金太阳新课标资源网 wx.jtyjy.com Unit 3 A taste of English humourA text structure analysis of NONVERBAL HUMOURI. Type of writing and summary of the ideaType of writingThis is a piece of describtive writing.Main idea of the passageCharlie Chaplin astonishes us with the deep feelings he can inspire in us for a character he is playing.Topic sentence of 1st paragraphSome humour can be cruel.Topic sentence of 2nd paragraphCharlie Chaplin is such an actor as to astonish us with the deep feelings.Topic sentence of 3rd paragraphHow did Charlie Chaplin make a sad situation entertaining?Topic sentence of 4th paragraphThe film of The Gold Rush is set in California.Topic sentence of 5th paragraphCharlie Chaplin produced, directed, and wrote the movies he starred in.II. A tree diagram of the text THEME PARKS FUN AND MORE THAN FUNHumours being cruel(para 1)Charlie Chaplin astonishing us with the deep feelings(para 2)The film of The Gold Rush set in California where gold was discovered(para 4)Charlie Chaplin making a sad situation entertaining?(para 3)Charlie Chaplin producing, directing, and writing the movies he starred in(para 5)III. A retold passage of the textA possible version:Sliding on a banana skin. Bumping into someone. Falling down a hole. These are some of the funny things we like to see other people doing. We feel content with ourselves because these other people are worse off than we are. And this feeling is so called “humour”.Charlie Chaplin is a humourous actor. He astonishes us with humourous feelings he inspired in us. Born in poverty, he became famous by using a particular form of acting in entertaining silent movies. He was a charming character, being well known throughout the world. He played a poor and homeless person, wearing large trousers, carrying a walking stick. Be a social failure, he was, in the movies, loved by all the people. By overcoming difficulties, by being kind to people unkind to him, by making a sad situation entertaining, by eating a boiled shoe, Charlie Chaplin make us happy and excited. His use of nonverbal humour excellent in the film The Gold Runed in the middle of the nineteenth century in ,California where gold was dicovered. In search of gold people rushed there, panning for gold, washing gold from water in a pan of water, hoping to ipick up gold. Such is Charlie Chaplin who produced, directed, and wrote movies that he starred in. He was given a special Oscar in 1972 for his lifetime outstanding work of bringing humour to us all.第 1 页 共 4 页 金太阳新课标资源网wx.jtyjy.com