Unit1Laughoutloud!Developingideas课件-高中英语选择性.pptx

Unit1

Laughoutloud!

Developingideas

BYMICHELLE;

Leadin:Whatarethewordsthatcometoyourmind?;

Whatarethebenefitsofhumor?

increasecreativity,health,relationship..;

Readtheshort

introductionsto

MarkTwainand

LinYutangand

sharewhatelse

youknowabout

themwiththe

class.;;

Otherfamousmasterpieces:

RunningforGovernor《竞选州长》

TheGildedAge《镀金时代》

ThePrinceandthePauper《王子与乞丐》

Millionsofpounds《百万英镑》

TheAutobiographyofMarkTwain《马克·吐温自传》;

Whatelsedoyouknowaboutthemandwhattheirothermasterpiecesdoyouknow?

Birthplace:Longxi,Fujian

Nationality:Chinese

Education:MasterofArtsinHarvardUniversity,DoctoroflinguisticsinUniversityLeipzig(德国莱比锡大学);

While-reading:Inwhichparagraphsaretheytalkedaboutrespectively?;

1Humourhasbeenanessentialpartofhuman

behaviourforthousandsofyears.Thereis

comedyinthetextsofAncientGreece,and

medievalwritingsarefilledwithjokes.While

thesesamejokesmightnotbeasfunnytous

nowastheywerethen,theirauthorsunderstoodthathumourcouldnotonlyentertainbutalsothrownewlightonsensitiveoremotiveissues.

Thelastsentenceisusedtointroducethenextparagraph.;

Closertomoderntimes,someonewhois

rememberedforhisabilitytocombinehumour

withmoreseriousmessagesisAmerican

writer,MarkTwain.Twainsparticularstyle

ofwritingisfunnyandoftenmischievous.Forexample,inhisclassicnovelTheAdventures-

ofTomSawyer,hefamouslysays,Writingis

easy.Allyouhavetodoiscrossoutthewrongwords.Butheisequallywellknownforhis

wittyremarksinhiseverydayinteractionswithpeople.Forinstance,whileonalecturingtouroftheUnitedStates,Twainwentintoabarbersshoptogetahaircutandashave.Thebarber,

notrecognisinghim,askedifhehadatickettothelecture.WhenTwainrepliedthathedidnt,thebarbertoldhimthatifhewantedtogoto

theevent