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Unit 3 A taste of English humour  

 谢富霞  高中英语  郸城县

教学目标 

Knowledge Aim:

Master important words and expressions appeared in this reading passage.

Get a general understanding of the story of Charlie Chaplin.

Ability Aim:

Learn to find the main idea of each paragraph.

Learn to describe or interview a person.

Emotional Aim:

Have a taste of English humor, and get a general idea of types of humor.

Arouse students’ interest in English language, film and etc.

Stimulate students’ interests of learning English by reading and acting and acting this play.

 教学重难点

Teaching important points

Help the students to improve reading skills and ability.

Teaching difficult points

a. Help the students to summarize the main idea of each paragraph.

b. How to describe a people.

C. Enable students to learn to use reading strategies such as skimming, scanning and so on. 

Step 1 Leading in

Show some pictures to students, let them talk about the pictures and then ask them what they think of the pictures, whether they are funny or not.

1.       What is humour?

Humour is a word that means making others laugh. If someone often makes others laugh, we say he is humorous and we call him a humorist. The question of whether or not something is humorous is a matter of personal taste.

Task 1. Brain-storming

Ask students to name some types of humors they know. Write those they are not familiar with on the blackboard, then show some pictures and summarize.

Forms of humour

mime   nonverbal humour   cross talk   funny story   clown

sketch   verbal joke   comedy      humor 

1. Mime is a performance using gestures and body movements without words.

2. Sketch is a short humorous scene on stage, television, etc.

3. Cross talk, Chinese comic dialogue, is an art form, exchanging clever remarks, esp. between two people.  

4. Clowns are comical performers, usually characterized by their fantastic appearance: colored costumes , stylistic makeup, unusually large footwear, red-nose, etc., who entertain the audience by acting in a funny fashion.

5. Mr. Bean is a British comedy television series. The title character Mr. Bean is described as “a child in a grown man’s body”.

Task 2. Talking

 Ask students to talk about some funny stories, any English or Chinese humors they know.

Step2. Warming up

Task 3. Reading on P 17

The purpose of the reading is to introduce the kind of verbal jokes. They use a “play on words” to be funny. Let students read the three jokes and then match the joke with the explanation. Then check the answer. After that, teacher can show some other jokes on the screen.

1.Which of your parents is your nearest relative?

2.Which is faster---hot or cold?

3. Why the library is the tallest building?

4.Which is the terrible month for soldiers?

5.What two words have the most letters?

6. What kind of ships do students study in school?

7. What part of a clock is always old?

8. Why is the river very rich?               

Keys:

Mother.

Hot---You can catch a cold.

Because it has the most stories.

March.

Post office.

Scholarships.

The second hand.

Because it has two banks.

A dream.

A map.

Step 2 Pre-reading

Do you know who he is?

Charlie Chaplin

He is one of the most famous humorists that can make others laugh all the time. What do you know about his films?

Step 3 Fast-reading

Skimming

What is the main idea of the passage?

It is about the life and work of Charlie Chaplin and the kind of humour we can all laugh at – nonverbal humour.

Read the passage again and write down the main idea of each paragraph.

Para. 1 The world situation

Para. 2 Charlie’s childhood

Para. 3 His famous film character

Para. 4 An example of his work

Para. 5 His achievements

Scanning

Answer the following questions.

1. How did Henry Adams come toEngland?

It was the ship that brought him toEngland.

2. Where did Henry work before?

He worked for a mining company.

3. Why did they choose Henry?

Because Henry was honest, hard-working and poor.

Step 4 Careful- reading

Talk about Charlie Chaplin 

Answer the questions.

1. How did Charlie Chaplin become famous?

He became famous for using a particular form of acting, including mime and farce.

2. Give a description of the little tramp, Chaplin’s famous character.

He wore large trousers, worn-out shoes and a small  round black hat, carrying a walking stick.

3. Why was the little tramp loved by many people around the world?

Because he had the determination to overcome difficulties.

4. Which film of Chaplin is mentioned in Para.3-4?

The Gold Rush.

Time :

Place :

Job in the film :

 What troubles did they meet in California? 

They ____________ on the edge of a mountain in a ___________ in a small wooden house.

Tell true or false.

1. Chaplin learnt acting after his mother.

2. People love the character “the little champ”, mainly for he was poor and homeless.

3. In the middle of 19^th century people went to California to look for gold.

4. Chaplin performed how to eat a boiled shoe by action and explaining.

Step 5 Post- reading

1. Discussion

1. Do you think Chaplin’s poor childhood helped him in his work? Why?

2. Do you like his acting style? Why?

3. Why do you think he was so successful?

4. What should we learn from him?

The reasons for his success _________________________________________

2. Activities

Act out a situation by using nonverbal humour.

1. carry a heavy box

2. in a hurry

3. bump into someone else round a corner

4. slide on a banana skin

Step 6 Language points

1. 【原文再现】 As Victor Hugo once said, “Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face”, and up to now nobody has been able to do this better than Charlie Chaplin. 维克多·雨果曾经说过，“笑容如阳光，驱走人们脸上的冬天”。关于这一点，直到今天也没有人能比查理·卓别林做得更好。 （Page18）

【知识点1】as在此引导定语从句，修饰后面整个句子，此时，定语从句的位置比较灵活，可放在句首、句中或句末，译为“正如，正像”。

As you can imagine，I am short enough of money. 正如你所想象的那样，我很缺钱。

He was a teacher, as was clear from his manner. 正如根据他的举止所断定的，他是一位老师。

【经典考例】

（2004北京卷改编）____ is reported in the newspapers, talks between the two countries are making progress.

A. It  B. C. That  D. What

解析： As .as在句中引导非限制性定语从句, 并且在句中作主语，代替下句整个意思。意为“正如报纸所报道的那样”。

【知识点2】 up to now 意为“迄今；到现在为止”，是多用于现在完成时的时间状语，常可与 until now, by now, so far 互换。和现在完成时连用的时间状语还有in the past few years. 如：
Up to now, about 30 foreign companies have set up branches in this developing zone. 到现在为止，已有大约30家外国公司在这个开发区设立了分公司。

【知识点3】在..nobody has been able to do this better than Charlie Chaplin.中，当形容词或副词的比较级出现在否定句中时，往往不表示否定的意义而是表示充分的肯定。如：
  —I think students should have more of their own time. Don‘t you think so? 我认为学生应该有更多的属于他们自己的时间。你不这么认为吗？
  —I can’t agree more. (＝I completely agree.) 完全赞同。

【经典考例】

1). Your story is perfect; I’ve never heard _____ before.
     A. the better one B. the best one C. a better one D. a good one

2).—Did you enjoy yourself at the party?

— Yes. I've never been to_____ one before.

A. a more excited  B. the moat excited

C. a more exciting  D. the most exciting

析：1).B。“never/no /nothing … + 比较级”表示最高级含义，常译为：“没有比 … 更 … 的”。从前一句可看出, 作者是在极力赞扬这个故事, 所以用I have not heard a better before. 意为“我以前从未见过比这更好的了”。2). C. 从上文可知，答者是在极力赞扬这晚会，意为“我以前从未参加过比这更好的晚会”。

2. 【原文再现】 Then he cuts off the leather top of the shoe as if it were the finest steak. （Page 18）然后他把皮鞋上端的皮子切下来，就像是切下一块最好的牛排。

【名师点拨】句中as if引导状语从句。as if从句中的内容有时有主观想像或夸大性的比喻，此时从句中常用虚拟语气。

若从句中的动词与主句谓语动词同时发生，则从句谓语动词用过去时；若先于主句则用过去完成时，若后于主句，则用过去将来时。

He looks as if he were an artist.(同时) 他看起来就像是一位艺术家。

He speaks English so fluently as if he had studied English inAmerica. (先于)他说英语如此流利好像他在美国学过一样。

He learns English so hard as if he would go to the USA.(后于) 他学英语如此努力就像他会去美国一样。

3. 【原文再现】 …, so they could feel more content with their lives. 所以他们对自己的生活很满意。

1)  content adj. 满足的，满意的，知足的

be content with sth.

be content to do sth.

Are you content with your present salary?

She is quite content to stay at home looking after her children.

2) content   vt. 使满意, 使满足

content sb. / oneself with sth. 使…满足于…

I content myself with a glass of coffee every day.

3) content  n.  所含之物，内容, 目录

I like the style of the book but I don’t like the content.

4.【原文再现】 Not that Charlie’s own life was easy!倒不是说卓别林的生活好。

not that用于句首或短语之前表示否定含义，“倒不是；并不是说”。

Not that I hate the work. I'm not strong enough for it.

Not that I dislike the task, but that I am not equal to it.

Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more.

5.【原文再现】 Unfortunately, his father died, leaving the family even worse off. 不幸的是，他的父亲死了使家庭的生活更加贫困。

1）badly off 穷困的, 缺少的

be worse off  情况更坏的，恶化的

be well off  富裕的，处境好的

be better off  (尤指经济)境况较好的

They are too badly off to have a holiday.  

In fact most people are better off than they were five years ago.

2） leaving the family even worse off为现在分词短语作结果状语。

Football is played in over 100 countries, making it the most popular game in the world. 有100多个国家开展足球运动，使它成为世界上最受欢迎的运动。

5. You may find it astonishing that Charlie was taught to sing as soon as he could speak and dance as soon as he could walk. （Page18）你会觉得震惊，卓别林会讲话的时候就被教唱歌，会走路的时候就学跳舞。

【名师点拨】此句中it作形式宾语，that从句是真正的主语；astonishing是动词-ing形式作宾语补足语。

astonishing  adj.  惊人的

The car rushed at the bridge at astonishing speed.

astonish  v. 使…惊讶

The news astonished everyone.

【用法拓展】

astonished  adj. 惊讶的

She was astonished to find he was drunk.

He was much astonished that you had failed.

I was astonished at / by the news.

astonishment   n. 惊异；惊愕；惊奇  

in astonishment   愕然地， 吃惊地

She stared at me in astonishment. 　

to one’s astonishment 令某人惊讶的是…

To our astonishment, the small boy swam across the river

【立竿见影】

1). It was an ______ (astonish) performance for such a young musician.

2). To our ____________ (astonish), they arrived on time.

3). We were __________ to hear that their football team had won the championship．

【拓展归纳】动词-ing形式作宾语补足语结构中，宾语与补足语有主动关系，表示“动作正在发生”，v-ing 可用在感官动词(see, notice, watch, look at, find, hear, listen to, feel, catch)和表示“致使”意义的动词(get, have, keep, leave)后作宾语补足语。 如：Can you smell anything burning in the kitchen?

【经典考例】

1) (2010湖南卷)Listen！Do you hear someone ____for help?

A. calling B. call C. to call D. called

2).Lucy has a great sense of humour and always keeps her colleagues_____       with her stories.

A. amused  B. amusing  C. to amuse  D. to be amused

解析：1) A。考查非谓语动词作宾补。句意为：听！你听到有人正在求救吗？设空处与宾语之间为逻辑上的主谓关系，故排除D项；不定式作感官动词或使役动词的宾补要省去to且不表示动作正在进行，故排除C项；因为表示动作正在进行，故排除B项；现在分词calling 表主动且表正在进行，故为答案。

2).A．考查分词作宾语补足语。amuse与它所修饰的her colleagues存在被动关系。（be）amused with…对……感到有趣。句意：露西很有幽默感，总是使他的同事对她的故事感兴趣。

【立竿见影】用括号内所提供词的适当形式填空。  

1). It’ s not ______ (surprise) that you’ re putting on weight, considering how much you’ re eating.

2). I’ m sorry to have kept you ______ (wait) for so long.

3). She caught them ______ (steal) her apples.   

Keys: 1).surprising 2). waiting 3). stealing

Step7 Homework

Surf the Internet to find more information about Chaplin and you are expected to present it to your classmates in the next class.