1、Unit 3A taste of English humour 1.What is humour?2.Do you know the kinds of humour?Brainstormverbalnonverbalfunny storiesjokes comedymimeReadingA Master of Nonverbal HumourTeaching goals 1.Learn about the art of nonverbal humor.2.Learn about Charlie Chaplin,a master of nonverbal humor,and his excell
2、entperformance in silent films.3.improve students ability of predicting,skimming and summarizing.Read the passage fast and match each paragraph with its main idea.Paragraph 1 what Charlies childhood was like Paragraph 2 what his most famous character was likeParagraph 3introduction to the topic Para
3、graph 4an example of a sad situation that he made funnyParagraph 5 his achievementsFast readingBorn:_ Job:_ Famous character:_Costume:_ _ _ Type of acting:_ Died:_Fast reading1889actor,writer,director,producernonverbal humourthe little tramp moustache,large trousers,worn-out shoes,small round black
4、hat,walking stickSwitzerland,1977 What effect does Charlie Chaplins acting have?He made people laugh at a time when they felt depressed,so they could feelmore content with their lives.Para.1Detailed-reading(1)Can you explain the sentence“Not that Charlies own life was easy!”in English?Charlies life
5、was very difficult.(2)Find supporting evidence to“Not that Charlies own life was easy!”.His family was poor.His parents were both poor music hall performers.His family income was uncertain.His father died.Charlie spent his childhood looking after his sick mother and his brother.Para.2carrying a walk
6、ing stick手持拐杖worn large trousers穿着大裤子worn-out shoes足穿破皮靴describe Charlies costumewith a moustache一撇小胡子a small round black hat头戴圆顶礼帽Para.3walked around stiffly走路像鸭子Put the following sentences in the right order.a.Chaplin tried chewing the bottom of the shoe.b.Chaplin boiled one of his leather shoes.c
7、.Chaplin cut off the leather top of the shoe.d.Chaplin picked out the lace of the shoe.e.Chaplin ate it as if it were spaghetti.Para.4b c a d ePara.5Fill in the blanks.Charlie wrote,_ and produced the films he _.In 1972,he was given a _ for his _work in films.starred inspecial Oscaroutstandingdirect
8、ed Charlie Chaplin was born in a poor family _parents were both poor music hall performers.You may find it _that Charlie received performance training at a very young age._.(不幸的是，他父亲死了，使得这个家庭更加贫穷。)Anyway，_(到他十几岁的时候),Charlie had,_ his humour,become one of the most popular child actors in England.His
9、subtle acting made everything _.Consolidation whoseastonishingUnfortunately,his father died,leaving the family even worse off by his teens through entertaining _（随着时间的流逝）Charlie Chaplin wrote,directed and produced the films he _.His character,the little tramp who was _(社会失败者),leaves a deep impressio
10、n on people.Thanks to his outstanding work,he made people laugh at a time _ they felt _,so they could_(对自己的生活感到比较满足)_(人们热爱和怀念这位伟大的演员，因为他鼓舞人们并增强他们的信心).As time went by starred in a social failure when depressed feel more content with their lives He is loved and remembered as a great actor who could in
11、spire people with great confidence.(1)What should we learn from Charlie Chaplin?(2)What should we do to get success?What should we learn from Charlie Chaplin?1.His determination in overcoming difficulties.2.Optimistic attitude about life.3.Being kind even when people were unkind to him.We should be
12、optimistic(乐观的)no matter what difficulties we meet with,just as Charlie Chaplin was.Set up an aim.Do our best.Pay more time than others.Never give up/lose heart.Insist on what we pursue.You have to believe in yourself.Thats the secret of success.Charlie ChaplinHomework Read the text again.Write a short passage about Charlie Chaplins life and work.(About 60 words)
