人教版高中英语必修4精品教案Unit 3 A taste of English humor.doc

Unit 3 A taste of English humor Warming Up, Pre-reading and ReadingTeaching goals 教学目标1. Target language 目标语言a. 重点词汇 mime, farce, verbal, nonverbal, slide, skin, cruel, particular, entertaining, throughout, homeless, worn-out, failure, overcome, difficulty, fortunate, snowstorm, chew b.重点词组content with, badly off, pick out, cut off, star in,c. 重点句型 Do you find it funny to see someone sliding on a banana skin, bumping into someone else round a corner, or falling down a hole in the road? P17 Perhaps it makes us feel more content with our life P17 He became famous for using a particular form of acting, including mime and farce. P17 But he was lived by all who watched the films for his determination in overcoming difficulties and being kind even when people were unkind to him. P 18 Imagine you are hungry and all there is to eat is a boiled shoe. P18 That was the problem facing Charlie Chaplin in one of his most famous films. P182. Ability goals 能力目标Enable the students to talk about some types of English humor and Chinese humor, then learn what humor means and what is nonverbal humor3. learning ability goals 学能目标a. Help the students to learn how to talk about some types of English and Chinese humor, and then find their differences.b. Let the students listen and read the jokes, so that they can realize that humor is to let people to be optimistic about everything around.Teaching important points 教学重点Help the students learn how to understand and enjoy English humor. While as to the reading, learn how to divide the text into several parts according to the meaning of the passageTeaching difficulty points 教学难点a. Help the students know the differences between the English and Chinese humorsb. Decide the divide of the paragraphs of the textTeaching methods 教学方法Using pictures, discussion, reading, scanning and careful reading Teaching aids 教具准备A recorder and a projectorTeaching procedures & ways 教学过程与方式Step I RevisionAsk the students to read the words and expressions that appear in warming up, pre-reading and readingT: Class begin.Ss: Good morning, miss.T: Good morning, everyone. Before our class, please turn to P97 and read the new words together. Read twice for each one, ok?Ss: Ok. (The students read the new words together )Step II Warming upT: Good. Try your best to recite the words as soon as possible. Today, we are going to the new text. At first, I would like to show you a picture. Please look at the picture carefully. (Start the new unit by showing the students a picture)T: Look! What do you think of the picture?Ss: Its very interesting. A wolf or maybe it is a dog is jumping across the back of a sheep.T: Yes. Actually, it is a wolf. As we know, wolf is the natural enemy of sheep. Will a wolf jump across a sheep without eating it? No. After seeing the picture, it is so funny that we cant help laughing about their acting. It makes us laugh and feel nice. So today, we are going to learn something about humor. The title is A taste of English humor. Do you know some English humor?Ss: (Some students may know some English humor and they will put up their hands.)T: Ok, Ill ask someone to tell some English humors to us.(Ask some students to tell.)T: Thats really funny. Thank you! In fact, we name the English humor you told just now verbal joke. Then, look at some pictures again. Guess who they are.Ss: The first one is Charlie Chaplin. T: Yes, I dare say that everybody know him. How about the second picture?Ss: He is Mr. Bean, one of the most famous and successful British actor.T: Good. You are right. He is now recognized as the most popular British comedy expert. How about the last one? We have just learnt one of his playA million pound bank-note. Now, do you know who he is?Ss: Mark Twain.T: Yes. He is an American writer and his writing is famous for humor, right? Ss: Yes.T: Now, lets look at the chart on P17. What does it tell us from the table?We can see that Charlie Chaplin is good at nonverbal humor; Mr. bean is famous for his mime and farce; while Mark Twain was good at tell some funny tales. Then how about Edward Lear? Do you know him?Ss: No, we dont know.T: Ok, he is a famous British poet. His poems are funny and they were all from daily life. Until now people also read them and enjoy them. If you want to know more about him, you can go and read about him in:/zm/20030313/cs/zt/200303130846.aspor you can read the book 爱德华李尔:一个漫游者的一生which was written by Vivian Noakes.However, we will meet the problem that it seems some English humors sound no funny at all to us because the sense of humor of English and Chinese is different. So, do you know some persons in Chinese who are good at humor? Ill show you some pictures again. See, who are they and what are they good at? Nonverbal, mime and farce, funny tales or funny poems?Ss: The first picture is Chen Peisi. The second one is Zhao Benshan, but I dont know the third and the fourth one.T: Do you know what are Chen Peisi and Zhao Benshan good at?Ss: Chen Peisi is famous for his mime and farce. Zhao Benshan is famous for his Xiaopin.T: Good. I think Zhao Benshan is famous for his mime, too. The third one is Hou Baolin, who is a famous cross talk actor. But what a pity, he has died. The last one is Liu Quanhe & Liu Quanli, both of them are good at Ya ju (哑剧). So, can you finish the column of the chart now?The suggested answers:English humorChinese humornonverbalPantomime (哑剧) 刘全和、刘全利Mime and farceFunny plays 陈佩斯、赵本山Verbal jokesCross talk 侯宝林Funny storiesJokesFunny poemsDoggerel (打油诗)Step III Pre-readingT: According to the column, what do you like to laugh at?Ss: (Ask the students to talk about their opinion)T: Ok, as you all have your own choice and you do love making jokes, right? However, do you know what humor means exactly? Does it mean all the things that make people laugh? Ss: We think so.T: Have you ever thought that there may be some jokes which will hurt the other person? For example: “You, stupid pig! If you keep on making mistakes, I will pick your head and beat it like a basketball.” Do you think I am right to say these words?Ss: No, it is rude.T: That means humor is not always kind. Pay attention to your words when you want to make jokes. Then, what we are going to learn is a kind of humor that makes people laugh without using any words. How can we? Please look at the P17- reading: Nonverbal humorStep IV ReadingT: This reading material takes Charlie Chaplin for example. It tells us what nonverbal humor means; whats Charlie Chaplins style of acting; how he made a sad situation entertaining and so on.At first, as I have told you to preview the text, tell me how many passages the material can be divided and the main idea of each paragraph.Ss: We think the text is made up of four parts. The first part is the first paragraph. The second part is the second paragraph. The third and the fourth part is the third paragraph. And the last paragraph is the fourth part. The first part tells us that not all humor is kind. The second part tells us that some actors can astonish us with the deep feeling they can inspire with us for a character they are playing. The third one tells us something about Charlie Chaplins acting style. The last one is a short biography about Charlie Chaplin.T: Ok, it sounds reasonable. Are there any different opinions?Ss: We think there are three parts in this text. The first paragraph is the first part. From the second to the fourth paragraph is the second part. And the last one is the last part.T: Can you tell us your main ideas of the text?Ss: The first and the last ones are the same with my classmate before, but I think the second part of the text is about Charlie Chaplins humor.T: Good. Both of you sound reasonable. A reading material can have many different understanding! Here is my idea, you can think over whether it is reasonable or not. The text can also be divided into three parts. The first and the second paragraph are the first part. It tells us that there are two kinds of humor. One is bad and the other can inspire people. The second part is the third and the fourth paragraphs. It tells us how Charlie Chaplin made a sad situation entertaining. And the last part is the same with yours. Ok, think over my idea after class.Then, let us have a discussion about the text. Please look at the screen. These are three questions. Read the text again and find the answer to the questions.1. What is behind fun?_2. Why did people like The Little Tramp?_3. Do you think Charlie Chaplins eating boiled shoes funny? Why?_Three minutes later:T: Who would like to answer the first question?Ss: From the first paragraph, we can see that not all humor is kind. Although we also laugh when we see someone slide on a banana, its really dangerous to those one, especially to those old people. So when we think about it we will find it is not funny.T: Yes. That means when we are trying to play a joke, we have to think whether it will bring hurt to the others, right? Fun is to bring happiness but not sadness. How about the second question?Ss: Because it gives people courage to overcome difficulties. / I think that people liked him best is because he was always being kind even when people were unkind to him.T: Good. Any other opinions?Ss: I think that people like him is because he will never tease him.T: Ok, and how about the last question?Ss: I think it is funny, but not very much, because Im not hungry. / I dont think it is funny because it reminds me of the people who are in true hunger. T: Maybe. Anyway, I think the happiest feeling neednt other people to find and to wake. Everyone can do this. We all have our own life, no matter we are poor or rich, and we should live happily.Well, so much on today. Do you have any questions about what we have learned? (Wait for the students response.) If there is no questions, then remember your StepV Homework:Read the text again and find the language points1. Finish the Comprehending and Learning about Language on P19(If there are few minutes left, ask the students to read the text by themselves.)Unit 3 A taste of English humorVocabulary and Useful Expressions一、日常口语突破情感(1) What do you think of the lecture? 你认为那讲座如何呀？ How wonderful. 好极了。(2) The party is so fun. 晚会是那么有趣。 Im pleased you are amused at it. 很高兴你被它逗乐了。二、核心单词例析1. astonish vt 使惊讶(= surprise sb. greatly)The earthquake astonished the whole country. 这次地震震惊了全国。辨析：astonishing adj.令人震惊的；astonished adj.感到惊呀的 2. particular 非一般的，特别的，特殊的He left for no particular reason. 他无缘无故就走了。To Jane, her diary is a particular friend. 对简来说，日记是她的特殊朋友。搭配：in particular =especially特别是3. entertain vt. & vi. 使欢乐, 招待, 款待We were all entertained by his humorous stories. 他的幽默故事使我们大家都很开心。They often entertained their friends at weekends. 他们常在周末招待朋友。I dont entertain very often. 我不常在家请客.派生：entertaining adj. 使人愉快的，有趣：his entertaining silent movies他那逗乐的无声电影，an entertaining story/guess一个有趣的故事/客人。4. throughout prep. 遍及, 贯穿adv. 到处, 始终, 全部It rained throughout the night. 雨下了一整夜。I watched the film and cried throughout. 我看那个电影时从头哭到尾。5. failure n.失败(不可数)；失败的经历，失败的人或事(可数)Failure is the mother of success. 失败是成功之母。I became successful after many failures. 在多次失败后，我终于成功了。She was a failure as a manager. 她是一个不称职的经理。6. overcome v. 克服，战胜(defeat)；找到解决的办法)He has overcome the bad habit of smoking. 他改掉了吸烟的坏习惯。After hours of hard working, they overcame the difficulty. 经过几个小时的努力，他们终于把这难题解决了。搭配：be overcome with /by因不能自持He was overcome by the heat. 他热得受不了。7. fortunate adj. 幸运的，交好运的(=lucky)He is a fortunate man (=a lucky dog). 他是个幸运的人。I was fortunate to have a good teacher. 我很幸运，有位好老师。派生：fortunately adv.幸好(=luckily常置于句首)；unfortunate adj. 不幸的(=unlucky)；unfortunately adv. 不幸的是(=unluckily)；fortune n. 运气，财富，巨款8. mouthful n. 一口, 满口Im so full I couldnt eat another mouthful. 我吃得太饱了，一口也不能多吃了。He took a mouthful of fresh air. 他吸一口新鲜空气。注：不要因以ful结尾而误以为是形容词，这类名词还有handful(一把)等。9. direct vt. & vi. 导演，指示, 指挥adj. 直接的adv. 直接地Chaplin directed the film. 卓别林导演这部电影。He took a direct flight to New York. 他直飞纽约。We flew direct from London to New York. 我们直接从伦敦飞到纽约。10. outstanding adj. 突出的, 杰出的，显著的She is an outstanding actress. 她是一个杰出的演员。He has many outstanding gifts.他多才多艺。12. sense n. 官能，感觉，理性vt. 感觉到，理解 She has no sense of time. 她没有时间观念。He has a good sense of smell. 他的嗅觉很灵敏。Your brother has a good sense of humor. 你兄弟很有幽默感。The dog sensed that I was afraid. 这只狗感觉到我害怕了。三、关键短语精讲1. be content(=satisfied) with/to do对感到满意/满足的He was content with his work. 他对自己的工作很满意。The old man seems content to live here. 这个老人似乎很乐意住在这里。注：content是表语形容词，若需作定语，可用contented，如a contented person /smile心满意足的人/微笑。2. badly off 穷的，缺少的，处境差比较级：worse off境况更差，更穷困反义词：well off富裕，处境好(比较级：better off)I am quite badly off recently. 最近我经济上很拮据。His health is worse off than before. 他的身体比以前更糟糕。He is quite well off, I hear. 我听说他相当富裕。He is much better off than I am. 他的日子比我宽裕得多。注：well-to-do life或a better-off life小康生活；well-off family小康之家3. pick out挑选出，认出，弄懂Please pick out the books that youd like to read. 请把你想看的书选出来。Can you pick out your sister in this crowd? 你能在这人群中认出你姐姐来吗？The box was so dirty that we couldnt pick out the directions on the label. 盒子太脏，我们看不清标签上的说明。真题：This picture was taken a long time ago. I wonder if you can _my father. (湖北)A. find outB. pick outC. look outD. speak out解析：表示从人群中“辨认出”，用pick out，故选B。4. cut off切断，割下；隔开，断绝；停止供应Mind you dont cut your fingers off. 小心别切断手指头。She feels very cut off living in the country. 她感到生活在乡间很闭塞。 Our water supply has been cut off. 我们断水了。真题：He was in hospital for six months. He felt as if he was _from the outside world. (安徽)A. cut outB. cut offC. cut upD. cut through解析：表示与外界“隔绝”，用cut off (from)，故选B。5. star in 主演，在中担任主角She has starred in some thirty films. 她主演过大约三十部影片。6. knock into撞上，撞见The boy knocked into her. 那个男孩撞到了她身上。I knocked into an old friend of mine in the park. 我昨天在公园里碰见一位老朋友。7. bump into 碰上，偶遇，邂逅(= meet sb. /sth. by chance)I bumped into an old friend of mine in the street yesterday.我昨天在街上遇到一个老朋友。The bus bumped into the car in front.巴士撞上了前面那辆汽车。8. in search of 寻找，寻求They came here in search of new markets for their products. 他们来此为他们的产品寻找新市场。They started off at once in search of (=in their search for) the missing girl. 他们立刻动身寻找那个失踪的女孩。注：若名词search前有物主代词或冠词等限定词时，多用介词for。9. be/get caught in a rain / traffic jam遇上雨/交通阻塞We got caught in the storm. 我们碰上暴雨了。Caught in a rain, he was wet all over. 淋到了一场雨，他全身都湿了。I was caught in the traffic jam. Thats why I was late. 我遇上阻车了，这就是我迟到的原因。10. as if = as though 好像 似乎as if 引导状语或表语从句时，从句内容若是事实用陈述语气，若不是事实就用虚拟语气(be一般用were)。如：She talked to me in such a way as if we were sisters. 她那样对我说话，就好像我们是姐妹一样。He opened his mouth as if (he was) to speak. 他张开嘴好像要说话。四、重要句型详解1. all(指事物)+定语从句指事物的all后只能由that引导定语从句；all后接定语从句时常常有这样两个意思：the only thing或everything。如：and all there is to eat is a boiled shoe. 身边所有能吃的东西只是一只煮了的鞋子。He took all there was. 他把所有的都拿去了。All I want is peace and quiet. 我所要的只是安宁。2. I will be better off if要是我的境况就更好了。I will be better off if I have enough money because I can buy a computer for my lessons. 我要是有钱，我的境况就更好了，因为我可以买台电脑来做功课。五、课文难句剖析1. Do you find it funny to see someone sliding on a banana skin, bumping into someone else round a corner, or falling down a hole in the road? 剖析：(1)句中find 后的it为形式宾语, 形容词funny是宾补，不定式to seein the road为真正的宾语；(2)作主语的不定式中有see sb. doing句型，slidingbumpingfalling三个现在分词短语都作someone的补足语；(3)要明白三个词的意思：bump into撞到，碰上；around the corner在拐角处；fall down掉下，倒下。译文：你看到有人被香蕉皮滑倒，或看到有人在拐角处撞到另外一个人，或看到有人掉进路边一个洞里时，你会觉得滑稽可笑吗?2. However, some actors can astonish us with the deep feelings they can inspire in us for a character they are playing. 剖析：(that) they can inspire in us是定语从句，修饰the deep feeling，意为“在我们身上鼓动起来的深深情感”；(that) they are playing也是定语从句，修饰a character，意为“因为/用他们所演的角色”。inspirein sb. 鼓动起/激起/唤起某人的译文：然而，有些演员能用他们所演的角色在我们身上鼓动起来的深深情感震撼我们。3. He played a poor and homeless person, who wore large trousers, worn-out shoes and a small round black hat and carried a walking stick. 剖析：这是个长句，who引导一个较长的非限制性定语从句； a small round black hat中的hat前有“大小+形状+颜色”三个形容词作定语，在英语中多个形容词修饰名词时的顺序是：描绘+大小(长短，高低)+形状+年龄(新旧)+颜色+国籍或产地+物质材料+用途+名词。译文：他扮演的是一位穷苦的无家可归的人，穿着大裤子，破鞋子，头顶着黑色的小圆帽，手里拿着一根手杖。六、语法知识归纳1. 动词-ing形式作表语(1)动名词作表语，说明主语的内容，指一般性、经常性的动作。如：His job is teaching English. 他的工作是教英语。(可以说成Teaching English is his job.)(2)现在分词作表语，相当于形容词，说明主语的性质；可有比较形式，亦可被very等副词所修饰。如：He was very amusing. 他很有趣。Skiing is more exciting than skating. 滑雪比溜冰更刺激。2. 动词-ing形式作定语(1)动名词作定语表示所修饰名词的功能；被修饰的名词与动名词没有逻辑上的主谓关系；可用“名词+for+动名词”来表达；动名词通常只能位于所修饰的名词前。如：a swimming pool (=a pool for swimming) 游泳池a walking stick (=a stick for walking) 手杖(2)现在分词作定语表示性质、特征、状态或动作；被修饰的名词与现在分词在逻辑上有主谓关系；可换成定语从句来表达；单个的现在分词作定语，常置于被修饰的名词的前面；现在分词短语作定语，须置于被修饰名词的后面。如： Nobody can stop the running horse (=the horse that is running). 没有人能阻止那匹奔马。(horse与running在逻辑上有主谓关系)I know the man standing there (=who is standing there.). 我认识站在那儿的那个人。(the man与standing there在逻辑上有主谓关系)3. 动词-ing形式用作宾语补足语。(1)动词-ing形式用作宾语补足语，宾语与补足语有主动关系，表示“动作正在发生（即处于发生的过程中）”。如：She caught them stealing her apples. 她撞见他们偷她的苹果。(them与stealing有主动关系；在“撞见”时，正在偷) (2)试比较以下句子：I saw the boy climb the wall. 我看见小孩爬墙。(强调爬墙这件事)I saw the boy climbing the wall. 我看见小孩正在爬墙。(强调爬墙的情景)七、背景知识介绍查理-卓别林是著名的喜剧大师，他丰富的肢体语言使他在整个默片时代成为备受瞩目的风云人物，也是默片时代的巨星。他所创造出来的流浪汉夏洛特的形象是家喻户晓，他擅长塑造小人物，通过他们的遭遇来讽刺生活的现实。他的喜剧不但引人发笑，而且引人深思,有深刻的