1、Unit 20 Humour The third& fourth period一内容及其解析1. 内容： 读前进一步讨论喜剧演员以及他们的表演，具体提供了四幅照片。组织学生讨论回答相关问题。阅读部分是一篇介绍性的文，介绍的是逗人们发笑的几种喜剧形式和职业。文中介绍了舞台上的喜剧，包括剧本的创作和舞台的表演，涉及一些举世闻名的剧作家和演员。还介绍了马戏团的小丑、屏幕前的滑稽演员。最后详细介绍了中国传统相声艺术的起源和发展。2. 解析：读前组织学生讨论回答相关问题不但有利于培养学生留心社会，关注媒体的洞察力，而且引导学生为下一步阅读作好思想准备。阅读文章不但让学生接触这一题材的语言，而且帮助学生较
2、全面地了解这一行业的情况。读后回答一些相关问题有助于学生掌握所学内容。二目标及其解析1. 目标 初步掌握课文中的重点词汇：nationality,certain, amuse, laughter, accent, typical, applaud, appreciate, fluent.初步感知文中的语法现象，为下节课的语法学习积累知识； 提高运用阅读策略预测课文内容和获取课文主要信息的能力； 形成自主学习，合作学习和探究学习的意识。2解析 能够采用各种阅读技巧提高学生的阅读能力，分步骤对文章内容进行学习，达到逐步理解文章内容。 能够掌握文中的词汇，句型，语法现象。三教学问题诊断分析课文有本单
3、元要学的大部分生词,短语.句子以及语法这些都是阻碍学生理解课文大意的,教师应鼓励学生猜测然后再看生词表. 阅读时画下自己不懂的句子,语法等四 .教学支持条件分析利用图片和录音机从听觉，视觉上激起学生学习兴趣 五. 教学过程设计(一) 教学基本流程读前 快速阅读细读 读后小结(二) 教学情景Step one: Pre-readingLook at the pictures at Page 52 & answer the following questions: 1. Who are these comedians ? 2. What makes them funny ? 3. What do y
4、ou think of them ?设计意图:启发学生预测课文内容。激发学生对这一话题的兴趣从而为导入下文作铺垫。 师生活动: 教师提问学生回答Step Two: Reading1. Skimming Task1. True or False Read the text as quickly as possible and then read the following sentences and decide whether they are true(T) or false(F).1.The actors in comedies make us laugh by making fun of
5、 somebodys way of dressing or telling an amusing story.( T ) 2.Shakespeares plays make modern people laugh loudly.( F ) 3.Clowns are only funny for children. ( F )4.Comedians clothes are usually very strange. ( F )5.Comedians make people laugh, but also think about life. ( T )6.Crosstalk show has ab
6、out 2400 years history. ( T )Task2. How many forms of humour are talked about in the text? What are they?Four: comedies, clowns, comedians crosstalk. 设计意图: 快速阅读培养学生获取课文主要信息的能力.师生活动: 教师提问学生回答.2. ScanningListen to the tape and read the passage carefully and answer some detailed questions.Q.In what way
7、s do comedy writers, comedians, clowns and crosstalks make people laugh?1. Comedies make people laugh by cross-dressing stereotypes of nationalities or people doing certain jobs making fun of somebodys way of dressing telling an amusing story word play2. Clowns make people laugh by acting alone or a
8、s a pair their clothes, make-up and the way they walk3. Comedians make people laugh by working alone or as a pair body language and their faceacting out a situation called a sketch playing with words4. Crosstalk shows make people laugh by playing with words making many jokesand funny conversations d
9、ressing up a little or acting out small sketchesusing rhythm and rhyming using tongue twisters设计意图:细读文章完成相关细节练习题，加深对文章的理解。师生活动: 教师提问学生回答.Step three: Post-reading Answer the following questionsQ1. How long has the tradition of crosstalk existed in China?More than 2,200 yeas.Q2. Why are some of Shakes
10、peares comedies not so funny for us?Because we dont understand the language and word play that Shakespeare used.Q3.Whats the difference between comedians and clowns?Clowns:wear strange clothes; use make-up;can make people forget their problems at least for a momentComedians:clothes are not strangedo
11、 not use make-up;can make people think about life.Q4.Can you describe a clown in your own word? What does a clown look like?a funny person Clothes and shoes: bright colour/over-sizedFace: white Mouth and eyes: look very big using other colour Nose: big and red设计意图:检测学生对文章的理解程度并能发表自己的见解,提出解决问题的办法. 师生
12、活动: 教师提问学生回答.Step four: 目标检测 课文填空1 Cross-dressing_ men or women often appear on the stage. Dustin Hoffman is famous for his role acting_ as a woman. Funny pays often have characters _ that are stereotypes _ of nationalities_or people doing _certain jobs.2.Clowns_ often dont use any words at all. It
13、is their clothes, make-up _ and the way they walk that _make people laugh.3. What _ comedians have in common with _ the plays in a comedy is their way of playing with words_ . Comedians make people laugh, but also think about _ life4. Typical _for China is the crosstalk show, where a pair of comedia
14、ns entertains _ the audience _ with word play_. 5. Dating back to the Qin Dynasty, the traditional _ crosstalk shows, or xiangsheng shows, have made people all over China roar with laughter for centuries_ . Skilled artists make use of all the richness of the spoken language to create a rapid flow of
15、 fun_6. If you are not fluent in-Chinese, you will not catch _all of it.设计意图:让学生回顾课文内容，加深印象。师生活动: 学生练习Step five: Summary设计意图: 回顾文章内容形成整体概念. 师生活动: 教师作总结.配餐作业：一基础题（A组题） 1. 听写学习目标中所学词汇。2.Error correcting ( 改错 )(1). On the way home, he was caught by a storm. As a result, he developed a cold. (6). So far
16、 there have been four buildings putting up here.设计意图:让学生熟记本节课所学词汇，并能分析句子，找出错误。师生活动:学生练习，教师核对。二巩固题（ B 组）阅读理解：Not many years ago， a wealthy and rather strange old man named Johnson lived alone in a village in the south of England. He had made a lot of money in trading with foreign countries. . Within
17、a week Johnson received thousands of letters from all over Britain， asking him for the secret of his daily injection.1. Johnson became a rich man through _. 5. When Johnson said he had an injection in his neck each evening， he really meant that _.设计意图：提高阅读阅读理解的能力。师生活动：学生练习三.提高题.（C组题 ）句型转换1. A. Ameri
18、cans sound funny when they speak with a foreign accent. B. American sound funny when speaking with a foreign accent.2. A. He walks and talks in a strange way, which makes people laugh. B. The way in which he walks and talks makes people laugh.3. A. Right now I cant be sure whether this is going to b
19、e a successful film. B. Right now I cant say with certainty whether this is going to be a successful film.4. A. In the years that followed, he had to move from country to country. B. In the following years, he had to mover from one country to another.5. As I was very rude to him, he got angry. B. He
20、 got angry withme for having been very rude.6. A. The amusing story made all of us laugh to death. B. The story which is amusing made all of us laugh to death.7. A. What he said is not humorous, I think. B. I dont think what he said is humorous.8. A. He looks very strict, but actually he is very kind to his students. B. He looks very strict, but in fact he is very kind to his students.9. A. Mr Bean is known as a comedy actor. B. Mr Bean is famous/ known for performing comedies.设计意图：通过句型转化练习学生灵活掌握文中重点词汇的用法帮助学生掌握句子结构，语法知识等。师生活动： 学生练习教师讲解。教学反思：
