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Unit 3 A taste of English humour

教学目标

Knowledge Aim: Master important words and expressions appeared in this reading passage. Get a general understanding of the story of Charlie Chaplin. Ability Aim: Learn to find the main idea of each paragraph. Learn to describe or interview a person. Emotional Aim: Have a taste of English humor, and get a general idea of types of humor. Arouse students’ interest in English language, film and etc.

Stimulate students’ interests of learning English by reading and acting and acting this play.

教学重难点

Teaching important points

Help the students to improve reading skills and ability. Teaching difficult points

a. Help the students to summarize the main idea of each paragraph. b. How to describe a people. C. Enable students to learn to use reading strategies such as skimming, scanning and so on.

教学过程

Step 1 Leading in

Show some pictures to students, let them talk about the pictures and then ask them what they think of the pictures, whether they are funny or not. 1.

What is humour? Humour is a word that means making others laugh. If someone often makes others laugh, we say he is humorous and we call him a humorist. The question of whether or not something is humorous is a matter of personal taste.

Task 1. Brain-storming Ask students to name some types of humors they know. Write those they are not familiar with on the blackboard, then show some pictures and summarize.

Forms of humour mime

nonverbal humour

cross talk

funny story

clown sketch

verbal joke

comedy

humor

1. Mime is a performance using gestures and body movements without words.

2. Sketch is a short humorous scene on stage, television, etc. 3. Cross talk, Chinese comic dialogue, is an art form, exchanging clever remarks, esp. between two people.

4. Clowns are comical performers, usually characterized by their fantastic appearance: colored costumes , stylistic makeup, unusually large footwear, red-nose, etc., who entertain the audience

by acting in a funny fashion.

5. Mr. Bean

is a British comedy television series. The title character Mr. Bean is described as “a child in a grown man’s body”.

Task 2. Talking

Ask students to talk about some funny stories, any English or Chinese humors they know. Step2. Warming up

Task 3. Reading on P 17 The purpose of the reading is to introduce the kind of verbal jokes. They use a “play on words” to be funny. Let students read the three jokes and then match the joke with the explanation. Then check the answer. After that, teacher can show some other jokes on the screen. 1.Which of your parents is your nearest relative?

2.Which is faster---hot or cold? 3. Why the library is the tallest building? 4.Which is the terrible month for soldiers? 5.What two words have the most letters? 6. What kind of ships do students study in school?

7. What part of a clock is always old? 8. Why is the river very rich?

Keys:

Mother. Hot---You can catch a cold. Because it has the most stories. March. Post office. Scholarships. The second hand. Because it has two banks.

A dream. A map. Step 2 Pre-reading Do you know who he is? Charlie Chaplin

He is one of the most famous humorists that can make others laugh all the time. What do you know about his films?

Step 3 Fast-reading Skimming What is the main idea of the passage? It is about the life and work of Charlie Chaplin and the kind of humour we can all laugh at –

nonverbal humour.

Read the passage again and write down the main idea of each paragraph.

Para. 1 The world situation Para. 2 Charlie’s childhood

Para. 3 His famous film character Para. 4 An example of his work

Para. 5 His achievements Scanning Answer the following questions. 1. How did Henry Adams come to England? It was the ship that brought him to England. 2. Where did Henry work before?

He worked for a mining company. 3. Why did they choose Henry? Because Henry was honest, hard-working and poor. Step 4 Careful- reading Talk about Charlie Chaplin

Answer the questions. 1. How did Charlie Chaplin become famous? He became famous for using a particular form of acting, including mime and farce. 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. Why was the little tramp loved by many people around the world? Because he had the determination to overcome difficulties. 4. Which film of Chaplin is mentioned in Para.3-4? The Gold Rush.

Time :

Place :

Job in the film :

What troubles did they meet in California?

They ____________ on the edge of a mountain in a ___________ in a small wooden house. 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.

Step 5 Post- reading

1. Discussion 1. Do you think Chaplin’s poor childhood helped him in his work? Why? 2. Do you like his acting style? Why? 3. Why do you think he was so successful?

4. What should we learn from him?

The reasons for his success _________________________________________

2. Activities

Act out a situation by using nonverbal humour.

1. carry a heavy box 2. in a hurry 3. bump into someone else round a corner 4. slide on a banana skin