Learning about Language第二课时教案

教学内容

（章节）

课程类Warming up 型

and reading

教学目标：

Module4

Unit 3

a taste of English humour 课时安排

1 班级

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?

教学重点、难点：

Suggestions & advice: I would rather ... If I have a choice I’d

choose because ...I don’t like ... because ...

You need to ...I’d prefer ... because ...May I suggest ...It’s a great pity that ... Let me suggest Leng Jianli because...Should I/We ...?

Perhaps we should consider Leng Jianli because...It’s better to ..But what/how about

Vocabulary:Sunburnt, struggle, decade, super, output, crop, hunger, disturbing, expand, Vietman, circulate, satisfied, freedom Expressions :rid ... of, be satisfied with, lead a ... life, would rather, refer to, search for, thanks

to, would…rather

教

具：computer，

blackboard 教学方法：Task-based teaching and learning，Cooperative learning，Discussion and practice，Situational teaching 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 1. T or F 1.Charlie Chaplin was poor when he was a small boy.

2. People who don’t know English cannot enjoy Chaplin’s films.

3. The Gold Rush is set in California in the late of the nineteenth century.

4. In The Gold Rush Chaplin and his friend are fortunate to find some gold . 5. In the film the meal he eats is hard to chew. 6. Chaplin not only acted in films but wrote and directed films as well.

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

Task3Put the events in the right order

(

) Chaplin tried cutting and eating the bottom of

the shoe. (

)Chaplin and his friend washed sand and expected

to pick up gold, but they failed. (

)They were so hungry that they boiled a pair of

leather shoes. (

)They were caught in a small wooden house.

(

)Chaplin cut off the leather top of the shoe. (

)Chaplin picked out the laces and ate.

Task 4 Fill in the blanks. Charlie Chaplin was born in a _____ family in _____and at that time film were silent. He was a famous _______, especially in ______ and farce. His silent films are still popular today. His charming character was ____________, who was very poor, very_____ even when people were ________ to him. He was a social _________, and he was homeless, but he had _____________ and ______________ to overcome difficulties. What he wore were _________ shoes, large

trousers and a small round black hat, and he was always carrying a walking stick.

Charlie Chaplin _________ in the film The Gold Rush. He played a man with bad luck eating shoes with great __________ when he_______________ a snowstorm in a small wooden house.

Charlie Chaplin was born in a _____ family in _____and at that time film were silent. He was a famous _______, especially in ______ and farce. His silent films are still popular today. His charming character was ____________, who was very poor, very_____ even when people were ________ to him. He was a social _________, and he was homeless, but he had _____________ and ______________ to overcome difficulties. What he wore were _________ shoes, large

trousers and a small round black hat, and he was always carrying a walking stick.

Charlie Chaplin _________ in the film The Gold Rush. He played a man with bad luck eating shoes with great __________ when he_______________ a snowstorm in a small wooden house.

Step 3 Conclusion Humour is everywhere in our daily life. I hope you can be optimistic(乐观) no matter what difficulties you meet , just as Charlie Chaplin was.