人教版高中英语必修四课件：Unit-3-A-taste-of-English-humour-reading.ppt

1、Unit3 A taste of English humour,Words and expressions,A taste of English humour,Period 2,There are thousands of jokes which use “play on words” to amuse us. Now read some of these customer and waiter jokes.,English jokes,1. C: Whats that fly doing in my soup? W: Swimming. I think!,2. C: Whats that?

2、W: Its bean soup. C: I dont want to know what its been. I want to know what it is now.,3. C: Waiter. Will the pancakes be long? W: No, sir. Round.,humorous,What is humor?,Humor is the quality(品质) of being funny and making people laugh.,How many kinds of humor do you know?,verbal,nonverbal,funny stor

3、ies; funny poems; jokes; cross talk; funny plays tongue twisters (绕口令);,mime (哑剧); farce (滑稽剧);,body language,play on words,mime& farce,Charlie Chaplin,Mr. Bean,He is one of the most famous humorists that can make others laugh all the time.,Charlie Chaplin,A MASTER of NONVERBAL HUMOUR,Skimming,Para.

4、1: Para.2: Para.3: Para.4: Para.5:,Find out the main idea of each paragraph,C). The reason why people need laughter,A). Chaplins childhood,E). An example of Chaplins work: The Gold Rush,B). Chaplins achievements,D). His most famous character,Scanning,Write notes about Charlie Chaplins career.,1889,1

5、977,actor,The little tramp,Detailed reading,Q1: Who did best in bringing laughter up to now?,Q2: Why can he make people laugh?,Because he made people laugh at a time when they felt depressed, so they could feel more content with their lives.,Charlie Chaplin,Para.1,1889,He was _.,_?_,He was taught to

6、 sing and dance.,Father died,His family _, and he spent his childhood in _ _.,He became a most popular child actor. He could _ and act the fool doing ordinary everyday tasks.,born,poor music hall performers,As soon as he could speak and walk,became worse off,his mother and brother,looking after,mime

7、,By his teens,_?_,Para.2,Q1: Give a description on the little tramp?,How was he dressed ? His costume (服装),Para.3,Picture of charlie,The tramp, a poor, homeless man with a moustache, wore large trousers, worn-out shoes and a small round black hat. He walked around stiffly carrying a walking stick.,a

8、 small round black hat,a moustache,a walking stick,large trousers,worn-out shoes,The little tramp,He was known and loved by many people throughout the world.,Why?,optimism and determination,Time : _ Place : _ Job in the film : _,Rush in search of gold,Did they succeed in finding the gold ? _,What tr

9、oubles did they meet ?,They _ on the edge of a mountain in a _with nothing to eat.,No,are hiding in a small hut,snowstorm,Para.4,The Gold Rush,Toward the end of the 19th century,Alaska,Cut off the leather top of the shoe 2. Pick out the laces and eat them 3. Try cutting and chewing the bottom of the

10、 shoe 4. Eat each mouthful with great enjoyment 5. Boil a pair of leather shoes for their dinner,How did he perform his eating a boiled shoe in the film The Gold Rush?,Chaplin wrote, _, and produced the films he _.,directed,starred in,He was given a _ for his outstanding work.,He spent his last year

11、s in _, and was buried there in 1977.,special Oscar,Switzerland,Para.5,The Kid 寻子遇仙记 1921,Modern Times 摩登时代 1936,Chaplins famous films,The Great Dictator 大独裁者 1940,The Circus 大马戏团 1928,Chaplins famous films,Summary,As an outstanding humourous actor, Chaplin could make people laugh when they _, So th

12、ey felt more _ their lives. His charming _ “the little tramp” is well-known all over the world, a poor and _ person wearing large trousers, _ shoes, and carrying a walking _. A social _ as he was, he was loved by all the people for his _ and _ in overcoming difficulties and being kind to people _ to him. When playing the famous film The Gold Rush, Chaplin managed to make the sad situationeating a