Using LanguageⅠ特级教师教学实录

Unit3

A taste of English humour

Teaching aims: Ⅰ.

Topic Different types of humour; a taste of English humour Ⅱ.

Useful words and expressions: Nouns: slide, skin, content, particular, failure, difficulty, boil, snowstorm, bottom, mouthful, Switzerland, swing, pancake, whisper, sense Verbs: slide, content, astonish, entertain, overcome, boil, chew, direct, star, swing,

Adjectives: cruel, content, particular, homeless, worn-out, fortunate, bottom, direct, outstanding, mountainous, vast Adverb: throughout, fortunately, direct Expressions: be content with, be badly off, be worn out, pick out, cut off, star in, knock into

Ⅲ. Functional items: 1. Expressing anxiety

What’s wrong?

What’s the matter with you?

Is there anything wrong? 2. Expressing surprise

Really?

Oh dear!

Is that so?

Good heaven! 3. Expressing pleasure

I’m glad /pleased/ happy to…

That’s nice /wonderful /great.

Ⅳ. Grammar The –ing form as the predicative, attribute and object complement

Their job is “panning for gold”.

That was the problem facing Charlie Chaplin.

He sat down at the table with his plate and drinking cup.

Do you find it funny to see someone sliding on a banana skin, bumping into someone else round a corner, or falling down a hole in the road? Teaching procedures Period 1-2

Reading

Step 1. Warming up

and

Discussing: 1. How many kinds of humor can you think of in your daily life?

Types of humor: English humor

Chinese humor

Nonverbal

pantomime (哑剧) Mime and farce

funny plays

Verbal jokes

cross talk (相声) Funny stories

funny stories

Funny poems

doggerel (打油诗) 2.

What’s the difference between jokes and humors?

3.

Can you name out some of the humorous actors you like? Background knowledge: mime 笑剧

farce 滑稽剧

comedy 喜剧

tragedy 悲剧

opera 歌剧

TV play 电视剧

humor 幽默

joke 笑话

circus 马戏团

clown 小丑sketch 小品

cross talk 相声

Step 2. Reading Task 2: Ss read and answer the following questions: 1.

What’s the passage mainly about?

A.

The history of English humor. B.

The films Chaplin made. C.

The humor Chaplin made in his film. D.

The Gold Rush in California. 2.

How many parts can the passage be divided into? A. 2

B. 3

C. 4

D.

5

3. People enjoy seeing other people’s bad luck because _______.

A. they enjoy doing so

B. it makes people more worried about their life

C. it makes people more content with their life

D. there’s much fun in doing so

4. Chaplin was given a special Oscar for __________.

A. the characters he played in his films

B. the films he directed

C. the joy he gave us in his films

D. the contributions he made in films Task 2:

Ss read and fill the following chart:

Notes on Charlie Chaplin’s career

Born 1889 Died 1977 Job Actor Type of acting Mime and farce Character “ the tramp”, a poor and homeless person

Costume Large trousers, worn-out shoes and small round black hat Reason for Charming, social failure with a determination to overcome success difficulties and always kind

Step 4. After- reading Task 3: Ss in groups and discuss: 1.

What should we learn from Charlie Chaplin? 2.

Do you want to be a humorous person? And how can you be humorous? 3.

What should we do to get success?

Period 3-4.

Language learning

Step 1. Revision

Ss retell the text with their own words. Step 2. Language points 1.

find /think/ feel it + adj./n + to do sth. We find it important to learn English well. I feel it a great honour to be invited to the party.

2. see sb. Doing

See sb do

See sb done

We saw him stealing the book from the bookstore just now.

He saw Tom go out of the classroom yesterday afternoon.

His neighbour saw him often beaten by his father.

3. Skin:

The purse is made of crocodile skin.

be all skins and bones 瘦的皮包骨头

4. be cruel to

Don’t be cruel to animals.

It is cruel of sb. to do sth.

It’s cruel of America to bomb Iraq.

5. feel /be content with sth,

be content to do sth.

People of the city feel content with their life.

Mary is content to sit in front of the television all night. 6. be worse off

be better off

7. astonish sb. with sth.

to the astonishment of sb.

be astonished at sth./ to do sth

He said he could astonish us with a good result in the final exam.

To the astonishment of the teachers, he got the first in the competition.

The teachers were astonished at his getting the first in the competition.

The teachers were astonished to find that he got the first in the competition.

8. worn-out : adj. 穿破的

Worn out vt. vi

使…耗尽; 穿破/旧，

Cheap socks wear out quickly.

I am worn out by the hard work.

9. failure un.失败

cn. 失败的人或事

His plans ended in failure.

As a writer, he was a failure.

10. be loved by sb. for sth Deng Xiaoping is loved by the Chinese for his great contribution to China’s construction and social reform.

11. star in : 担任主角

This is an old film starred in by Charlie Chaplin.

12. knock into

He walked in such a hurry that he knocked into an old lady in the street.

Step 3 Learning about language 1.

Ss do part 1 of the discovering useful words and expressions. 2.

Ss finish part 2, 3 and 4 Step 4. Practice 1. Ask the Ss to do Ex. 1and 2 on page 63.