unit 3 warming up & reading. laughing is better than medicine. ---- jewish saying
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Unit 3Warming up & Reading
Laughing is better than medicine.
---- Jewish saying
I cover your eyes stealthily
any mouse I like
baby hit
Good cookies can be cooked by a good cook if the good cook could cook good cookies.
cooks
cookies
---Tongue twisters
More jokes
Patient: Doctor. I’ve lost my memory.Doctor: When did this happen?Patient: When did what happen?
Anisha: Thank you doctor. My fever is gone. Doctor: Don’t thank me. Thank god.Anisha: Then I’ll pay the fees to god.
humor
Nonverbal mime
cross talk
funny story joke
sketch
clown
How many kinds of humour do you know?
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Use body Use body language language to make to make people people fun.fun.
Do you know who he is?
Charlie Chaplin He is one of the most famous humoristshumorists that can make others laugh all the time.
A master of nonverbal humour
He died in _____ in ___________
Charlie Chaplin
He was born in _____
His job is________
He was given____________________________________in 1972.
His type of acting is________
His charming character is__
___________
1889an actor mime
The Little Tramp
1977Switzerland
Oscar for his outstanding work
a special
Find out the main idea of each part.Why people needed cheering up
What Charlie’s childhood was like
What his most famous character was like
A example of a sad situation that he made funny
What he achieved
Work in pair:
para2
Para3
Para5
Para4
para1
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Q1: Why did people need cheering up?
Para.1
Q2:What was Charlie’s childhood like? Do you think his poor childhood helped him in his work? Why?
feel more content with …
Para.2
a small black hat
a walking stick
large trousers
worn-out shoes
The Little Tramp was a ____ and ________ person.
The Little TrampThe Little Tramp
It was known and loved by many people around the world.Why?
poor homeless
Para.3
had optimism and determination to overcome difficulties.
pictures from The Gold RushHe picks out the laces and eats them as if they were spaghetti
He treats it as if it were the finest meat
make a bad situation funnyChaplin tried cutting and eating the bottom of the shoe.
Chaplin and his friend washed sand and expected to pick up 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.
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Para.4
Para.5Chaplin wrote, ________, and produced many movies he _________.
The Tramp流浪汉 1915The Kid 寻子遇仙记 1921
The Gold Rush淘金记 1925
directedstarred in
He was given a ____________ for his lifetime outstanding work.
Modern Times 摩登时代 1936The Great Dictator 大独裁者 1940
The Circus 大马戏团 1928
special Oscar
4. What’s the main idea of the text?A. The history of English humour.B. The films that Chaplin made.C. The humour Chaplin made in his films.D. The Gold Rush in California.
The writer mentioned that Chaplin's character “little tramp” is charming and lovable, and he won an Oscar for a lifetime of outstanding work, which proves that the writer likes Chaplin and appreciates his work.
What’s the author’s attitude to Charlie Chaplin? A. positive B. negative C. serious D appreciative
SummaryPeople may laugh at others_______ on a banana skin, ________ into someone else, or falling down a hole, kind of cruel _______, for it makes them _______ with themselves seeing others _______ _______ than themselves. As an outstanding humourous actor, Chaplin could always _______ in the people deep feelings by using _________ forms of acting in the time of silent films. His charming _________ “the little tramp” is well-known all over the world, a poor and _________ person wearing large trousers, ________ shoes, and carrying a walking _______.
slidingbumping
humourcontent worse
off
inspireparticular
character
homelessworn-out stick
A social _______ as he was, he was loved by all the people for his ____________ in overcoming difficulties and being kind to people _______ to him. When playing the famous film The Gold Rush, Chaplin managed to make the sad situation—eating a _______ shoe, entertaining by using __________ humour. Such is Charlie Chaplin who produced, _______ , and wrote the movies that he _______ in. He was given a special Oscar for his lifetime work ____________ of bringing humour to us all.
Summary
directed starred
failuredetermination
unkind
boilednonverbal
outstanding
LifeLife is challenging, meet it.Life is various, make it.Life is beautiful, discover it.Life is humorous, enjoy it.
Homework:1. Read the passage and try to learn the new words and phrases.
Bye!