Learning about LanguagePPT及课堂实录内容

Unit 3

A taste of English humour Warming up (P17)&lead -in 1). Read the following jokes and find their punchlines 1.A: If we marry, would you give me a ring?

B: Of coure.What’s your telephone

number ? 2.A:Why,waiter,what’s in my soup?

B: A fly swimming in it. Step One Fast -reading Skim the text to get a general understanding and find out the answer to the following question. 1)Q: Who is the main character in the text?

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2)Give a description on Chaplin a. wear a small round black hat

b wear a moustache（胡须）

c.. carry a walking stick

d.wear large trousers

e.wear worn-out shoes

Step Two

careful-reading ◎Para1. Q :

What kind of humor is unkind?

Laughing at someone sliding on a banana skin, bumping into someone else round a corner, or falling down a hole in the road

True or False

People enjoy seeing other people’s bad luck because they find it funny.F

◎Para2. True or False 1. Chaplin was born in a rich family.F 2.He was famous for using only nonverbal humour in his acting.F 3. People like the character “the little tramp” because he was a social failure. F

Q:

How was the little tramp dressed ?

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He wore large trousers , worn-out shoes and a small round black hat and carried a walking stick

◎Para3. Which of the particular things did Charlie Chaplin do in the film The Gold Rush？（C ）

A. Drinking beer

B. Eating boiled noodles

C. Eating a boiled shoe

◎Para4. True or False

1.The Gold Rush was a film set in California at the beginning of the nineteenth century. F 2. Chaplin and his friend are so unlucky that they can’t find any goldT 3. Chaplin has a delicious meal by eating meat in the film.F

Q:

How did he perform his eating a boiled shoe in the film The Gold Rush?

L8—L12 ◎Para5.True or False

1. Chaplin acted in films and wrote and directed films as well as sang songs.

F

Q:

What was he awarded in 1972?

A special Oscar for his lifetime outstanding work. Step Three Reading again. Find the words or expressions that mean almost the same as these in italics. 1. Unfortunately his father died, leaving the family the family even worse off.

A. richer

B. earlier

C. poorer

D. later

2. …his optimism and determination to overcome all difficulties.

A. skill

B. communication

C. will

D. confidence

True or False 1. If you find it funny to see someone sliding on a banana skin, you

feel not lonely. 2.People love the character “the little tramp”

,mainly for he was poor and homeless. 3.Chaplin performed how to eat a boiled shoe by vividly action and explaining. 4.In the middle of 19th century people went to California to look for gold. 5. Chaplin and his friend are so unlucky that they can’t find any gold. 6.Chaplin has a delicious meal by eating meat in the film.

Step Four Sum up ◎Divide the text into three parts and match the main idea of each part. Part 1: (Paragraph_1--2_)

Charlie Chaplin was a great actor in the world. Part 2: (Paragraph_3--4_)

Nonverbal humour and Charlie Chaplin’s acting style.

Part 3: (Paragraph__5__)

How Charlie Chaplin made a sad situation entertaining.

What’s the main idea of the passage? A.The history of English humour B. The films Chaplin made

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C. the humour Chaplin made in his films D. The Gold Rush in California Step Five Discussion 1. Do you think his poor childhood helped him in his work? Why?

2. Why did people like The Little Tramp? 3. Do you think Chaplin’s eating boiled shoes funny? Why? 4. Why do you think he was so successful?

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