Unit 3 Warming up & Reading. Laughing is better than medicine. ---- Jewish saying.

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

Mai

n B

ody

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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1

3

2

5

4

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!