unit3 reading taste of English humour

(共23张PPT)
Say something about your deskmate or one of your classmates: What kind of person he/she is How do you like her/him
Crosstalk(相声)
sketch(小品)
(funny poems)
Edward Lear (1812-1888)
Mark Twain
(funny stories)
How do they show their humour
Mr Bean
a small black hat
a walking stick
large trousers
large shoes
a small coat
a moustache


Reading
NONVERBL HUMOUR
Write notes about Charlie Chaplin’s lifetime:
born:__________________
his job:______________________
in 1972:
____________________
died(time):________________
buried(place):___________
two films:_______________
________________
an actor, producer and director
given a special Oscar for his lifetime outstanding work.
in 1977
The Little Tramp
The Gold Rush
Skimming
in Switzerland
in 1889
Dec 25th, 1977 Switzerland
Why did people like The little Tramp
Because it gives people courage to overcome difficulties;
Because he was always being kind even when people were unkind to him.
Because he was optimistic(乐观的).
Scanning(para2)
What kind of life does a tramp(流浪汉) live
Use your body language to show how hungry you are.
Q: What do they eat And how to eat
A boiled shoe.
First he picks out the laces and eats them as if they were spaghetti. [ sp geti ]
Then he cuts off the leather top of the shoe, treating it as if it were the finest meat.
Finally he tries cutting and eating the bottom of the shoe.
Para3&4
Answer the following question:
In which way does Chaplin
express his humour
Nonverbal humour
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.
Para1
Is humour always kind
Why
Act out(表演) a situation by using nonverbal humour
in a hurry
slide on a banana skin
bump into someone else round a corner
carry a heavy box
……
Situations:
Discussion:
If you put more humour in your daily life, what will life be different
Laughing is better than medicine.
Today we have learned something about humour. Humour is everywhere in our daily life. I hope you can be optimistic(乐观的) no matter what difficulties you meet with, just as Charlie Chaplin was.
Life is humourous,
enjoy it.
Surf the Internet to find more information about Chaplin and you are expected to present it to your classmates in the next class.