Unit

3A

taste

of

English

humourKinds

of

humourjokessketch小品mime

啞劇comedy

喜劇

funny

storiescross

talk相聲tongue

twister繞口令What

kind

of

humour

dothese

pictures

show

us

?Mime

啞劇Mr

Beansketch小品Two

or

more

speakers

makemanyjokes

and

funny

conversation.Let’s

do

tongue

twister繞口令I

scream,

you

scream,

we

all

scream

for

ice-cream!I

wish

to

wish

the

wish

you

wish

to

wish,

but

if

you

wish

the

wish

thewitch

wishes,

I

won't

wish

the

wish

you

wish

towish..how

much

wood

would

a

woodchuckchuckif

a

woodchuck

could

chuckwood?a

woodchuck

would

chuck

all

the

wood

a

woodchuck

couldchuckif

a

woodchuck

could

chuckwood.Charlie

Spencer

ChaplinBorn

16

April

1889 London,

EnglandDied

25

December

1977)

(aged

88) SwitzerlandOccupation:

filmmaker,

actorA

Master

of

Nonverbal

HumourWrite

notes

about

Charlie

Chaplin’s

lifetime:born:his

job:in1972:buried(place):an

actor,

producer

and

directorgiven

a

special

Oscar

for

his

lifetimeoutstanding

work.died(time):

in1977

twofilms:

The

Little

Tramp

The

Gold

RushSkimminginSwitzerlandin

1889para.1para.2para.3para.4para.5Find

out

the

main

idea

of

eachparagraph.c)His

achievementse)An

example

of

a

sad

situation

that

he

made

funnya)

What

Charlie’s

most

famous

character

waslikeb)Why

peaple

needed

cheeringd)What

Charlie’s

childhood

was

likePara1.Why

Charlie

Chaplin

was

called

the

masterofnonverbal

humour?

What

could

he

do

for

the

people？He

brightened

the

lives

of

Americans

and

British

throughtwo

world

wars

and

the

hard

years

in

between.

Hemadepeople

laugh

at

a

timewhen

they

felt

depressed,

sotheycould

feel

more

content

with

their

lives.Para.2What

do

you

know

about

Charlie’s

childhood?He

was

born

in

a

poorfamily.His

parents

taught

him

sing

as

soon

as

hecould

speak

and

dance

as

soon

as

he

could

walk.Charlie

became

one

of

the

most

popular

child

actor

inEngland

through

his

humour.…a

small

black

hata walking

sticklarge

trouserslarge

shoesa

small

coata

moustachePut

the

following

sentences

in

order..Try

cutting

and

eating

thebottom

of

the

shoeCut

offthe

leather

top

ofthe

shoe.Pick

out

the

laces

and

eat

them4.Treat

it

as

if

it

were

the

finest

meat5.Sit

down

at

the

table

with

plate

anddrinking

up52143Para4.

The

Gold

RushPost-reading:

True

or

Falsein

the4.

InTthe

film

tfilms

as

well.he

Gold

RushChaplin

and

his

friend

arFe

fortunatetoTTfind

some

gold

.In

unfortunate

he

meal

he

eats

is

hard

to

cheFw.Chaplin not

only

acted

in

films

but

wrote

and

directedmiddleCharlie

Chaplin

was

poor

when

he

was

a

smallboy.People

who

don’t

kTnow

English

cannotenjoy

Chaplin’s

films.The

Gold

Rush

is

set

in

CalifornFia

silent

filmslate

of

the

nineteenth

century.Work

in

pairs.

Imagine

that

you

are

CharlieChaplin,

and

your

partner

is ajournalist

from21st

Century.

Make aninterview

according

tothe reading

passage.Discussion:What

should

we

learn

from

Charlie

Chaplin?How

many

ways

can

you

make

o