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Unit 3
A taste of English humour
I’m driving at a high speed.
Read the two English
jokes and find out
why they are funny.
Warming up
Mr Bean is funny becausehe makes funny faces and acts silly behaviour.
Edward Lear Mark Twain
(funny poems) (funny stories)
Examples of Chinese humour
funny plays (comedy)
Cross talk
Charlie Chaplin (mime and farce)
Charlie Chaplin’s Movie Posters
What’s the passage
mainly about?
Finish the notes about Charlie Chaplin in ex.1
a small black hat
a moustache
a stick
very wide trousers
He wore a small
black hat, very
wide trousers, a
moustache and
carried a stick that
he swung in the air
as he walked.worn-out shoes
Write down the main idea of each paragraph.
Paragraph 1
Why people needed cheering up.
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 3
What Charlie Chaplin’s childhood
was like.
What his most famous character
was like.
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 5
An example of a sad situation that
he made funny.
His achievements.
Name Charlie Chaplin
Early life
①He was born in 1889 and his parents were poor music hall __________.②He learned to sing and dance at an early age.③He spent his ________ looking after his sick mother and his brother.④By his teens he became one of the most popular child _____ in England.
performers
childhood
actors
Model His charming character, _____________, became known throughout the world.①The character was a poor _______ man wearing a __________, large trousers, ________shoes and a small round black hat.②He walked about stiffly carrying a ___________ .③He was a social failure but was loved for his optimism and determination to overcome all difficulties.
the little tramp
homelessmoustache
worn-out
walking stick
Model ●In The Gold Rush, the little tramp and his friend haven’t discovered ____ and live with cold and hunger.●They try boiling a pair of ______ shoes.●The little tramp eats each mouthful with great _________.●The acting is so _________that it seems as if it is one of the best meals he has eaten.
gold
leather
enjoymentconvincing
Late
life
①He wrote, _______ and produced th
e films he starred in.
②In 1972 he was given a special Oscar
for his __________ work in films.
③He lived in England and the USA bu
t spent the last years in __________.
Infl
u-en
ce
He brightened the lives of Americans
and British as a great actor.
Switzerland
directed
outstanding
Read the passage again and do True or False.
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.
T
F
F
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.
F
T
T
Discussion
1. Do you think his poor childhood
helped him in his work? Why?
2. Why did people like The Little Tramp?
3. Why do you think he was so successful?
4. What should we learn from Charlie
Chaplin?
Humour is everywhere in our daily lif
e. I hope you can be optimistic (乐观 )
no matter what difficulties you meet, j
ust as Charlie Chaplin was.
If you don’t feel content with your life, please……
...Relax...
… Play games...
...Enjoy the fields...
…Get some sun…
...Don’t unload your anger on others...
…Don’t be afraid of others just because they are bigger than you. The real size could be measured in the wisdom.
In a word, you should develop a sense
of humor and have a positive attitude
towards life.And finally look in the mirror and
think “I’m beautiful”
Now, enjoy your day !!!
Homework