Unit3---A Master of Nonverbal Humour

             The Second Period     Reading

Teaching aims: 1.Enable students to learn what humor means and what is        

             nonverbal humor.

           2.To introduce the life and work of Charlie Chaplin.

           3.To introduce the kind of humour we can all laugh at  

           ---nonverbal humour

             4.To train the students’ reading and understanding ability

Difficult points: Find out the main ideas of every paragraph.

Teaching aids: A recorder and a projector,  multimedia

Teaching procedure:

 Step 1. Greetings and Revision

  Check homework: ask students to review what we learned in last

                 period.

Step 2. Pre-reading (通过展示几幅幽默图片，使课堂气氛活跃了起来，一下子调动了学生的积极性，然后顺势导入本课的主人公---Charlie Chaplin)

Questions: 1.What do you know about Charlie Chaplin?

         2.What do you know about his films?

Step 3 Reading

Task 1 :find out the main information about Charlie Chaplin

   1)Born:___________________________________

  2)job:______________________________________________

  3)Famous character:_________________________________

  4)Costume:__________________________________________

  5)Type of acting:_____________________________________

   6) Died:_____________________________________________

Task 2: Listen to the tape of the passage and match the main idea  

      with each part.

   Para1            1. Charlie’s childhood

   Para2            2. His famous character (角色）

   Para3            3. The Charlie Chaplin’s laughter (笑声）

   Para4            4. His achievements

   Para5            5. An example of his work

Task 3: Answer the following questions:

 1. 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 Alaska.

2. When and where is the film The Gold Rush set in?

  A. it is set in California at the end of the nineteenth century.

  B. it is set in Canada at the end of the nineteenth century

  C. It is set in Alaska in the middle of the nineteenth century

  D. It is set in Canada in the middle of the nineteenth century

3. Charlie Chaplin made people laugh when they felt depressed, so   

 they could feel   ____________

  A. less content with their lives       

  B. more satisfied with their lives

  C. more worried about their lives     

  D. they had a miserable life

Task 4: Give a description on Little Tramp.

      The little tramp, a poor, homeless man with a moustache, wore a small round black hat, large trousers and worn-out shoes carrying a walking stick.

Task 5: Introduce the main films of Charlie Chaplin.

   The Gold Rush ,  Modern Times,  The Great Dictator...

--> Enjoy the part of the film ---The Gold Rush

(利用多媒体播放卓别林的经典影片The Gold Rush中的片段，让学生体会以下大师的惟妙惟肖的表演，从而激发学生的好奇心，使其迫不及待地去读课文，更深入地了解“无声的幽默的大师—卓别林”.)

Task 6: After seeing the film, find the correct order of the following  

     events.

Chaplin tried cutting and eating the bottom of the shoe.

  Chaplin and his friend washed sand and expected to pick up gold,

  but they failed.

  They were so hungry that they boiled a pair of leather shoes.

  They were caught in a small wooden house.

  Chaplin cut off the leather top of the shoe.

  Chaplin picked out the laces of the shoe.

Step 4: Post-reading

Answer the questions: 1.Besides joy, what else can humor bring to us

                   in our studies and life?

   ( relaxation, confidence, hope, joy, health, friendship, love...)

2. The reasons for his success:

 ( Determination, Devotion, Optimistic attitude to life, Kindness

  Sympathy to the poor... )

3. Give students a humorous story if time permitting.

Step 5: Conclusion

Today we have learned something about humor, it is everywhere in our daily life. I hope you can be optimistic(乐观的) no matter what difficulties you meet with, just as Charlie Chaplin was.

Step 6: Homework

1.Write a humorous story in English and find out the Grammar Items  

 in this passage.

2.Pre-view the important words and expressions in the text.