1、Lesson 3 My Favorite Comedy Do you like to watch comedies?What is your favorite funny movie or TV program?Who is your favorite TV comedian?First lets learn the new words and expressions.Free talkcomedyput onturn sb.offregardless ofpurelyuniversalsealn.喜剧假装令人讨厌不管，不顾adv.完全地，仅仅adj.全世界的，普遍的，通用的vt.封，密封as
2、tonishsaucerrawdisgustingdesperateobtainpartlyvt.使惊讶，使惊骇n.茶托，茶杯碟adj.生的，未煮过的adj.厌恶的adj.不顾一切的vt.得到，获得adj.部分的compensatedeliberatelyconvinceplay aroundpull facesrarelyvt.补偿，赔偿adv.不慌不忙地vt.使相信四处游戏做鬼脸adv.很少，难得For me,I like watching comediesvery much.Of all the comedies I have watched,I like the Crazy Stone
3、 best because all the lines there are in chongqing dialect.And I can easily follow the plot.The best comedian,in my mind,is Mr.Bean.BackgroundMr.BeanThe most famous comedy actor Chaplin is fond of imitating other people.Zeng Zhiwei can put on different voices.Phrasal verbsXie Tingfeng alwaysgets int
4、o trouble and then gets out of it.Mr.Bean makes out that he/she is not very bright.He usually dresses up as different people.He tells good anecdotes and makes up good jokes.Mr.Bean can make you burst out laughing.I really turn you off because you never return back my things.Reading Strategies1.Somet
5、imes things are not stated explicitly in the text.You need to make inferences or read between the lines to understand what is meant.2.First,read the text to get the general idea.Then read the questions and use them to guide you.3.Read the text again using logic to make inferences.Read Text1 and answ
6、er the questions.1.Why has Mr.Bean gone to a fancy restaurant on this particular day?2.Does Mr.Bean have many friends?How do you know?3.Why does Mr.Bean choose the “steak tartare”?4.Why does Mr.Bean pretend to like the food when the waiters talk to him?1.Because that day was Mr.Beans birthday and he
7、 wanted to show to a lot of people that someone really sent him a card.Actually,the birthday card was sent to him by himself.Answers2.No.because nobody sent him a birthday card.He could only write it by himself.3.Because he doesnt have enough money to order other dishes.4.Because if he showed his di
8、sliking to the face of the waiter,the waiter would ask him to order something else.As all of us know,he could notafford to order other dishes.1.Mr.Bean is an internationally recognized comedy character on TV and in films.People all over the world know Mr.Bean.He constantly gets into awkward and absu
9、rd situations,Adverbs and its usages which greatly amuses audiences regardless of their nationality and culture.2.Frequently getting into strange and embarrassing situations makes somebody laugh.Its usages1.Adverbs that describes the way something is done 2.Adverbs that describe when or how often so
10、mething is done 3.Adverbs that can describe other adjectivesUseful phrases1.He became so desperate in the end that he even hides some inside the purse of a woman sitting near him and throws some down the trousers of the restaurants violinist!hopeless people who major in playing violin(小提琴)2.The humo
11、r is always made clear through a series of simple and funny acts that purely rely on body language,which is universal.many/only 3.When he looks at the menu,an astonished look swiftly appears on his face.a surprised facial expression quickly4.He makes an attempt to eat it,but it is clear from the loo
12、k on his face that he finds the taste truly disgusting.try to do sth.really badRead the second passage,and try to work out the main idea of the second passage.The passage talks about the actor who plays Mr.Bean,Rowan Atkinson.Second-reading1.How do you know that Rowan Atkinson is not like his famous
13、 character Mr.Bean?In what ways is he different?2.Did Rowan Atkinsons parents encourage him to become an actor?Why or why not?3.Does Rowan Atkinson like to work with other talented people?How do you know?Answers1.In the first paragraph,there is a sentence:if you think that Rowan Atkinson is anything
14、 like his famous creation,then youre in for a surprise.So we can infer from it that Atkinson is notlike his famous character Mr.Bean at all.2.No.Because he spent his early years with his family on the farm with his mother,three older brothers and his strict father,who did not believe in the value of
15、 television.3.Yes.Because when he met a group of talented people at university,he realized this could be a career for him.We can infer from this passage that he likes to work with other talented people.1.,then you are in for a surprise.You will be surprised.2.At Oxford,he obtained his Masters degree
16、 in electrical engineering.This might explainhis interest in fast cars,of which he has a vast collection.Words and phrasesgot his Masters/Bachelor/Doctorsdegree.That is why he is so interested in 3.Rowans career change from an electrical engineer to a famous comedian was partly due to some speaking
17、problems he had in his childhood.be because of4.He compensated for this by talking very deliberately.make up for(弥补)intentionally5.This may have inspired the abnormal speech patterns of many of his characters.activated/not normal 6.Although his teachers predicted a career in acting,Rowan was not con
18、vinced himself,until he met a group of talented people at university,who were involved in theater,and he realized this could be a career for him.tell sth.in advance/sure take part in sth./participate in sth.7.It was one of those things which happen very rarely in your life,when you realize you are i
19、n the presence of genius.I was convinced he would be more famous than Chaplin.seldom/be faced withSpeaking:Retell the second passage according the following clues:When he was young,he.,who.He studied in the same.At 13,he earned to study in a.Later he studied in university.he was so interested in that he had a vast of.There are two reasons for his change of career:the first,he had some problems in,so he compensated for this by talking intentionally.
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