Unit 3

A taste of English humour

I’m driving at a high speed.

Read the two English

jokes and find out

why they are funny.

Warming up

Mr Bean is funny becausehe makes funny faces and acts silly behaviour.

Edward Lear Mark Twain

(funny poems) (funny stories)

Examples of Chinese humour

funny plays (comedy)

Cross talk

Charlie Chaplin (mime and farce)

Charlie Chaplin’s Movie Posters

What’s the passage

mainly about?

Finish the notes about Charlie Chaplin in ex.1

a small black hat

a moustache

a stick

very wide trousers

He wore a small

black hat, very

wide trousers, a

moustache and

carried a stick that

he swung in the air

as he walked.worn-out shoes

Write down the main idea of each paragraph.

Paragraph 1

Why people needed cheering up.

Paragraph 2

Paragraph 3

What Charlie Chaplin’s childhood

was like.

What his most famous character

was like.

Paragraph 4

Paragraph 5

An example of a sad situation that

he made funny.

His achievements.

Name Charlie Chaplin

Early life

①He was born in 1889 and his parents were poor music hall __________.②He learned to sing and dance at an early age.③He spent his ________ looking after his sick mother and his brother.④By his teens he became one of the most popular child _____ in England.

performers

childhood

actors

Model His charming character, _____________, became known throughout the world.①The character was a poor _______ man wearing a __________, large trousers, ________shoes and a small round black hat.②He walked about stiffly carrying a ___________ .③He was a social failure but was loved for his optimism and determination to overcome all difficulties.

the little tramp

homelessmoustache

worn-out

walking stick

Model ●In The Gold Rush, the little tramp and his friend haven’t discovered ____ and live with cold and hunger.●They try boiling a pair of ______ shoes.●The little tramp eats each mouthful with great _________.●The acting is so _________that it seems as if it is one of the best meals he has eaten.

gold

leather

enjoymentconvincing

Late

life

①He wrote, _______ and produced th

e films he starred in.

②In 1972 he was given a special Oscar

for his __________ work in films.

③He lived in England and the USA bu

t spent the last years in __________.

Infl

u-en

ce

He brightened the lives of Americans

and British as a great actor.

Switzerland

directed

outstanding

Read the passage again and do True or False.

1. Charlie Chaplin was poor when he was

a small boy.

2. People who don’t know English cannot

enjoy Chaplin’s films.

3. The Gold Rush is set in California in

the late of the nineteenth century.

T

F

F

4. In The Gold Rush Chaplin and his

friend are fortunate to find some

gold.

5. In the film the meal he eats is hard

to chew.

6. Chaplin not only acted in films but

wrote and directed films as well.

F

T

T

Discussion

1. Do you think his poor childhood

helped him in his work? Why?

2. Why did people like The Little Tramp?

3. Why do you think he was so successful?

4. What should we learn from Charlie

Chaplin?

Humour is everywhere in our daily lif

e. I hope you can be optimistic (乐观 )

no matter what difficulties you meet, j

ust as Charlie Chaplin was.

If you don’t feel content with your life, please……

...Relax...

… Play games...

...Enjoy the fields...

…Get some sun…

...Don’t unload your anger on others...

…Don’t be afraid of others just because they are bigger than you. The real size could be measured in the wisdom.

In a word, you should develop a sense

of humor and have a positive attitude

towards life.And finally look in the mirror and

think “I’m beautiful”

Now, enjoy your day !!!

Homework