A tase of English humour-Reading课件.ppt

Unit 3 A taste of English humour sketch Ma Ji is a well-known artist of crosstalk shows in China. His crosstalk shows always make his audience shout with laughter. pantomime刘全和 刘全利 Customer: What’s that fly(苍蝇) doing in my soup? Waiter: Swimming, I think! Reading 1. What do you know about Charlie Chaplin? 2. What do you know about his film? What is so interesting about them? Para 1: Why did people need cheering up? Para 2: Finish the chart. 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. 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. Fill in the blanks. Do you find it funny to see someone ______ on a Banana ____, ________ into someone else round a _______, or ______ down a hole in the road? If you do, you are not _____. Some humour can be_____. Perhaps it makes us feel more ______ with our life because we feel there is someone else ______ ____than ourselves. Charlie Chaplin was born in _______ in 1889 and at that time films were ______. He became famous for using a _________ form of acting, including _______ and ______. This picture was taken a long time ago. I wonder if you can ____ my father. (湖北2005) A. find out B. pick out C. look out D. speak out I was just talking to Margaret when Jackson _______. (湖南2005) A. cut in B. cut down C. cut out D. cut up 又如： Only in the country can you learn the “true English”. Never have I seen such a performance. Nowhere will you find the answer to this question. Not until the child fell asleep did the mother leave the room. 鲸今菏淹舆入张章倾季