人教高中英语必修4 Unit1 Women of achievement reading （25张PPT）

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A Master of Nonverbal Humour

----Charlie Chaplin
Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face----Victor Hugo

How much do
you know about
Charlie Chaplin
?
Charlie Chaplin
He was born in a family which was badly off. But he worked hard and became a great silent movie performer. Modern Times, The Little Tramp, The gold Rush and City Light are his masterpieces(代表作). He was very popular in his times and is still known throughout the world.
With Zhou Enlai
Handsome
The Gold Rush
The Little Tramp
City Light
Modern Times
A description of Chaplin’s costume:
small black hat
moustache
walking stick
large trousers
worn-out shoes
He wears a small black hat, very large trousers and a moustache and carries a walking stick .
Para 1
Para 2
Para 3
Para 4
Para 5
What his most famous character was like.
His achievements.
What Charlie Chaplin’s childhood was like.
Why people needed cheering up
An example of a sad situation that he made funny.
Skimming
Match the topic with each paragraph.
1889
1977
actor
The Gold Rush
the tramp (a social failure, badly off and homeless）
mime ( nonverbal humor )
Scanning: Fill in the form with the information of Charlie Chaplin:
Born Died
Job
Type of acting
Famous film mentioned
Famous character
Read Para 1- 2 , find out the useful expressions and complete the following:
1.你看到有人被香蕉皮滑倒你会觉得滑稽可笑吗？
Do you _______________________ someone sliding on a banana skin?
2.可能这会使我们对自己的生活更满足，因为我们感到有人比我们自己还不济。
Perhaps it makes us feel more ________________ our life because we feel there is someone else _____________than ourselves.
3.到她十多岁的时候她就成为明星,这使得大家非常惊讶.
_______________, she had become a famous star,__________________________________.


______________________________________
find it funny to see
content with
worse off
By her teens
making everyone astonished
Read Paragraph 3 and answer the following questions:


What made Charlie Chaplin more and

more popular throughout the world?



2. Why was the little tramp, a social failure ,

loved by everyone?

His charming character, the little tramp.
Because of his optimism and determination to overcome all difficulties.
Read Para 4 and complete the information
about the story of The Gold Rush .
Time :

Place :

Characters:

Job in the film :

Trouble
in life:

In the middle of the 19th century
California
Searching for gold
Hiding/living in a small hut on the edge of a mountain during a snowstorm with nothing to eat
The little tramp and his friend
Put the following actions in order.
( )1.Cut off the leather top of the Shoe

( )2.Pick out the laces and eat them

( )3.Try cutting and chewing the bottom of the shoe as if it were the finest meat.

( )4.Boil a pair of shoes.


1
2
3
4
People enjoy seeing other people’s bad luck because _________.
they enjoy doing so.
it makes people more worried about their life.
it makes people more content with their life.
there’s much fun in doing so.
Post-reading: Choose the best answer and give the reason.
Perhaps others’ bad luck can make them laugh especially when they’re unhappy or depressed.
2. The Little Tramp is well known because ____.
Chaplin played a poor and homeless person.
The character was a social failure.
Chaplin wore large trousers, worn-out shoes and a small round black hat and carried a walking stick.
Chaplin played a role as a man who determined to overcome difficulties and was kind even when people were unkind to him.
Refer to Line 17-18: This character was a social failure but was loved for his optimism and determination to overcome all difficulties…
3. Chaplin was given a special Oscar for ________.
the characters he played in his films.
the films he directed.
the joy he gave us in his films.
the contributions he made in films.
In Line 33, the writer said “…he was given a
special Oscar for his outstanding work in
films”. And in his films, the joy with the
nonverbal humor was his most contribution.
4. What’s the main idea of the text?
A. The history of English humour.
B. The films that Chaplin made.
C. The humour Chaplin made in his films.
D. The Gold Rush in California.
We can draw such a conclusion from the
title of the text and the main paragraphs
(Para 3 -5) are described about his films.
The writer mentioned that Charplin’s character “little tramp” is charming and loved for his optimism and…, and he won an Oscar for his outstanding work, which proves that the writer likes Chaplin and appreciates his work.
5.What’s the author’s attitude to
Charlie Charplin?
A. Positive(积极的)
B. Negative (消极的)
C. Serious
D. Appreciative(赏识的)
Humour is something that can make people laugh__ __ ___ when they feel d_________ ,so they can feel more c_______ with their lives. But ___ __ _____ nobody has been able to do better than Chaplin. It is a____________ that Charlie was taught to sing and dance when he began to speak and walk. But u_____________ his father died early and left his family even _______ ____. By his teens, Charlie had become one of the most popular child a______ in England through his h______. As time ______ __, he began making films. He grew more and more popular as his c________ character, the little tramp. This character was a social f______ but was loved for his o_________ and determination to o____________ all difficulties. The Gold Rush was his o____________masterpiece. Charlie also wrote, d_________ and produced the films he s_______ in. He’s loved and remembered as a great actor who could i_______ people with great c___________.
at a time
epressed
ontent
stonishing
nfortunately
worse off
ctors
umor
went by
harming
ailure
ptimism
vercome
utstanding
irected
tarred
nspire
onfidence
up to now
What should we do to get success?

We should be optimistic(乐观) no matter what difficulties we meet with, just as Charlie Chaplin was.
Set up an aim /have one’s own dream
Do/try our best to realise it
Spend more time than others
Never give up or lose heart / be determined
Insist on what we pursue(追求)
Be kind to others and try to gain their help
……
What should we do to keep optimistic?
2. Say something about another humourist like Xiao Shengyang, Zhao Benshan or Zhou Xinchi.
22-letter
way to keep
optimistic
How much can you remember?
Appendices
A--Acknowledging（感激） 感激上帝给予你的一切。 B--Belief（信念） 做每一件事要有坚定的信念。 C--Confidence（信心） 对自己充满自信心。 D--Dreaming（梦想） 有空不妨做做白日梦。 E--Empathy（心灵相通） 站在对方的立场上为对方想想。 F--Fun（乐趣） 享受现有的一切。
G--Giving（给予） 将你所能给予的都给予你周围的人。
H--Happiness（幸福观） 为你的生活及所做的是感到满意。 I--Imagination（想象力） 伸出你想象的翅膀去追求你的梦想。 J--Joy（欢乐） 把你的欢乐带给你所认识的人。 K--Knowledge（知识） 不断学习各种知识。 L--Love（爱心）
奉献你的爱心及爱的精神。　
M--Motivation（激励） 不断激励自己实现自我超越。
N--Nice（友善） 即使对陌生人也保持一颗善心。
O--Openness（开化） 敞开你的胸怀去接受新事物。 P--Patience（耐心） 坚持就是胜利，耐心等待成功的出现。 Q--Quiet（安宁） 找一段安宁的时间、安宁的地方去好好反省自己。 R--Respect（尊重） 尊重所有的种族、宗教、文化、信仰及价值观。
S--Smile（微笑） 用微笑面对绝望的困境。
T--Trust（信任） 信任自己、亲戚、朋友和其他人。
U-Unity（团结） 与周围的人和平相处。
V--Victory（成功） 庆祝自己的成功，即使是小小的。