新人教必修4教案_Unit3_A_taste_of_humor[Reading１

1、Unit 3 A taste of English humour 1.A sample lesson plan for reading(NONVERBAL HUMOUR)AimsTo help students develop their reading ability.To help students learn about English humour.ProceduresI. Warming upWarming up by defining “Humour”What is “Humour”? Does any one of you know anything about humour?

2、Look at the sreen and read the definition of Humour from the Internet.temper: a characteristic (habitual or relatively temporary) state of feeling; whether he praised or cursed me depended on his temper at the time; he was in a bad humor wit: a message whose ingenuity or verbal skill or incongruity

3、has the power to evoke laughter humor: (Middle Ages) one of the four fluids in the body whose balance was believed to determine your emotional and physical state; the humors are blood and phlegm and yellow and black bile liquid body substance: the liquid parts of the body humor: the quality of being

4、 funny; I fail to see the humor in it humor: the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous; she didnt appreciate my humor; you cant survive in the army without a sense of humor humor: put into a good moodWarming up watching and listeningHi, everyone! We are going to learn about

5、A taste of English humour today. Now watch the slides/ pictures and listen to the English humour poems.Why worry? There are only two things to worry about:Either you are well or you are sick.If you are well, then there is nothing to worry about.If you are sick, there are two things to worry about:Ei

6、ther you will get well or you will die.If you get well, then there is nothing to worry about.If you die, there are only two things to worry about:Either you will go to Heaven or Hell.If you go to Heaven, there is nothing to worry about.But if you go to Hell, you will be so damn busyShaking hands wit

7、h friends, you wont have time to worry.Whose job .? This is the story about four people named Everybody,Somebody, Anybody and Nobody.There was an important job to be done,and Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it.Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it.Somebody got angry about thatbecau

8、se it was Everybodys job.Everybody thought Anybody could do it,but Nobody realised that Everybody wouldnt do it.It ended up that Everybody blamed SomebodyWhen Nobody did what Anybody could have doneII. Pre-reading Telling the truth Why do you like to laugh at?I like to laugh at cartoons,for theyre l

9、ovely and fun.I like to laugh at fairy tales. They are amusing and interesting.Many years ago there lived an Emperor who was so exceedingly fond of fine new clothes that he spent vast sums of money on dress. To him clothes meant more than anything else in the world. He took no interest in his army,

10、nor did he care to go to the theatre, or to drive about in his state coach, unless it was to display his new clothes. He had different robes for every single hour of the day.III. Reading1.Reading aloud to the recordingNow please listen and read aloud to the recording of the text NONVERBAL HUMOUR. Pa

11、y attention to the pronunciation of each word and the pauses between the thought groups. I will play the tape twice and you shall read aloud twice, too.2.Reading and underliningNext you are to read and underline all the useful expressions or collocations in the passage. Copy them to your notebook af

12、ter class as homework.Collocations from NONVERBAL HUMOUR Slide on, bump into, round a corner, fall down, in the road, see other peoples bad luck, at times, feel content with, be worse off, astonish with, inspirein sb., play a character, be born in poverty, become famous, use a particular form of act

13、ing, ancarry entertaining silent movie, a charming character, be well known throughout the world, play a poor and homeless person, wear large trousers, carry a walking stick, a social failure, be loved by, overcome difficulties, be unkind to , makeentertaining, a sad situation, a boiled shoe, make f

14、unny, use nonverbal humour, in the middle of the nineteenth century, discover gold, in search of, rush there, pan for gold, wash from, in a pan of water, pick up, be fortunate enough, be cought on the edge of, in a snowstorm, in a small wooden house, have nothing to eat, boil a pair of leather shoes

15、, sit down at a table, a drinking cup, pick out, cut off, treat as if, eat every monthful with enjoyment, direct a movie, give a special Oscar, ones lifetime outstanding work, live ones life in, 3.Reading to identify the topic sentence of each paragrapSkim the text and identify the topic sentence of

16、 each paragraph. You may find it either at the beginning, the middle or the end of the paragraph. 4.Reading and transferring information Read the text again to complete the table.NONVERBAL HUMOURWhat is nonverbal humour?Who is Charlie Chaplin?How does he make a sad situation entertaining?What is the

17、 story of The Gold Rush?Facts about OscarA brief life history of Charlie Chaplin5.Reading and understanding difficult sentencesAs you have read the text times, you can surely tell which sentences are difficult to understand. Now put your questions concerning the difficult points to me the teacher. I

18、V. Closing downClosing down by doing exercisesTo end the lesson you are to do the comprehending exercises No. 1and 2 on pages 18 and 19. Closing down by watching a silent movie by Charlie ChaplinDo you like watching movies? Do you like humourous movies? Now lets watch a silent humourous movie by Cha

19、rlie Chaplin. Its Charlie Chaplins first film: Making a LivingClosing down by reading about Charlie ChaplinTo end the period we shall read an article about Charlie Chaplin. Now look at the screen and read it aloud with me.Charlie Chaplin (April 16, 1889 - December 25, 1977)Charlie Chaplin, who broug

20、ht laughter to millions worldwide as the silent Little Tramp clown, had the type of deprived childhood that one would expect to find in a Dickens novel. Born in East Street, Walworth, London on 16 April, 1889, Charles Spencer Chaplin was the son of a music hall singer and his wife. Charlie Chaplins

21、parents divorced early in his life, with his father providing little to no support, either financial or otherwise, leaving his mother to support them as best she could. Chaplins mother Hannah was the brightest spot in Charlies childhood; formerly an actor on stage, she had lost her ability to perform, and managed t