Unit 3 A taste of English humour
Reading
A Master of Nonverbal Humour
Do you think he is a successful man? Why?
Will you learn from him?
Step 1 Revision and lead in (3mins)
Do you know Who I am ?
I’m Charlie Chaplin.
What do you know
about me?
Charlie Chaplin was a master of
_________ humour.
nonverbal
Now let’s learn more about him
from the reading passage
无声的幽默大师
Step 2 Reading (25mins)
A master
of nonverbal
humour
Look at the title and the picture
and guess what the passage is about.
para.1

para.2

para.3

para.4

para.5
Match the main idea of each paragraph.
c) His achievements

e) An example of a sad situation that he made funny
a) What Charlie’s most famous character was like
b) Why people needed cheering up
d) What Charlie’s childhood was like
课堂自主学习
Task 1 Skimming
Task2 Scanning Fill in the blanks.
Charlie Chaplin
1889
Little tramp
actor
Gold Rush
1977
mime
How did people feel between the years
when the two world wars broke out?
What did Chaplin do then ?
Para 1
felt depressed
brightened their lives
made people laugh
could feel more content with …
Task 3 Careful reading
Para 2
He lived a poor and hard life.
…was taught to sing…and dance…
…died,leaving …worse off…/spent…
2. Find out the topic sentence of Para 2
Not that Charlie’s life is easy.
1.What was Chaplin’s childhood like?Why?
The Little Tramp was a ____ and ________ person.
The Little Tramp
He was known and loved by many people around the world.
Why?
poor
homeless
He had and
to overcome difficulties.
very large trousers
a walking stick
a moustache
a small black hat
worn-out shoes
optimism
determination
Para. 3 Describe the Little Tramp
The Gold Rush
Para 4
Para 4
First, he ________ the laces and eats them.
Then, he ________ the leather top of the shoe.
Finally, he __________and ________ the bottom of the shoe.
He eats every ________ with great enjoyment and treats it as if it were the finest steak.
picks out
cuts off
tries cutting
chewing
mouthful
Para.5
Chaplin wrote, ________, and produced many movies he _________.
directed
starred in
His achievements
He was given a ____________ for his lifetime outstanding work in 1972.
special Oscar
Charlie Chaplin was born in a ____ family in ____and at that time films were silent. He was a famous ____, especially in ____. His silent films are still popular today. His charming character was __________ ,
who was very poor, but very____even when people were unkind to him. He was a social _______, and he was homeless, but he had ____________ to overcome difficulties. What he wore were ________ shoes, large trousers and a small round black hat, and he was always carrying a walking stick.
Charlie Chaplin _______ in the film The Gold Rush. He played a man with bad luck eating with great enjoyment when he was hiding in a small wooden house during a .
poor
1889
mime
actor
a little tramp
kind
failure
worn-out
starred
determination
snowstorm
shoes
Step 3 Summary(2mins)
Step 4 Discussion(10mins)
Why do you think Charlie Chaplin is successful? What should we learn from him?
小组合作
The reasons for
his success
What should we learn from Charlie Chaplin?
1.Optimistic attitude towards life.
2.His determination in overcoming difficulties.
3.Being kind even when people were unkind to him.
4.Develop a sense of humor.
?
1.Laughing is better than medicine. ---- Jewish saying
3.Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.
----Victor Hugo
2.A smile always makes a young man. 笑一笑，十年少.
Conclusion
Humour is everywhere in our daily life. I hope you can be optimistic(乐观) no matter what difficulties you meet , just as Charlie Chaplin was.
Step 5 Homework
1.Read the passage again to get familiar with it.
2.Write a summary of the passage in 30 words.
Thanks for your coming!
Bye-bye