【精品课件(1)】Unit 3 A taste of English humour Period 2

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Unit 3 A Taste of English Humor
--- Reading
humour
Teacher: Jimmy, what are the three words that students use most often at school
Jimmy: I don’t know….
Teacher: Correct.
Reading
Nonverbal Humour
What is nonverbal humour
Style of humour
Mime and farce
Some humour can be cruel.
Chaplin is such an actor as to impress us deeply by using a particular form of acting.
How can Chaplin make a sad situation entertaining
A short biography of Chaplin.
Main idea of each part
Listening and Skimming
Part One:Para1
Part Two:Para2
Part Three:Para3-4
Part Four:para5
Scanning
Write notes about Charlie Chaplin’s career.
Basic information ：
Born:
Died:
Job:
Type of acting:
Costume:
Part One:
What does “you are not alone” mean
Why do people enjoy seeing other people’s bad luck
Careful Reading
1.Though he was born in a well-off family, he became famous throughout the world by playing a homeless person in a film.
2. People who watched the films loved the character “Little Tramp” because of his determination in overcoming difficulties and being kind even when people were unkind to him.
True/ False statements
Part Two:
What was the sad situation
How did he solve the problem
What does “panning for gold” mean
4. Watch the video and use “First,--- Then,--- Finally” to describe his actions. When you describe, your partner tries to act it out.
Questions, videoing and acting
Part Three
First / laces/ spaghetti [ sp geti ]
Then/ leather top/ as if/ finest meal
Finally/ tries / bottom
difficult/ chew/ enjoyment
Part Four
What was Chaplin’s contribution to films
What was he given for it
Make a dialogue (Pair work).
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.
Post-Reading Activities
Group Work
Prepare a slogan（标语；口号） for your column “HUMOUR” in groups of four so that more students will like it and enjoy their life.
Example: If you laugh, you will be 10 years younger.
Write a composition about Charlie Chaplin in English for the local newspaper.
Related website:
http://www.charliechaplin.com
Topic
I ___in the topic of this lesson ____humour.
A. have become more interested, and want to know more about
B. am interested, but I don’t want to know more about
C. am not very interested, but I have learned something of
Vocabulary
I __ the key words and expressions in the passage.
A. have grasped
B. have some difficulty in using
C. don’t know how to use
Reading comprehension
I find it___ (easy/ not easy/ hard) to understand the reading passages.
Assessment
Speaking
I ____ to talk about my topic and express my agreement and disagreement.
A. know how B. can use some of the structure
C. still find it hard
Integrating skills
I _______ the tasks and activities in this lesson.
A. have finished most of
B. have difficulty in finishing some of
C. was unable to finish most of
Cooperation
I found it ______(easy/not easy/hard) to complete the tasks with my classmates.
‘To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain, and play with it!’
Charlie Chaplin