人教版新课标必修四unit3reading课件.ppt

Unit 3 Warming up and reading A taste of English humour How many kinds of humor do you know? sketch / funny plays a two-man comic show comedy crosstalk pantomime 哑剧 farce 滑稽剧 clown (funny stories) Mark Twain was the popular and humourous American author. A man with two red ears went to see his doctor. Doctor: What happened to your ears? Man: I was ironing a shirt and the phone rang but instead of picking up the phone, I accidentally picked up the iron and stuck it to my ear. Doctor: Oh, dear! But what happened to your other ear? Man: The scoundrel（恶棍）called back! Funny story There was an old man from Peru, who dreamed he was eating his shoe. He awoke in the night with a terrible fright, and found out that it was quite true. limerick Can you can a can as a canner can can a can? Roberta ran rings around the Roman ruins. Six sick hicks nick six slick bricks with picks and sticks. tongue twisters verbal nonverbal cross talk; tongue twisters; funny poems; funny stories; jokes; limerick; sketch mime farce clown ways to make people laugh Laughing is better than medicine. ---- Jewish saying Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face. ----Victor Hugo Do you know him? Para. 1 Para. 2 Para. 3 Para. 4 Para. 5 Find out the main idea of each paragraph. His achievements An example of a sad situation that he made funny What Charlie’s most famous character was like Why people needed cheering What Charlie’s childhood was like Decide the sentences 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. 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. T F F F T T Born:_______________________________