unit3 A taste of English humour reading

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Laughing is better than medicine.
---- Jewish saying
Unit 3
A taste of English Humor
Look at the following pictures.
Which picture can make you laugh
I’m driving at a high speed.
I want to lose my weight.
I want to jump higher.
What is humour
Humour is a word which means making others laugh. The emotion on people’s face means they are happy. So we can
say it is humor. We call the person who often makes others laugh humorist (幽默大师).
How many kinds of humour do you know
funny poems
cross talk 相声
Kinds of humor Verbal Nonverbal
funny stories
comedy
mime 哑剧
sketch小品
jokes
What are verbal and nonverbal humors
Verbal humors make people laugh using
____________.
Nonverbal humors make people laugh
using ________________________.
body language
words as well as body language
mime
Charlie Chaplin
Mr. Bean
Do you know any humorists
Which kind of humour do they show
Mime is a performance using gestures and body movements without words.
funny stories
Mark Twain
Zhou Xingchi
Ge You
comedy
cross talk
Jiang Kun
Tang Jiezhong
Cross talk, Chinese comic dialogue, is an art form, exchanging clever remarks, esp. between two people.
Chen Peisi
Zhao Benshan
sketch
Sketch is a short humorous scene on stage, television, etc.
Chinese humorists
Do they have something in common
Reading
A MASTER OF
NONVERBAL HUMOUR
Charlie Chaplin
He was a great _____________________. In his life, he wrote, directed and produced
many films he starred in.
silent movie star
The Great Dictator
大独裁者 1940
The Kid
These are his _________________. He was very
popular _________________.
masterpieces
in his time
Modern Times
摩登时代 1936
The Tramp
流浪汉 1915
He was famous for his nonverbal humour.
There are two: the Little Tramp and the Gold Rush.
1.What was Charlie Charplin famous for
2. How many famous films are mentioned in the text What are they
Fast reading:
Write down the main idea of each paragraph.
Paragraph 1:
Paragraph 2:
Paragraph 3:
Paragraph 4:
Paragraph 5:
The world situation
What Charlie’s childhood was like
What his most famous character was like
An example of a sad situation that he made funny
His achievements
The text is about the life and work of ________________ who brightened ___________________________________ through ___________________________.
Fast reading
What is the main idea of the passage
Charlie Chaplin
the lives of Americans and British
two world wars and the hard
years in between
CABED
CDABC
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.
Read the first paragraph and choose the
best answer
C
Read the second paragraph and finish the following chart.
Childhood What happened Things
Family His father ,
leaving the
Family even
. His parents taught him
as soon as he could
speak and as soon
as he could walk.
Teens Charlie became one of the
most popular child ______
in England through his
.
died
worse off
sing
dance
actors
humour
I’m Charlie Chaplin.
What do you know
about me
Careful reading
Charle Chaplin
Was born in
His job is
In 1972, he was given
Type of acting is
His charming character is
His costume:
Reasons of success:
He died in
in
1889
an actor
mime and
nonverbal humor.
The Little Tramp
large trousers,
worn-out shoes
and small round
black hat.
a special Oscar for his outstanding
work.
He could
astonish and
inspire us
skillfully.
1977
Switzerland.
a small black hat
a moustache
a stick
very wide trousers
He wore a small black hat, very wide trousers, and a moustache . He carried a stick that he swung in the air as he walked.
Give a description on the little tramp
1. Why was the little tramp loved by people
He was loved for his optimism and determination to overcome all difficulties and he was also kind even when others were unkind to him.
2. Give a description of the little tramp,
Chaplin’s famous character.
He wore large trousers, worn-out shoes and a small round black hat, carrying a walking stick.
3. Which film of Chaplin is mentioned in
Para.3-4
The Gold Rush.
Time :
Place :
Job in the film :
in the middle of the 19th century
California, USA
panning for gold
What troubles did they meet in California
They ____________ on the edge of a mountain in a ___________ in a small wooden house.
were caught
snowstorm
The Gold Rush
Enjoy
The
Gold
Rush
1. Cut off the leather top of the shoe.
2. Pick out the laces and eat them
3.Try cutting and eating the bottom of the
shoe.
4.Treat it as if it were the finest meat.
5. Sit down at the table with plate and
drinking up.
5
2
1
4
3
Put the sentences in order.
1.What’s the passage mainly about
A. The history of English humour
B. The films Chaplin made.
C. The humour Chaplin made in his films.
D. The Gold Rush in California.
Comprehending
Task2: Choose the right answer.
2. People enjoy seeing other people’s bad luck because __.
A. they enjoy doing so
B. it makes people more worried about their life.
C. it makes people more content with their life.
D. there’s much fun is doing so.
3.In the middle of 19th century people went to California to look for __.
A. films B. gold
C. entertainment D. water
4.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 films.
5.What’s the author’s attitude to Charlie Charplin
A. positive B. negative
C. serious D appreciative
The writer mentioned that Charplin’s character
“little tramp” is charming and lovable, and he
won an Oscar for a lifetime of outstanding work,
which proves that the writer likes Charplin and
appreciates his work.
Tell true or false.
1. Chaplin learnt acting after his mother.
2. People love the character “the little champ”, mainly for he was poor and homeless.
3. In the middle of 19th century people went to California to look for gold.
4. Chaplin performed how to eat a boiled shoe by action and explaining.
F
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F
F
Charlie Chaplin was born in a _____ family in _____. By his ______, he had become one of the most popular ______actors in England. As time went by, he grew more and more _________ for his charming __________ “the little _______” . Charlie Chaplin made people laugh ___ some of these _______ situations. He wrote and _______ his own films and received a_______ Oscar for his outstanding work in_____. He _____ in 1977. He is loved and ___________ as a great actor who could inspire people with great __________.
poor
1889
teens
popular
character
tramp
at
terrible
directed
special
films
died
remembered
confidence
child
1. Do you think his poor childhood helped him in his work Why
Yes, because he understood the problems of people who were very poor.
Discussion
2 . Why do you think he was so successful
Because he was a wonderful actor, understood and
sympathized with people’s problems and tried to cheer them up.
3.What should we learn from Charlie Chaplin
Optimistic attitude towards life.
His determination in overcoming difficulties.
Being kind even when people were unkind to him.
Imagine you want to write an article
about Charlie Chaplin for the
column(专栏) “HUMOUR” of your
school newspaper. So you are going to
interview Charlie Chaplin.
Pair work—Interview
Carry out an interview between a reporter and Charlie Chaplin.