高一英语必修4Unit3Reading

UNIT 3 A TASTE OF ENGLISH HUMOUR--Warming up and reading

June 4, 2014

How dare you?

It’s always happy to be with buddies.

How handsome my car is!

The result of sleeping in class

Warming up

POLICEMAN: Why did you have to break into the same shop three times? THIEF: Well, I stole a dress from that shop but my wife didn’t like it. So I had to go back and change it twice!Punchline The words that form the climax of a joke.

Customer:

What’s that fly(苍蝇) doing in my soup?

Waiter:

Swimming, I think!Punchline

A Short Phone

A teenage girl had been talking on the phone for about half an hour, and then she hung up. “Wow,” said her father, “ That was short. You usually talk fo two hours. What happened?” “Wrong number.” replied the girl.punchline

LET’S ENJOY A SHORT PIECE OF MOVIE

a small black hat a moustache

Little Tramp

a stickvery wide trousers

He wore a small black hat, very wide trousers, a moustache and carried a stick that he swung in the air as he walked.

Charlie Chaplin“The Gold

Rush”

Reading

无声幽默的大师

Fast reading1.What’s the passage mainly about? A. The history of English humour.

B. The films Chaplin made.C. The humour Chaplin made in his films.

D. The Gold Rush in California.

2. Match the main idea of each para.Para 1 . What Charlie’s childhood was like.

Para 2Para 3 Para 4

His achievements Why people needed cheering upAn example of a sad situation that he made funny.

Para 5

What his most famous character was like.

Careful reading

Para 1

3. Explain"Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face". A. Laughter is the power to drive winter away and welcome warm spring. B. Laughter can keep one’s face warm, especially during freezing winter. C. Laughter can make people forget their problems and make them feel happy.

4. Why do you think people need laughter or cheering up ? A. They enjoy doing so. B. It makes people more worried about their lives. C. It makes people feel more content with their lives. D. There’s much fun to do so.