Unit 3 A taste of English humour-Reading

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Unit 3 A Taste of English humour
七点要早读，生活真赶啊．．．
“特困生”
I want to lose
my weight.
Group work
Humor
ways to make people laugh
1. What is a punchline Find the jokes’ punchlines.
Punchline
The words that form the climax of a joke
Warming up
Punchline
What is punchline
Funny jokes are humorous in the last line.
2. Read the two puns and enjoy
playing on words.
A bicycle can’t stand on its own because it is two-tired.
A small boy went to the counter to pay for his lunch but he was a little short.
1) Two-tired, a. with two tires; b. too tired.
2) Short, a. small in height; b. not having enough money.
A: I’m sorry.
B: I’m sorry, too.
A: I’m sorry three.
B: What are you sorry for
A: I’m sorry five.





Types of humor Example of English humor Do you have this humor in China


Verbal jokes Play on words, usually two lines
Funny stories Mark Twain
Funny poems Edward Lear
nonverbal Mime Charlie Chaplin
farce Mr. Bean
哑剧：刘全和　刘全利
打油诗
陈佩斯　
侯宝林　 马三立
幽默笑话
Charlie Chaplin was a master of
________________ . So is Mr Bean.
nonverbal humour（mime）
funny stories
Mark Twain
Humorist
Life on the Mississippi
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Adventures of Tom Sawyer
funny poems
Edward Lear
Poet, painter
There was an Old Man with a beard,
Who said, "It is just as I feared! —
Two Owls（猫头鹰） and a Hen, four Larks（云雀） and a Wren（鹪鹩jiāoliáo ）, Have all built their nests in my beard.
Can I have a break
Examples of Chinese humour
Sketch a series of short comedic performances
Funny plays/comedy
cross talk
Shuanghuang双簧
a two-man act, with one speaking or singing while hiding behind the other who does the acting
pantomime
刘全和 刘全利
How many kinds of humor do you know
verbal
nonverbal
sketch; cross talk
funny poems; funny stories;
jokes; limerick（打油诗）
mime ; farce （笑剧）
clown
What do you know about him
Pre-reading
nonverbal
Charlie Chaplin
He was one of the most famous humorists that can make others laugh all the time. He was a great silent movie star.
Charlie Chaplin
A Master of Nonverbal Humour
Read the passage quickly and match
the main idea of each paragraph.
Paragraph 1:
Paragraph 2:
Paragraph 3:
Paragraph 4:
Paragraph 5:
why people needed cheering up.
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
Read the text carefully and finish Ex. 1(P19):
Born
Job
Famous character
Costume
装束
Type of acting
Died
1889
1977, Switzerland
movie actor
mime (nonverbal)
Little tramp
large trousers, worn-out shoes, a small round black hat and a walking stick
Scanning
a reading skill used to look for details of a passage
a small round black hat
a moustache
a walking stick
large trousers
Para 3 The Little Tramp
worn-out shoes
What makes you laugh when you see Chaplin
His walking style
His particular form of acting.

The characteristic of the tramp
A failure/ underdog
Optimisim
Dertermined
Kind
Careful reading for Para.4
What’s the correct order of the following events
Chaplin tried cutting and eating the bottom of the shoe.
Chaplin and his friend washed sand and expected to pick up gold, but they failed.
They were so hungry that they boiled a pair of leather shoes.
They were caught in a small wooden house.
Chaplin cut off the leather top of the shoe.
Chaplin picked out the laces and ate.
6
1
3
2
5
4
Para.5
Chaplin wrote, ________, and produced many movies he _________.
The Tramp
流浪汉 1915
The Kid
寻子遇仙记 1921
The Gold Rush
淘金记 1925
directed
starred in
He was given a ____________ for his lifetime outstanding work.
Modern Times
摩登时代 1936
The Great Dictator
大独裁者 1940
The Circus
大马戏团 1928
special Oscar
What should we learn from Charlie Chaplin
What should we do to get success
We should be optimistic(乐观) no matter what difficulties you meet with, just as Charlie Chaplin was.
Set up an aim
Do our best
Pay more time than others
Never give up/ lose heart
Insist on what we pursue
You have to believe in yourself. That’s the secret of success. ------Charlie Chaplin
Useful expressions
直到今天
感到沮丧
对…感到满意
一…就
境况更遭
做日常的任务
随着时间的推移
拍电影
闻名于世
遍及全世界
up to now
feel depressed
feel content with
as soon as
worse off
do ordinary everyday tasks
as time went by
make films
become known throughout the world
throughout the world
破鞋子
手仗
社会生活中的 失败者
战胜所有困难
淘金记
寻找
在…边缘
试着做
worn-out shoes
a walking stick
a social failure
overcome all difficulties
The Gold Rush
in search of…
on the edge of…
try doing…
19.一双皮鞋
20.挑出
好像
切下
主演
电影界杰出的工作
鼓舞人们增 强自信心
使产生（感觉、情感）
a pair of leather shoes
pick out…
as if…
cut off…
star in…
outstanding work in films
inspire people with great confidence
inspire sb with sth