unit3 a taste of English humour Reading课件.ppt

Warming Up;Two Pieces of Cake Tom: Mom, can I have two pieces of cake, please? Mom: Certainly -- take this piece and cut it two!;Birthday Professor: When is your birthday? Kid: May 30. Professor: Which year? Kid: Every year.;Policeman: Why did you have to break into the same shop three times? Thief: Well, I stole a dress from that shop but my wife didn’t like it. So I had to go back and change it twice?;Teacher: You say that John Jones has a cold and cannot come to school today. Who am I speaking to? Voice: Oh, this is my father.;;Nonverbal humour does not use words but relies on facial expressions and gesture; ;;What kind of humour do these pictures show us?;Examples of Chinese humour funny movies;小品;酷口相声;海派清口;Which do you like better?;Pre-reading;Charlie Chaplin He was a great silent movie star. Modern Times, The Little Tramp, The Gold Rush, City Light are his masterpieces(代表作). He was very popular in his time. ;Charlie Chaplin — The Gold Rush ;Predict the content.;Reading;Skimming;The text is about the life and work of Charlie Chaplin who ___________ the lives of Americans and British through two world wars and ________________ _____________. ;para.1 para.2 para.3 para.4 para.5;Scanning;Read the passage again and do True or False.;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.;Notes about Charlie Chaplin’s career;; a small black hat;Charlie Chaplin Early life ★He was _____ in a poor family in 1889 and was taught to sing and dance as a little child. ★His father’s death made the family _______ so he spent his childhood looking after his sick mother and his brother. ★By his _____, he had become one of the most popular child actors in England.;Most famous film _________ ★______________, a poor, homeless man with a moustache, wore large trousers, worn-out shoes and a smal