Unit 3 A taste of English humour
Warming up
Enjoy these jokes and find the punchlines!
落水者：...（希腊语：救命）
船员甲：理论上说，他还没喊“救命”吧。
船员乙：那我们还是等等吧。
THE FAT LADY: Mary, who is that
person?
MARY: He is my husband.
THE FAT LADY: But I heard he died
last year.
MARY: Yes, I had him cloned.
What is a punchline? Find the jokes’
punchlines.
Punchline
The humorous part of the joke comes at the end.
Some jokes are longer and tell a short, funny story. The following is one of those jokes about the famous detective Sherlock Holmes and his friend Doctor Watson.
Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson went camping in a mountainous area. They were lying in the open air under the stars. Sherlock Holmes looked up at the stars and whispered, "Watson, when you look at that beautiful sky, what do you think of?" Watson replied, "I think of how short life is and how long the universe has lasted." "No, no, Watson!" Holmes said. "What do you really think of?." Watson tried again. "I think of how small I am and how vast the sky is." "Try again, Watson!" said Holmes. Watson tried a third time. "I think of how cold the universe is and how warm people can be in their beds." Holmes said, "Watson, you fool! You should be thinking that someone has stolen our tent!"
Punchline
Edward Lear
(funny poems)
famous
poet
七步诗
曹植
煮豆持作羹，
漉菽以为汁。
萁在釜下燃,
豆在釜中泣。
本自同根生,
相煎何太急？
煮豆燃豆萁,
萁在釜下泣。
我烬你熟了,
正好办酒席。
funny poems
nonsense verse :打油诗
Discuss:
Chinese humour
What styles of humour do you know?
humorous
Chinese humorists
sketch/
funny plays
a two-man comic show
crosstalk
Two or more speakers
make many jokes and
funny conversation.
verbal
comedy
comedy
mine
jokes
funny stories
nonverbal
verbal
Types of humour
funny poems
comedy
mime
Mr Bean is funny because he
makes funny faces and acts silly
behaviour.
哑剧,哑剧表演
Charlie Chaplin
(funny films)
Reading
A Master of Nonverbal Humour
Predict: look at the title and picture of the passage.
If you want to write a passage about Charlie Chaplin ,what topic would you like to introduce?
A. his life
B. his works
C. his role
D. his achievement
Skim the whole passage again and try to get the main idea for each para.
Match the right main idea of each part.
What his most famous character was like
Why people needed cheering up
What Charlie’ childhood was like
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
A
B
C
D
An example of a sad situation that
he made funny
E
His achievement
Part 4
Part 5
I’m Charlie Chaplin.
What do you know
about me?
Careful reading
1. 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.
Choose the best answers.
2.Charlie Chaplin made people laugh when they felt depressed, so they feel _________.
less satisfied with their lives
more content with their lives
more worried about their lives.
they had a miserable life.
3. What was Charlie’s childhood like?
A.He was good at singing and dancing.
B.He was born in a poor family and had an unfortunate childhood.
C.He was born in a rich family.
D.He was well educated in a film school.
Born:__________________________________
Job: __________________________________
Famous character : ________________________
Type of acting : ___________________________
Died : _________________________________
Costume: _______________________________
Some notes about Charlie Chaplin
in a poor family in 1889
actor
the little tramp

mime
in 1977 in Switzerland
director
producer
playwright
composer
a small
black hat
a moustache
a walking stick
very large trousers
worn-out shoes
young Charlie
4. The Little Tramp is well known because ____.
Chaplin played a poor and homeless person.
B. The character was social failure.
C. Chaplin wore large trousers, worn-out
shoes and a small round black hat and
carried a walking stick.
D. Chaplin play a role as a man who determined
to overcome difficulties and was kind even
when people were unkind to him.
D
5. In The Gold Rush, Chaplin and his
friend eat a pair of shoes because ___.
A. they are interested in it
B. the shoes are delicious
C. they want to make the people
laugh
D. they are very hungry
D
6. Which is NOT true?
A. Charlie was a master of non-verbal
humor.
B. Charlie showed humanity and
kindness in his movies.
C. Charlie was a social failure, so he
could play that character well.
D. Charlie must have experienced sad
situations when he was a child.
C
6. Chaplin was given a special Oscar for _______
A. the characters he played in his films.
B. the films he directed.
C. the joy he gave us in his films.
D. the contributions he made in films.
7. What’s the author’s attitude to Charlie Chaplin?
A. positive
B. negative
C. serious
D. appreciative
Read the text again , then fill in the blanks
In Britain and America people were feeling _______because of the bad world situation. Charlie understood their________. His character “the little tramp” was _______and _______, but everybody ______him for his _____heart and the way he dealt with his____________. Charlie Chaplin made people _______at some of these terrible situations like being without
______or_______. He wrote and _______
his own films and received an _______
for his __________work.
depressed
problems
poor
outstanding
homeless
loved
kind
difficult situation
laugh
food
money
directed
Oscar
What should we learn from Charlie Chaplin?
We should be optimistic(乐观),determined no matter what difficulties you meet , just as Charlie Chaplin was.
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Discussion
1. Surf the Internet to find more
information about Chaplin and you
are expected to present it to your
peer in the next class.
2.Finish the self assessment after
Class.
homework
Thanks!good bye!
1. Who do you know about Charlie Chaplin（卓别林）?
2. What is he famous for ?
3. How does he express himself?
The most famous actor during the period of silent films.
He is famous for his nonverbal humour.
By what he does and his facial expressions.