高中英語必修4unit3課件

1、A taste of English humour,Unit 3,What is humour?,Humour is a word means making others laugh. If someone often makes others laugh, we say he is humorous and we call him a humorist. The question of whether or not something

2、 is humorous is a matter of personal taste.,,humor,Forms of humour,mime and farce,comedy,,,Farce is a comedy which aims to entertain the audience by means of unlikely, extravagant, and improbable situations, disguise and

3、 mistaken identity, verbal humour of varying degrees of sophistication.,Mime is a performance using gestures and body movements without words.,Sketch is a short humorous scene on stage, television, etc.,Cross talk, Chine

4、se comic dialogue, is an art form, exchanging clever remarks, esp. between two people.,Clowns are comical performers, usually characterized by their fantastic appearance: colored wigs, stylistic makeup, outlandish costum

5、es, unusually large footwear, red-nose, etc., who entertain spectators by acting in a hilarious fashion.,Mr. Bean is a British comedy television series of 14 half-hour episodes. The first episode was broadcast on ITV on

6、1 January 1990, with the final episode, Hair by Mr. Bean of London, on 15 November 1995.The title character Mr. Bean is described as “a child in a grown man’s body”.,Rowan Sebastian Atkinson (born 1955) is an English co

7、median, actor and writer, most famous for his work in the sitcoms Mr. Bean and his voiceover work in Walt Disney's The Lion King. He has been listed in The Observer as one of the 50 funniest acts in British comedy.,E

8、nglish Punplay on words,2.Which is faster---hot or cold?,Hot---You can catch a cold.,3. Why the library is the tallest building?,Because it has the most stories.,4.Which is the terrible month for soldiers?,March.,5.Wha

9、t two words have the most letters?,Post office.,1.Which of your parents is your nearest relative?,Mother.,6. What kind of ships do students study in school?,Scholarships.,7. What part of a clock is always old?,The second

10、 hand.,8. Why is the river very rich?,Because it has two banks.,9. What can you see with your eyes shut?,A dream.,10. I have cities but no houses; forests but no trees; rivers without water. What am I?,A map.,Do yo

11、u know who he is? Charlie Chaplin,He is one of the most famous humorists that can make others laugh all the time. What do you know about his films?,The Kid,A MASTER OF NONVERBAL HUMOUR,Reading,It is about the life

12、and work of Charlie Chaplin and the kind of humour we can all laugh at – nonverbal humour.,Fast reading,What is the main idea of the passage?,Chaplin acted the part of poor persons well because of his own experience in h

13、is early days. 2. Chaplin’s humour was shown mainly by his behaviour and conversation. 3. He ate the bottom of the shoe with great enjoyment to show that he liked to eat it.4. Chaplin won an Oscar Award and died in Am

14、erica in the late 1970s.,He died in _____ in __________.,Charlie Chaplin,He was born in_____.,His job is________.,He was given____________________________________in 1972.,His type of acting is_____________.,His charm

15、ing character is___________.,,,,,,,1889,an actor,mime and farce,the little tramp,1977,Switzerland,Oscar for his outstanding work,a special,Careful reading,Read the passage again and write down the main idea of each pa

16、ragraph.,Para. 1 The world situation,Para. 2 Charlie’s childhood,Para. 3 His famous film character,Para. 4 An example of his work,Para. 5 His achievements,1. How did Charlie Chaplin become famous?,He became famous for us

17、ing a particular form of acting, including mime and farce.,2. Give a description of the little tramp, Chaplin’s famous character.,Answer the questions.,He wore large trousers, worn-out shoes and a small round blac

18、k hat, carrying a walking stick.,Because he had the determination to overcome difficulties.,3. Why was the little tramp loved by many people around the world?,4. Which film of Chaplin is mentioned in Par

19、a.3-4?,The Gold Rush.,Time :Place : Job in the film :,in the middle of the 19th century,California, USA,panning for gold,What troubles did they meet in California?,They ____________ on the edge of a mountain in a ___

20、________ in a small wooden house.,were caught,snowstorm,The Gold Rush,,1. Cut off the leather top of the shoe.2. Pick out the laces and eat them3.Try cutting and eating the bottom of the shoe.4.Treat it as if it

21、were the finest meat.5. Sit down at the table with plate and drinking up.,Put the sentences in order.,Tell true or false. 1. Chaplin learnt acting after his mother. 2. People love the character “the littl

22、e champ”, mainly for he was poor and homeless. 3. In the middle of 19th century people went to California to look for gold. 4. Chaplin performed how to eat a boiled shoe by act

23、ion and explaining.,F,T,F,F,Retell the passage according to the questions.,Why did people need cheering up?2. What was Charlie’s childhood like?3. What was his most famous character like? Give sad example of a sad situ

24、ation that he made funny.4. What were his achievements?,In Britain and America people were feeling miserable because of the bad economic situation. Charlie understood their problems. His character “the little tramp” was

25、 poor and homeless, but everybody loved him for his kind heart and the way he dealt with his difficult situation. Charlie Chaplin made people laugh at some of these terrible situations like being without food or money. H

26、e wrote and directed his own films and received an Oscar for his outstanding work.,1. Do you think Chaplin’s poor childhood helped him in his work? Why?2. Do you like his acting style? Why?3. Why do you think he was so

27、 successful?,Pair work,Act out a situation by using nonverbal humour.,,in a hurry,slide on a banana skin,bump into someone else round a corner,carry a heavy box,……,A scene from The Gold Run,Homework,Surf the Internet to