英语必修4U3 Warming up and reading.ppt

Warming up and reading Unit 3 高一英语必修四 The little boy did not like the look of the barking dog. Its all right, said a gentleman, dont be afraid. Dont you know the proverb: Barking dogs dont bite? Ah, yes, answered the little boy. I know the proverb, but does the dog know the proverb, too? Will and Bill were quarrelling about whose father was the stronger.Will said, Well, you know the Pacific Ocean ? My fathers the one who dug the hole for it.Bill wasnt impressed, Well, thats nothing. You know the Dead Sea ? My fathers the one who killed it! The following pictures show you some typical actors or writers of humour. Do you know them and which kind of humour they belong to? funny stories Mark Twain Zhou Xingchi Ge You comedy cross talk Jiang Kun Tang Jiezhong Chen Peisi Zhao Benshan SKETCH mime Charlie Chaplin Mr. Bean a small black hat a moustache a stick very wide trousers He wore a small black hat, very wide trousers, a moustache and carried a stick that he swung in the air as he walked. Paragraph 1: Paragraph 2: Paragraph 3: Paragraph 4: Paragraph 5: why people needed cheering up. what Charlie’s childhood was like. what his most famous character was like an example of a sad situation that he made funny his achievements Task1 Skimming Reading Comprehension I Reading Comprehension II How do you understand the sentence “ Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.”? A. Laughter is the power to drive winter away and welcome warm spring. B. Laughter can keep one’s face warm, especially during freezing winter. C. Laughter can make people forget their problems and make them feel happy. C 2. People enjoy seeing other people’s bad luck because _________. A. they enjoy doing so B. it makes people more worried about their life C. it makes people more content with their life D. there’s muc