人教版高中英语必修四Unit3AtasteofEnglishhumourWarming-upandReading课件

Unit 3 A taste of English humour • Who do you think is humourous in your class? ? (adj.) humourous actors Charlie Chaplin was a master of ________________ . So is Mr. Bean.mime What do you know about him? Pre-reading Charlie Chaplin’s acting a great silent movie star, a master of nonverbal humour. Charlie Chaplin The Tramp 流浪汉 1915 The Kid 寻子遇仙记 1921 The Gold Rush 淘金记 1925 Some of his films Modern Times 摩登时代 1936 The Great Dictator 大独裁者 1940 The Circus 大马戏团 1928 Match the main idea with each paragraph. Paragraph 1: Paragraph 2: Paragraph 3: Paragraph 4: Paragraph 5: why people needed cheering up. his childhood his most famous character an example of how he made a sad situation funny in a movie his achievements Skimming Read the text carefully and finish Exercise1 on P19 Born Job Famous character Costume 服装 Type of acting Died 1889 1977, Switzerland movie actor mime Little tramp large trousers, worn-out shoes, a small round black hat and a walking stick Scanning Detailed information • When did Charlie Chaplin learn to sing and dance? (Para. 2) • He learned to sing as soon as he could speak and dance as soon as he could walk • Why did people like watching him acting? (Para. 2) • Because his subtle acting made everything entertaining. a small round black hat a moustache a walking stick large trousers what did the tramp look like? (Para. 3) worn-out shoes His walking style ? What’s the correct order of the following events? Para.4 Chaplin tried cutting and eating the bottom of the shoe. Chaplin and his friend rushed to California in search of gold, but they failed. They were so hungry that they boiled a pair of leather shoes. They were caught in a small wooden house. Chaplin cut off the leather top of the shoe. Chaplin picked out the laces and ate them. 6 1 3 2 5 4 Charlie Chaplin eating his leather shoe Group activity • Ask and answer questions in groups of four. Summary Charlie Chaplin was born in a ____ family in ____and at that time the films were silent. He was a famous ____, especially in ____. His charming character was __________ , who was very poor, very____even when people were ______ to him. He was a social _______, and he was homeless, but he had ____________ to overcome difficulties. Charlie Chaplin _______ in the film The Gold Rush. He played a man with bad luck eating shoes with great ________ when he_____________ a snowstorm in a small wooden house. poor 1889 mime actor a little tramp kind unkind failure determination starred enjoyment was caught in How is the passage organized? • Birth growth death • Learn to act popular a special Oscar Discussion in pairs • What do you think of Charlie Chaplin? • Loved his family • Responsible for his family :looked after his sick mother and his brother • …. What do you think of Charlie Chaplin? • Loved his family • Responsible for his family :looked after his sick mother and his brother • optimistic（乐观）, positive(积极）: tried to make people laugh • Hard-working: wrote, directed, produced, starred in a great number of films. • Successful: He was loved and remembered as a great actor. • Had a gift for acting and made good use of his gift • …… • What should we learn from Charlie Chaplin? We should be optimistic(乐观) no matter what difficulties we meet with, and try to overcome them. In order to achieve success like Charlie Chaplin, we should Set a goal and a timeline Do our best work hard Never give up/ lose heart You have to believe in yourself. That’s the secret of success. ------Charlie Chaplin HOMEWORK • Find more information about Charlie Chaplin on the Internet and write a composition about him. THANK YOU! Good Bye!