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Book 4 Unit 3 A taste of English humour

Reading A master of nonverbal humour

银川市实验中学

英语教研组

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How to understand and enjoy English humo

Discussion to help the students understand better what they’ve learned and to use the knowledge they’ve learned

Teaching Aids

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Knowledge

Help the students learn something about some types of English

Help the students to use scanning and skimming methods to improve their reading skills and speed up their

Through the study of this period the students will be able to appreciate the English humo

Teaching Procedures

Ask question: What do you do when you are sad or depressed?

Show pictures and discuss: What kind of humour do these pictures show us? Watch a video of Mr. Bean, ask Why is he so funny? He is funny/interesting/amusing because of his _____________________

There are two kinds of humour: Verbal: comedy; sketch; joke; cross talk; funny story Non verbal: mime; farce Step 2 Pre-reading—Predication Look at the picture of Charlie Chaplin and read the title of the passage and predict: What is the passage about? Step 3：Skimming Skim the passage to check your prediction.

Skimming is a reading skill used to get the main idea quickly.

How to skim: ● Read the title;

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Notice the pictures, charts…

● Read the first and the last paragraph

● Read the first sentence of each paragraph. Step 4：While reading

Ask students to read the whole text aloud and then answer the following 4 questions. 1. What was Charlie’s childhood like? Para 1-2( A biography-his childhood) 2. What was his most famous character? Para 3 ( A character – the little tramp) 3. Can you give an example of a sad situation that he made funny? Para 4 (An example-the Gold Rush) 4. What were his achievements? Para5 (His achievements and influence) Read para.1-2 and challenge yourself to make an interview.

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Imagine that you are Charlie Chaplin, and your partner is a journalist from 21st Century.

Make an interview about his early life. (One possible version : ) J : Excuse me, I’m a reporter from 21st Century. May I ask

you some questions, Mr. Chaplin?

C: Sure. Go ahead!

J: When were you born? C: I was born ____________________ . J: Can you tell us something about your parents? C:

They were both ______________

J: Did you have a happy childhood?

C: …

J: …

C: I think _______________ is the most important for my success. J: Thank you.

C: __________________

Ask students to enjoy a video about the Little Tramp and get as much information about him. After watching the video, try to describe the little tramp. Read and find out answers to the 4-wh questions about The Gold Rush. Who:

When:

Where:

Why: Put the following statements in a correct order 1. cut off the leather top of the shoe 2. pick out the lace and eat it.

3. try cutting and chewing the bottom of the shoe.

4. boil one of his leather shoes 5. eat each mouthful with great excitement Watch a video and check your answers. Read paragraph 5 together and answer: What was Chaplin given a special Oscar for? Charlie Chaplin wrote ________ and _________ the films he ______ in. He was given a ____________ for his lifetime __________ work in films. Further thinking : Has Charlie Chaplin had any influence on you? Life is not always rosy. When in trouble, we should be o_________, d__________ and h_________.No matter what difficulties we meet, just be like Charlie. If so, we will succeed sooner or later. Post-reading

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Group work:

1. Work in groups of four. 2. Make a list of tips for Mary.

3. Share your ideas.

You can report in the following ways:

There are many ways to have a positive/optimistic attitude towards life.

Firstly…… Secondly… Finally…

To begin with,…Besides,… Last but not the least…

Reference words and phrases:（参考词汇）

depressed, bored, failure, confident, determined, humourous, outstanding, amuse, entertain, listening to music, telling jokes, watching funny movies or comedies, reading funny books overcome difficulties eagerly, brighten our lives, feel/be more content with/to do

find it adj./n. that…/to do…

Step 5 Homework: Write down the email to Mary –mary1995@sohu.com

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