without words. (mime)
A:And what’s your favorite comedian (谐星)?
B:My favorite comedian is _______.
A:Why?
B:Because .
【课后作业】
关于憨豆先生：Choose the correct word to fill in the blanks and try to translate the sentences.
Mr. Bean is a well-known British h_______ whose sense of h_____ leaves a deep impression on people throughout the world. He himself is a h_______ person who prefer to e_______ people with his e_________ performances and short plays. Much to our e__________, he never fails to make us laugh out loud. His humor is like the sun that drives winter from the human face.
【Just for fun：Little Johnny feels sorry for teacher】
A new teacher was trying to make use of her psychology(哲学) courses. She started up her class by saying "Everyone who thinks you're stupid, stand up!" After a few seconds, Little Johnny stood up. The teacher said, "Do you think you're stupid, Little Johnny?" "No, ma'am, but I hate to see you standing there all by yourself!!
课后反思：
Unit 3 A taste of English humor
Lesson 2 reading
学习目标：熟悉本单元话题提高学生的阅读能力。
学法指导：教师引导，学生自主学习讨论，交流学习成果。
课前预习：
自学完成下面习题。
一、查找出以下单词并标于课文中。
brightened at a time depressed hall
as soon as common income uncertain
look after charming character confidence
optimism determine underdog steak 【课堂演练】
Find out the main idea of each part.
Para.1 A.Childhood
Para.2 B.His most famous character
Para.3 C.Social background (社会背景)
Para.4 D. His achievements.
Para.5 E.An example of his works.(The Gold Rush)
2. Information about Charlie Chaplin
3. Read the passage and finish the following questions.
1. How do you understand the sentence“Laughter is the sun that drives winter from
the human face.”?
A. Laughter is 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.
2. Which is NOT true?
A. Charlie was a master of non-verbal humor.
B. Charlie showed humanity and kindness in his movies.
C. Charlie was a social failure, so he could play that character well.
D. Charlie must have experienced sad situations when he was a child.
3. The story of The Gold Rush happened ____.
A. in the 1750s B. in the 1850s C. in the 1890s D. in the 1950s
4. What’s the main idea of the text?
A. The history of English humor. B. The films that Chaplin made.
C. The humor Chaplin made in his films. D. The Gold Rush in California.
5. What’s the author’s attitude to Charlie Chaplin?
A. positive B. negative C. serious D. appreciative
【课后作业】Retelling
“laughter is the sun that _____winter from the human face.” Charlie Chaplin made people laugh at a time when Americans and British felt _______, so they could _____more _______ _______their lives.Charlie was born in a poor music hall _________’ family. Because of his parents’ training and his hard work, he became one of the most popular child _____in England.As time went by, he began making films.His charming _________ “the little tramp” is well-known all over the world, a poor and _________ person wearing large trousers, ________ shoes, and carrying a walking _______.
Such was Charlie Chaplin who wrote, _______ , and produced the movies that he _______ in. He was given a special Oscar for his____________ work of bringing humor to us all.
课后反思：
课后反思
Unit 3 A taste of English humor
Lesson 3 (language points 1)
学习目标：
掌握以下单词的意义及用法：1. content 2.convince 3.failure 4.particular 5.pick out
学法指导：
教师引导，学生自主学习讨论，交流学习成果。
课前预习：选词填空
1.He knowledge in almost every class.
2. He________the salary at present, so he's decided to leave the company.
3.I’m going to some books to send to my friends in South Africa.
4.Teacher me to believe that I will have a better future.
5.I am not about/over food.
【课堂演练】
1.content adj. n．
教材原句：He made people laugh at a time when they felt depressed，so they could feel more content
with their lives.
在人们感到沮丧的时候，他可以使他们开怀大笑， 。(翻译)
be content with: be content to do sth:
contents of a book: a contented smile:
(1). He got a new job in a hotel and he________ ______ ______ it.（对…满意）
(2). That rich man is tired of city life, so he is content (live) in the country.
convince vt. convincing adj.
The acting is so convincing that it makes you believe that it is one of the best meals he has ever tasted！
令人心悦诚服的表演使你相信这是他吃过的最可口的饭菜之一了！
convince sb to do sth convince sb of sth
convince sb that be convinced of/that
(1). Teachers convinced students hard. (study)
(2). You need to convince them your determination for your study.
(3). I (convince) that we will succeed sooner or later.
failure. n. fail vi.
fail in sth fail to do sth fail sb
1.What will you do （如果失败）
2.You me a lot in the concert.
4.particular adj.
be particular about/over in particular=particularly
Girls are always their haircut.
Money is useful at anytime.
5.pick out
写出下列句中pick out的含义
(1)A competition was held to pick out the best table tennis players.
(2)It was so dark in the cinema that I could hardly pick out my friend.
(3)Having read the book many times, I finally pick out its main idea.
pick out: ( ( (
pick up: ( ( (
补全句子：
( I am wandering whether you can .我在想你是否能去机场接她
( Although he had not seen his sister for twenty years, he as soon as she
got off the plane.虽然他和妹妹已经有20年没有见了，但是一下飞机，他就认出了她。
【课后作业】翻译以下句子
1.我对你的表演很满意。
2.我坚信你们都是好孩子。
3.虽然他考试失败了，但是他已经尽了他的全力了。
4.学生们尤其是像崔同学这样上课爱睡觉的学生，应该改正自己的态度好好学习
在我去接姐姐的路上，看见许多中学生捡起地上的垃圾，从中我学到了许多。
课后反思：
Unit 3 A taste of English humor
Lesson 4 (language points 2)
学习目标：
掌握以下单词的意义及用法： 1. cut off 2.up to now 3.badly off 4.as if 5.as
学法指导：
教师引导，学生自主学习讨论，交流学习成果。
【课前预习】
1. With the electricity________， all the machines had to stop working.
2. is known to all, he is moved by the story.
3. Our junior middle school ________for teachers.
4. ，the work has been quite smooth.
5.He act he didn’t make a mistake.
【课堂演练】
cut off cut down __________ cut in _____________
( I am sorry to (打断你)，but there is something I don’t understand.
(In order to protect our mother earth, we shouldn’t _____ ______ trees.
2.up to now （常与 时态连用）
[课本原句] Up to now nobody has been able to do this better than Charlie Chaplin.
（翻译）
( He has been unconscious . 到现在他还不省人事。
(We haven’t heard from her . 直到现在我们还没有收到他的来信。
3.badly off
[教材原句]Unfortunately his father died, leaving the family even worse off, so Charlie spent his childhood looking after his sick mother and his brother.
翻译： 。
be badly off for go from bad to worse
to make matters/things worse=what’s worse worse still
(Nobody think they than their parents were at the same age.
没有人认为自己比父母在同一年龄时的境况更差。
(He is out of work, and = , his wife is seriously ill.
他失业了，更糟的是，他的妻子病得很严重。
as if
[教材原句]Then he picks out the lace of the shoe and eats it as if it were spaghetti.
然后他挑出鞋带来吃，想吃意大利面一样。
(It looks 暴风雨好像要来了。
(He talks 他说话的口气好像他什么都知道似的。
5. as
[教材原句]As Victor Hugo once said, “Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.”
As is known to all, light travels faster than sound. (翻译)
(2)There is a nest in the tree , as I remember. (翻译)
as we all know as is known to all
as is reported as is often the case
【课后作业】翻译以下句子
1.我们断水了。
2.到现在我已经一年没有回家了。
3.很多学生缺乏正确的学习态度。
4.他总是表现出自己没睡的样子。
5.众所周知，你喜欢游戏多过学习。
课后反思：
Unit 3 A taste of English humor
Lesson 5 Grammar (1)
学习目标：
掌握动名词做表语，定语，宾补的用法
学法指导：
教师引导，学生自主学习讨论，交流学习成果。
课前预习：判断以下动名词做什么成分（表语、定语还是宾语补足语）
The acting is so convincing that it makes you believe that it is one of the best meals he has ever tasted.
动名词作____.
2. Seeing is believing. 动名词作____.
3. We must improve our working method. 动名词作____.
4. No one was ever bored watching him—his subtle acting made everything entertaining. 动名词作____.
5. I saw him going downstairs. 动名词作____.
【课堂演练】
观察下列句子或短语，试着总结规律：
1. Her hobby is painting. Their jobs are looking after the children.
小结：-ing形式作_________语时常放在__________之后，用来泛指某种动作或行为，以说明主语的身份、性质或内容。常用来作表语的现在分词有astonishing, amusing, confusing, disappointing, interesting, surprising等。
2. drinking water 饮用水 tiring music 烦人的音乐
They lived in a room facing the street. 面向街道的房间
小结：单个动词的-ing形式作________语位于被修饰________的____面；-ing形式短语作________语位于被修饰________的_____面。
注意：
1)单个动词的-ing形式既可以表示被修饰者的作用或功能，也可以表示被 者的动作或状态。
eg. a walking stick = a stick for walking a reading room = a room for reading
a surprising result = a result that is surprising an outstanding man= a man who is outstanding
2)-ing形式短语在意思上相当于一个定语从句。
eg. The man standing there is Peter’s father. = The man who is standing there is Peter’s father.
They lived in a room facing the street. = They lived in a room that faces the street.
3. We found the snake eating the eggs. I noticed a bag lying on the ground.
The boss kept the workers working the whole night.
小结：-ing形式作________语常放在____语后面，表示一个正在进行的主动
即学即练：
1. The other day when I was in a shop, I saw a thief _______ a lot of money.
A. stole B. stolen C. stealing D. steal
2. It was so cold that they kept the fire ______ all night.
A. to burn B. burn C. burning D. burned
3. He looked around and caught a man ______ his hand into the pocket of a passenger.
A. put B. to be putting C. to put D. putting
4. —Did you meet anyone ______ at the party?
—No, in fact, I found the party rather ______.
A. interesting; boring B. interested; boring
C. interesting; bored D. interested; bored
5. The salesman scolded the girl caught ______ and let her off.
A. to have stolen B. to be stealing C. to steal D. stealing
6. Don’t leave the water_______ while you brush your teeth.
A. run B. running C. being run D. to run
7. When we came, we found the doctor________ a patient.
A. examine B. examined C. examining D. to examine
8. A child will be immediately punished if he is found _______.
A. lie B. lying C. lies D. lied
【课后作业】
1.The students are caught____ in the exam and will be punished.
A. cheating B. cheat C. to be cheated D. being cheated
2.— Why did you go back to the shop? —I left my son _______ there. ???? A. wait B. to wait C. waiting D. waits
3.The wild flowers looked like a soft orange blanket _____ the desert.
A. covering B. covered C. cover D. to cover
4.Peter received a letter just now ______ his grandma would come to see him soon.
A. said B. say C. saying D. to say
5.I smell something ____ in the kitchen. Can I call you back in a minute?
A. burning B. burn C. being burnt D. to be burnt
6.The guard caught a stranger_______ into the manager’s office.
A. slide B. sliding C. to slide D. slid
课后反思：
Unit 3 A taste of English humor
Lesson 6 Grammar (2)
学习目标：掌握本单元基本词汇的用法；在阅读理解训练中提升阅读技能
学法指导：教师引导，学生自主学习讨论，交流学习成果。
【课前预习】用所给动词的适当形式填空。
_______________(clean) women in big cities usually get paid by the hour.
All of us watched the hunter _________ (bring) down the dangerous bear.
When he woke up, he found himself ____________ (lie) in hospital.
The man _____________ (wear) a sad look said, "I've lost my wallet."
His hobby is_____________(collect) wine bottles.
The students came into the classroom_____________ (follow) the teacher.
The missing boy was last seen _____________ (play) near the river.
The report is very_________________(encourage).
【课堂演练】
Last Friday a storm swept through two villages in the New Territories, destroying (摧毁) fourteen homes. Seven others were so badly damaged (破坏) that their owners had to leave them, and fifteen others had broken windows or broken roofs. One person was killed, several were badly hurt and taken to hospital, and a number of other people received smaller hurt. Altogether over two hundred people were homeless after the storm.
A farmer, Mr. Tan, said that the storm began early in the morning and lasted for over an hour.
“I was eating with my wife and children,” he said, “When we heard a loud noise. A few minutes later our house fell down on top of us. We tried our best to climb out but then I saw that one of my children was missing. I went back inside and found him, safe but very frightened.”
Mrs. Woo Mei Fong said that her husband had just left for work when she felt that her house was moving. She ran outside at once with her children.
“There was no time to take anything,” she said, “A few minutes later, the roof came down.”
Soldiers helped to take people out of the flooded (水淹的) area and the welfare department (福利机构) brought them food, clothes and shelter.
1. How many homes altogether (总共) were damaged in the storm?
A. Fourteen B. Twenty-one C. Twenty-nine D. Thirty-six
2. Where was Mr. Tan when the storm first began?
A. He was in bed.?????????????????????? B. He was inside the house.
C. He was outside the house.???????????????? ?? D. He was on the roof.
3. Mrs. Woo and her family didn’t get hurt because _________.
A. her husband knew there would be a storm B. they were all outside the house when the storm became worse
C. she felt the house was moving D. the welfare department helped her
4. The underlined word “shelter” in this passage means ______.
A. something to eat B. something to wear
C. somewhere to study D. somewhere to stay
Bill Clinton took office (就职)on January 20,1993 and became the 42nd U. S. President (总统). He is the first U. S. president who was born after World War II. He is also one of the youngest of all U. S. presidents.
Clinton was born in a poor family. Three months before he was born, his father, William Blats, died. When he was small, his mother remarried (再婚) Norger Clinton, so the boy’s family name was changed.
In the summer of 1963, Clinton was asked to visit the city of Washington. During his visit, he met President Kennedy in the White House. At that time, he wanted to become a president, and now he is!
1. Clinton became the 42nd U. S. president when he was______.
A. thirty B. about forty C. forty-seven D. 37years old
2. Clinton’s father died______.
A. after 1946 B. before Clinton was born C. before World War II D. when Clinton was young
3. Why was the boy’s name changed?
A. Because he became a president? B. Because his family was very poor
C. Because his father was dead D. Because his mother remarried Norger Clinton
4. In 1963 Clinton came to the city of Washington___.
A. to take part in an exam B. for his holidays C. for a visit D. to have a meeting with Kennedy
5. Which one of the following is Not right?
A. Everybody can visit the president in the White House
B. All the U. S. presidents work in the White Horse
C. Clinton wanted to become a president after he saw President Kennedy
D. The White House is in the city of Washington
课后反思：
Unit 3 A taste of English humor
Lesson 7 using language
学习目标：熟悉本单元话题提高学生的阅读能力。
学法指导：教师引导，学生自主学习讨论，交流学习成果。
【课前预习】：
用本单元所学词组、句型翻译下列短文
The director is searching for an actor who can take his film’s main role. Up to now, he has pick out three students. To our surprise，the director chose the one who was poor and he was
not particular about what he eats. The student was separated in a small house in order to be tested and let others convince his talent. To his surprise, the house was in a mess. But the student was satisfied with so much food in the house.In the end，he passed the test successfully.
【课堂探究】
一、用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。
1. I had an __________ (amuse) experience last year when I lived in a small village in the south of France.
2. Few people live in the ___________ (mountain) area.
3. When I went up to the students, they were __________ (whisper) in the classroom.
4. A _______ (vast) number of people helped the little girl.
5. Running away is our natural ________ (react) when we meet danger.
6. He walks as if he were ________ (drink), but in fact he isn’t.
二、完形填空
Roberta appeared on the stage. She took a deep breath and began to 1 . Now she was Portia, a strong–willed 2 in Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of Venice”. The theater was filled with people. She was speaking with a power she had never before experienced, the words flowing 3 from her.
__4_ , Roberta had never acted in her life before the audition (选拔试演). She __5__ being in front of other people. She was very 6 at school. She had never thought she was good enough at anything to 7 much attention. She stayed mostly to herself, making __8__ friends. She had excellent grades, 9 she always thought that something was missing.
Two weeks before the audition, Roberta’s mother had heard about it and __10__ her to join in.
“I can’t think of anyone else better suited to 11 the part. Remember all the plays you used to act out for us?”
Her mother wouldn’t let the 12 drop. “You’re just a little scared. Everyone gets scared. You know you 3 do it. The trick is to look past (忽视)the 14 to find the love of what you’re doing.’’
So Roberta had made an appointment (预约) with the head of the Drama Club. She had read the play and found herself excited by the 15 of speaking such rich words. In secret she practiced Portia’s part, 16 the lines by repeating them over and over. It wasn’t hard; she 17 every minute of it. Every time she spoke the words, she had a new 18 of the lines, as if Shakespeare had written Portia on many levels.
On the day of the audition, she 19 two of Portia’s famous speeches for the auditors. When she had finished, the head of the Drama Club announced the 20 was hers.
1. A. sing B. dance C. speak D. report
2. A. member B. actress C. player D. character
3. A. weakly B. rapidly C. smoothly D. slowly
4. A. At first B. In fact C. After all D. In all
5. A. hated B. enjoyed C. appreciated D. regretted
6. A. honest B. shy C. polite D. patient
7. A. avoid B. focus C. pay D. attract
8. A. few B. a few C. several D. many
9. A. or B. so C. for D. but
10. A. forced B. requested C. encouraged D. reminded
11. A. accept B. play C. offer D. learn
12. A. role B. matter C. interest D. grade
13. A. can B. must C. may D. should
14. A. anger B. pain C. sadness D. fear
15. A. purpose B. way C. idea D. importance
16. A. memorizing B. organizing C. checking D. improving
17. A. disliked B. loved C. expected D. bore
18. A. consideration B. description C. selection D. understanding
19. A. practiced B. planned C. performed D. delivered
20. A. part B. play C. speech D. position
【课后作业】
1.You may find it _____________(让人惊奇的)that Charlie was taught to sing as soon as he could speak.
2.You'll need to _______________(使…信服)them of your enthusiasm for the job.
3.People often lose ____________(信心)when they are criticized./ He gained _________(信心)when he went to college.
4.There is one ______________(特别的)patient I'd like you to see.
5.This character was a social _____________(失败者)but was loved for his optimism and determination
to________(克服) all difficulties.
课后反思：
必修4第3单元检测卷
选词填空（15分）
pick out, up to now, cut off, be badly/well off, be content with
1. _______________I have never been to Shanghai.
2. With the electricity ____________, all the machines had to stop working.
3. Many people_____ not ___________ the safety in this area.
4. Do you think the rich should try harder to help those who _____much __________?
5. It took Mary a long time _________________a new dress at the store.
二、单项选择（15分）
1. Can you ______ your sister from that group of girls?
A. bring out B. pick up C. pick out D. bring up
2. If you don’t pay your gas bill, the gas will soon be _______.
A. cut down B. cut up C. cut out D. cut off
3. If you don't know that ___ is the mother of success, you are sure to be ____ in life.
A. failure;failure B. a failure; a failure C. a failure; failure D. failure; a failure
4. It looks_____ the girl_____ depressed.
A. as if, is B.as if ;were C. though; is D. though; were
5.A cook will be immediately fired if he is found _______ in the kitchen.
A. smoke B. smoking C. to smoke D.smoked
三、完形填空（40分）
At midnight Peter was awakened by heavy knocks on the door. He rolled over and looked at his1 , and it was half past one. “I’m not getting 2 at this time,” he 3 to himself, and rolled over.
Then, a 4 knock followed. “Aren’t you going to 5 it?” said his wife.
So he dragged himself out of bed and went downstairs. He opened the door and there was a man 6 at the door. It didn’t take long to 7 the man was drunk.
“Hi, there,” slurred(嘟囔) the stranger, “Can you give me a push?”
“No, get lost. It’s half past one. I was 8 ,”Peter said and slammed the door. He went back 9 to bed and told his wife what had happened.
She said, “That wasn’t very 10 of you. Remember that night we had a 11 in the pouring rain on the way to pick the kids up and you had to 12 that man’s door to get our car 13 again? What would have happened if he’d told 14 to get lost?”
“But the guy was 15 ,” said Peter.
“It doesn’t matter,” said the wife. “He needs help 16 it would be the Christian thing to help him.”
So Peter went out of bed again, got dressed, and went downstairs. He opened the door, and not being able to see the stranger anywhere, he shouted, “Hey, do you still want a 17 ?”
And he heard a 18 , “Yeah, please.”
So, still being unable to see the stranger, he shouted, “ 19 are you?”
The drunk replied, “Over here, on the 20 .”
1. A. door B. clock C. wife D. window
2. A. out of be B. out of the house C. down to work D. into trouble
3. A. complained B. explained C. replied D. thought
4. A. weaker B. louder C. longer D. angrier
5. A. stand B. stop C. answer D. refuse
6. A. standing B. lying C. knocking D. looking
7. A. remember B. show C. realize D. doubt
8. A. in bed B. in surprise C. at home D. at work
9. A. down B. up C. inside D. home
10. A. nice B. foolish C. typical D. generous
11. A. hard time B. quarrel C. fight D. breakdown
12. A. drive to B. pass by C. knock at D. drop into
13. A. started B. refreshed C. united D. delighted
14. A. us B. them C. the man D. others
15. A. mad B. drunk C. different D. dangerous
16. A. but B. though C. and D. because
17. A. rest B. push C. room D. lift
18. A. lady B. gentleman C. drunk D. voice
19. A. What B. How C. Who D. Where
20. A. roof B. bed C. swing D. ground
四、单句改错（30分）
1. It is no good talked too much._____
2. I have some trouble translate that novel.____
3. I’m looking forward to hear from you._____
4. Students are not allowed smoking in our school.______
5. The missed child was last seen playing near the bank of the lake.______
6. Tim had the lights burn all night long.________
7. I know his job is raise dogs._________
8. The teacher’s words were greatly inspired whenever I met with difficulties._______
9. Not having cleaned for years, the windows looked very dirty.________
10. Do morning exercise is good for our health.__________
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