教學材料外研版(2019)高中英語選擇性必修一教學內(nèi)容Unit1Laughoutloud!Developingideas制作人湖北省咸寧高級中學戴林KnowledgeobjectiveLearntounderstandsomewordsrelatedtohumorinthecontext.UnderstandthedefinitionsandstructureofjokesCompetenceobjectiveMakeuseoftextualinformation(titles,illustrations,connectingwords,etc)tounderstandatext.Retellthepassageaccordingtothediagram.CultureeducationCompareandconsiderthesenseofhumorbetweenLinYutangandMarkTwainandlearntoappreciatethedifferences.LearningobjectivesTitle

What’sthepassagetalkingabout?IllustrationWhoarethey?Wherearetheyfrom?Whataretheydoing?What’stheiroccupation?BeforereadingMakeapredictionWhatelementsdoestheauthorincludewhenintroducingthem?Arethereanysimilaritiesordifferencesbetweenthem?BeforereadingMarkTwain(1835-1910)wasanAmericanwriter,humorist,lecturerandadventurerwhoacquiredinternationalfameforhistravelnarratives,inparticularTheInnocentsAbroad,andforhisadventurestoriesofboyhoodsuchasTheAdventuresofTomSawyerandAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn.HeisregardedasoneofNorthAmerica'sbestandmostbelovedwritersduetohiswitandsatire.LinYutang(1895-1976)wasaChinesewriter,translator,linguist,philosopherandinventor.Hisinformalbutsophisticatedstyleofwriting,inbothChineseandEnglish,madehimoneofthemostinfluentialwritersofhisgeneration.HismostfamousworksincludeMyCountryandMyPeopleandTheImportanceofLiving.He'salsoknownasawiseandwittypopularizerofChinesephilosophyandtheChinesewayoflife.IdentityAchievements(honors,awards,publications)

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WhilereadingSkimandidentifythegenreexpositiontoexplain,introducenarrationtotellastoryargumentationtoargue,defendReadthequestionsbelowandanswerthem.Whilereading1Whyishumorimportant?2Whatisthepurposeoftwoexamplesinparagraph2?3WhyisLinYutang'sjokeaboutthemanandwildanimalscalledquickwit?4Howdoyouunderstand"Humorismankind'sgreatestblessing"?1Whyishumorimportant?2Whatisthepurposeoftwoexamplesinparagraph2?3WhyisLinYutang'sjokeaboutthemanandwildanimalscalledquickwit?4Howdoyouunderstand"Humorismankind'sgreatestblessing"?Para1Humourhasbeenanessentialpartofhumanbehaviourforthousandsofyears.ThereiscomedyinthetextsofAncientGreece,andmedievalwritingsarefilledwithjokes.Whilethesesamejokesmightnotbeasfunnytousnowastheywerethen,theirauthorsunderstoodthathumourcouldnotonlyentertainbutalsothrownewlightonsensitiveoremotiveissues.Whilereading1.Whyishumorimportant?1Whyishumorimportant?Whilereading2Whatisthepurposeoftwoexamplesinparagraph2?Para2Closertomoderntimes,someonewhoisrememberedforhisabilitytocombinehumourwithmoreseriousmessagesisAmericanwriter,MarkTwain.Twain'sparticularstyleofwritingisfunnyandoftenmischievous.Forexample,inhisclassicnovelTheAdventuresofTomSawyer,hefamouslysays,"Writingiseasy.Allyouhavetodoiscrossoutthewrongwords.Butheisequallywellknownforhiswittyremarksinhiseverydayinteractionswithpeople.Forinstance,whileonalecturingtouroftheUnitedStates,Twainwentintoabarber'sshoptogetahaircutandashave.Thebarber,notrecognisinghim,askedifhehadatickettothelecture.WhenTwainrepliedthathedidn't,thebarbertoldhimthatifhewantedtogototheeventhewouldhavetostand,astherewerenoseatsleftinthetheatre.Twain'sresponsewas,"That'sjustmyluck.lalwayshavetostandwhenthatfellowlectures!"Whilereading3WhyisLinYutang'sjokeaboutthemanandwildanimalscalledquickwit?Para4Lin'squickwithelpedmakehimfamousasamasterofhumour.Once,havingbeeninvitedtodinneratauniversity,hewasputonthespotwhenthepresidentsuddenlyaskedhimtogiveaspeech.Thinkingonhisfeet,LinstartedtotellastoryaboutacruelRomanemperorwhotriedtofeedamantowildanimals.Firstcamealion.Themanwhisperedsomethinginthelion'sear,afterwhichthelionshookitsheadandwalkedawayunhappily.Thenalongcameatiger.Again,themanwhisperedinthetiger'sear.Thetigerlookedshockedandhurriedaway."Whatdidyousaytomyanimals?"saidtheemperor,astonished."ltoldthemtheyhadtomakeaspeechaftereatingmefordinner."Lin'saudienceroaredwithlaughter.Withthislittlejoke,Linwasabletomakepeoplelaugh,whilegentlytellingoffthepresident.Whilereading5BothTwainandLinunderstoodthathumourisn'tjustaboutlaughter,butisawayoflifeandatoolthatcanbeusedtoilluminatetheworld.Linevencreatedanequationtoexplainthisconcept:Reality+Dreams+Humour=Wisdom.Livingandworkingwithotherscansometimesbecomplicated,andhumourmakesthiseasier,Sharingjokesandlaughingtogethercanbringindividualsandevencommunitiestogether.Indeed,somemayarguethatourneedforhumourisalmostasgreatasourneedforwaterandair.inthewordsofMarkTwain,"Humorismankind'sgreatestblessing“.PostreadingListentothetapeandcompletethediagram.human

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