人教版必修四Unit 3, English humour.ppt

* * 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. __________________ punchline 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. ________________ How many kinds of humour do you know? Mr. Bean Charlie Chaplin Mime is a kind of nonverbal humour funny poems cross talk 相声 Types of humor funny stories comedy mime 哑剧 sketch小品 jokes Verbal humour Nonverbal humour Which kind do you like better? Why? What do you know about Charlie Chaplin? 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 A Master of Nonverbal Humour The text is about the life and work of Charlie Chaplin who ___________ the lives of Americans and British through two world wars and ________________ ___________. brightened the hard years in between para.1 para.2 para.3 para.4 para.5 Find out the main idea of each paragraph. c) His achievements e) An example of a sad situation that he made funny a) What his most famous character was like b) Why people needed cheering d) What Charlie’s childhood was like 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. I