Unit 3 A taste of English Unit 3 A taste of English humourhumour Reading A Master of Nonverbal Humour Do you think he is a successful man Why Will you learn from him uStep 1 Revision and lead in 3mins Do you know Who I am I m Charlie Chaplin What do you know about me Charlie Chaplin was a master of humour nonverbal uNow let s learn more about him from the reading passage 无声的幽默大师 Step 2 Reading 25mins A master of nonverbal humour Look at the title and the picture and guess what the passage is about para 1 para 2 para 3 para 4 para 5 Match the main idea of each paragraph c His achievements e An example of a sad situation that he made funny a What Charlie s most famous character was like b Why people needed cheering up d What Charlie s childhood was like 课堂自主学习 Task 1 Skimming Task2 Scanning Fill in the blanks Name Born Famous character Job Type of acting Died Most famous film Charlie Chaplin 1889 Little trampactor Gold Rush 1977 mime How did people feel between the years when the two world wars broke out What did Chaplin do then Para 1 felt depressed brightened their lives made people laugh could feel more content with Task 3 Careful reading Para 2 He lived a poor and hard life was taught to sing and dance died leaving worse off spent 2 Find out the topic sentence of Para 2 Not that Charlie s life is easy 1 What was Chaplin s childhood like Why The Little Tramp was a and person The Little TrampThe Little Tramp He was known and loved by many people around the world Why poorhomeless He had and to overcome difficulties very large trousers a walking stick a moustache a small black hat worn out shoes optimism determination Para 3 Describe the Little Tramp The Gold Rush Para 4 Para 4 First he the laces and eats them Then he the leather top of the shoe Finally he and the bottom of the shoe He eats every with great enjoyment and treats it as if it were the finest steak picks out cuts off tries cuttingchewing mouthful Para 5 Chaplin wrote and produced many movies he The Tramp 流浪汉 1915 The Kid 寻子遇仙记 1921 The Gold Rush 淘金记 1925 directed starred in uHis achievements He was given a for his lifetime outstanding work in 1972 Modern Times 摩登时代 1936 The Great Dictator 大独裁者 1940 special Oscar Charlie Chaplin was born in a family in and at that time films were silent He was a famous especially in His silent films are still popular today His charming character was who was very poor but very even when people were unkind to him He was a social and he was homeless but he had to overcome difficulties What he wore were shoes large trousers and a small round black hat and he was always carrying a walking stick Charlie Chaplin in the film The Gold Rush He played a man with bad luck eating with great enjoyment when he was hiding in a small wooden house during a poor 1889 mime actor a little tramp kind failure worn out starred determination snowstorm shoes Step 3 Summary 2mins Step 4 Discussion 10mins Why do you think Charlie Chaplin is successful What should we learn from him u小组合作 The reasons for The reasons for his successhis success Determination Sympathy同 情 to the poorto the poor Optimistic attitude to life Devotion Kindness What should we learn from Charlie Chaplin 1 Optimistic attitude towards life 2 His determination in overcoming difficulties 3 Being kind even when people were unkind to him 4 Develop a sense of humor 1 Laughing is better than 1 Laughing is better than medicinemedicine Jewish saying Jewish saying 3 Laughter is the sun that drives 3 Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face winter from the human face Victor Hugo Victor Hugo 2 A smile always makes a young man 笑一笑 十年少 Humour is everywhere in our daily life I hope you can be optimistic 乐观 no matter what difficulties you meet just as Charlie Chaplin was Step 5 Homework 1 Read the passage again to get familiar with it 2 Write a summary of the passage in 30 words Bye bye uu知识回顾知识回顾 Knowledge Knowledge ReviewReview