新课标必修4英语第3单元reading课件.ppt

Unit 3 A taste of English Humor,What is humour?,The quality of being amusing or comic The ability to think that things are funny, or funny things you say that show you have this ability The ability to amuse and to be amused The things that make people laugh,humor,How many kinds of humor do you know about?,Mime,Cross talk,Funny plays,Funny poems,Funny stories,Jokes,Warming up brainstorming,Enjoy a comedy,Do you know the character in the film?,Mr. Bean - the movie feature,funny stories Mark Twain Life on the Mississippi Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Adventures of Tom Sawyer,funny poems Edward Lear (12 May 1812 - 29 January 1888) was an artist, illustrator and writer known for his nonsensical poetry and his limericks, a form which he popularized. Poems by Edward Lear There Was an Old Man with a Beard,Examples of Chinese humour funny plays,cross talk,pantomime 刘全和 刘全利,We have known some kinds of humor. Now lets enjoy two pictures.,Reality-TV,On the internet, no one knows youre a dog.,Reading,What do you know about Charlie Chaplin?,Pridict the content.,Charlie Chaplin The Gold Rush,Charlie Chaplin,Charlie ChaplinThe Gold Rush,a small black hat,a moustache,a stick,very 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.,II. Read the text and fill in the blanks.,performers,childhood,actors,the little tramp,homeless,moustache,worn-out,walking stick,gold,leather,enjoyment,convincing,Switzerland,directed,outstanding,1. If you find it funny to see someone sliding on a banana skin, you feel not lonely. 2. Though the little tramp was a social failure, he was still optimistic. 3.Chaplin performed how to eat a boiled shoe by vividly action and explaining.,T,T,F,III. True or False,4. In the middle of 19th century people went to California to look for gold. 5. Chaplin and his friend are so unlucky that they cant find any gold. 6. Chaplin has a delicious meal by eating meat in the film.,T,T,F,7. Charlie died in England.,F,Reading,I. Read the passage and write down the main idea of each paragraph.,Paragraph 1,Why people needed cheering up,Paragraph 2,Paragraph 3,What Charlie Chaplins childhood was like.,What his most famous character was like.,Paragraph 4,Paragraph 5,An example of a sad situation that he made funny.,His achievements.,Summary,In Britain and America people were feeling miserable because of the bad economic situation. Charlie understood their problems. His character “the little tramp” was poor and homeless, but everybody loved him for his kind heart and the way he dealt with his difficult situation. Charlie Chaplin made people laugh at some of these terrible situations like being without food or money. He wrote and directed his own films and received an Oscar for his outstanding work.,Discussion,1. Do you think his poor childhood helped him in his work? Why?,Yes, because he understood the problems of people who were very poor.,2. Why did people like The Little Tramp? 3. Do you think Chaplins eating boiled shoes funny? Why?,Because it gives people courage to overcome difficulties.,Yes. Because he made the terrible situation “real” for his audience.,And he was able to show the humanity and kindness in the most difficult circumstances.,4. Why do you think he was so successfu