Unit 3 A taste of English humour Warming up and reading参考课件（20张PPT）

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Unit 3
Warming up and reading
A taste of English humour
How many kinds of humor do you know?
sketch /
funny plays
a two-man comic show
comedy
crosstalk
pantomime
哑剧
farce
滑稽剧
clown
(funny stories)
Mark Twain was the popular and humourous American author.
A man with two red ears went to see his doctor.
Doctor: What happened to your ears?
Man: I was ironing a shirt and the phone
rang but instead of picking up the phone,
I accidentally picked up the iron and
stuck it to my ear.
Doctor: Oh, dear! But what happened to
your other ear?
Man: The scoundrel（恶棍）called back!
Funny story
There was an old man from Peru,
who dreamed he was eating his shoe. He awoke in the night with a terrible fright, and found out that it was quite true.
limerick
Can you can a can as a canner can can a can?
Roberta ran rings around the Roman ruins.
Six sick hicks nick six slick bricks with picks and sticks.
tongue twisters
verbal
nonverbal
cross talk; tongue twisters;
funny poems; funny stories;
jokes; limerick; sketch
mime
farce
clown
ways to make people laugh
Laughing is better than medicine.
---- Jewish saying
Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.
----Victor Hugo
Do you know him?
Para. 1

Para. 2

Para. 3

Para. 4

Para. 5
Find out the main idea of each paragraph.
His achievements

An example of a sad situation that
he made funny
What Charlie’s most famous character
was like
Why people needed cheering
What Charlie’s childhood was like
Decide the sentences 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.
4. 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.
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Born:__________________________________
Job: __________________________________
Famous character: ______________________
Costume: _______________________________

Type of acting: ________________________
Died: _________________________________
in 1889
actor
Little Tramp
mime
in 1977 in Switzerland
Some notes about Charlie Chaplin
large trousers, worn-out shoes, small round black hat and a walking stick
Summarize the qualities of Charlie Chaplin.
determined
brave
optimistic
devoted
hard-working
kind
He is …
Try to act out the scene in The Gold Rush, eating leather shoes just with your body language.