优质课-a-taste-of-english-humor.ppt

Laughing is better than medicine. Unit 3 Do you feel my love? “ 特困生” …Don’t be afraid of others just because they are bigger than you. The real size could be measured in the wisdom. Humour is a sense. It is quality of making people laugh, it is an ability to think that things are funny. Humour humor nonverbal mime cross talk funny story joke Sketch (小品) clown How many kinds of humour do you know? tongue twisters Chinese humorists Who are they? Charlie Chaplin Mark Twain Mr bean Edward Lear reading A master of nonverbal humor The main character is Charlie Chaplin. He was famous for his nonverbal humour. The Gold Rush. Who is the main character of the text? What was he famous for? 2. What is the famous film mentioned in the text? Step 1 Fast- reading Read the text carefully and finish Ex. 1(P19): Born Job Famous character Costume Type of acting Died 1889 1977, Switzerland movie actor mime (nonverbal) Little tramp large trousers, worn-out shoes, a small round black hat and a walking stick Step 2 Group work Step 3 intensive-reading Paragraph 1: Paragraph 2: Paragraph 3: Paragraph 4: Paragraph 5: F.why people needed cheering up. C.what Charlie’s childhood was like. D.what his most famous character was like A.an example of a sad situation that he made funny B.his achievements Read the passage quickly and match the main idea of each paragraph. Para1 What did Victor Hugo say? Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face. Para2 He was taught to sing as soon as he could speak and dance as soon as he could walk. When did Charlie first learn to sing and dance? What was Charlie ‘s childhood like? Not that Charlie’s own life was easy! Charlie’s own life was not that easy. a small black hat a moustache a walking stick very large trousers He wore a small round black hat, very large trousers, worn-out shoes, a moustache and carried a walking stick. Give a description on Chaplin? Para3 worn-out shoes 1. Read Para.4, pay attention