新人教必修四_Unit_3_A_taste_of_English_humor[Reading课件]

Unit 3

A taste of English humourReading

How do they show their humour?

Crosstalk(相声)

sketch(小品)

Edward Lear (1812-1888) (funny poems)

Mark Twain (funny stories)

Mr Bean

A smile always makes a young man.

笑一笑，十年少Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face

笑容如阳光，驱走人们脸上的冬天

A MASTER OF NONVERBAL HUNOUR

Charlie ChaplinHe was one of the most famous humorists that can make others laugh all the time. He was a great silent movie star.

a moustache

a small black hat

a small coat a walking stick large trousers

large shoes

Task ITry to use one sentence to describe

the character: The tramp, a poor, homeless man witha moustache, wore large trousers, wornout shoes and a small round black hat.

How did the little tramp make a sad situation entertaining? Here is an example from one of his most famous films

Task IITry to use some sentences to describe the scene: 1.They are so hungry that the little tramp tries 1.hungry/ boil the leather shoeboiling on of his leather shoes for dinner. 2.cut off share …with 2.He cuts off/ the leather top of the shoe and shares the shoe with the other fellow. 3.He tries cutting and chewing the bottom of 3.cut the shoeand as ifchew it were the finest steak. 4.He picks outof the lace of the shoe and eats it 4.the lace the shoe as if it were spaghetti.

Task III

a failure

a celebrity

Try to introduce Charlie’s own life!

He was born in a poor family in 1889.His parents were both poor music performers(performer). You may find hall______ _____astonishing that Charlie was it soon as could speak taught to sing as _________he and dance. Unfortunately his father died, leaving ________(leave) the family even worse off, so Charlie spent his childhood looking _______(look)after his sick mother and By his brother. _____his teens, Charlie had, become through his humour, ________(become)

one of the most popular child ______(actor) in England. actors

He could mime and act the fool doing ordinary everyday tasks. No one was boring ever ______(bored )watching him-his entertaining subtle acting made everything______ _(entertain). Task IV

Do you think Charlie Chaplin was successful and why?

1.He brightened the lives of Americans and British through two world wars and the hard years in between.He made people laugh at a time when they felt depressed,so they could feel more content with their lives.