1、Unit 3 A taste of English humour,Unit 3 A taste of English humour,Warming up,Look at the following pictures. Which picture can make you laugh?,Do you feel my love?,I want to lose my weight.,Im driving at a high speed.,“特困生”,學習還是要 勞逸結(jié)合啊,Study freely Enjoy yourself,Funny？,好笑嗎？,沒人聽課，好慘??！,Class begin! C

2、lass begin!,七點要早讀，生活真趕啊,Life is not easy,Life is not easy,同學們，春天到，要預(yù)防感冒,Take good care of yourself,How can you make me laugh and cheer me up?,E-beggar,Do you feel funny? How many kinds of humour do you know about?,funny poems,cross talk 相聲,Kinds of humor,funny stories,comedy,mime 啞劇,sketch小品,jokes,W

3、hat kind of humour do these pictures show us ?,mime,Charlie Chaplin,(mime),Mr Bean is funny because he makes funny faces and acts silly behaviour.,笑劇，滑稽劇,(funny stories),Mark Twain was the popular and humorous American author.,adj.幽默的,Chinese humorists,Who are they?,Do they have something in common

4、?,Chen Peisi,Zhao Benshan,sketch,sketch,Style of humour,Sketch/ Funny plays,cross-dressing,crosstalk,Two or more speakers make many jokes and funny conversation.,Practice saying the following tongue twisters.,Betty bought some butter, but the butter was bitter, so he bought some better butter to mak

5、e the bitter butter better.,2. I wish to wish the wish you wish to wish, but if you wish the wish the witch(女巫) wishes, I wont wish the wish you wish to wish.,3. If white chalk chalks white on a black blackboard, will black chalk chalks black on a white whiteboard then?,Customer: Whats that fly(蒼蠅)

6、doing in my soup? Waiter: Swimming, I think!,joke,Discussion,Which do you like better: English humour or Chinese humour? Give your reason.,Discussion,Language points for warming-up,humo(u)r n.u幽默,風趣 humourist n. c 幽默（作）家， 談吐幽默的人 humorous adj. 幽默的，詼諧的,1. I like a person who has a sense of humor.,2. M

7、ark Twain was a _ author and he was a _.,有幽默感,humorous,humorist,have in common (with) 有共同之處,3.Generally speaking, friends have _ in _ each other. A. little, common with B. a lot, common with C. many, common with D. much, similar to,4.English humor and Chinese humor have a lot _. A. in case B. in pea

8、ce C. in common D. in surprise,5.They are twin brothers, but they have _ in common. A. not many B. nothing C. a lot D. not much,homework,1.Find more information about English humour and Charlie Chaplin. 2.Remember the language points.,Reading,高一 Module 4 Unit 3,Enjoy a comedy,Charlie Chaplin He was

9、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.,Para.5,Chaplin wrote, _, and produced many movies he _.,The Tramp 流浪漢 1915,The Kid 尋子遇仙記 1921,The Gold Rush 淘金記 1925,directed,starred in,He was given a _ f

10、or his lifetime outstanding work.,Modern Times 摩登時代 1936,The Great Dictator 大獨裁者 1940,The Circus 大馬戲團 1928,special Oscar,a small black hat,a moustache,a walking stick,large 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.,

11、Give a description on Chaplin?,worn-out shoes,1889,1977,actor,Mime and farce,“the tramp” a poor and homeless person,Large trousers, worn-out shoes and small round black hat,Charming, social failure with a determination to overcome difficulties and always kind.,Reading-I-skimming (2m),Reading task1:

12、Fill in the chart.,Whats the passage mainly about? A. The history of English humor? B. The films Chaplin made. C. The humour Chaplin made in his films. D. The Gold Rush in California.,Find out the main idea of each part.,Why people needed cheering up,What Charlies childhood was like What his most fa

13、mous character was like An example of a sad situation that he made funny,His achievements,Work in pair:,para2,Para3,Para5,Para4,para1,Main Body,Listen to the tape and do True or False,1. Charlie Chaplin was poor when he was a small boy. 2. People who dont know English cannot enjoy Chaplins films. 3.

14、The Gold Rush is set in California in the late of the nineteenth century. 4. In The Gold Rush Chaplin and his friend are fortunate to find some gold . 5. In the film the meal he eats is hard to chew. 6. Chaplin not only acted in films but wrote and directed films as well.,T,F,F,F,T,T,unfortunate,mid

15、dle,silent films,Q1: Why did people need cheering up?,Para.1,Q2:What was Charlies childhood like?,They could feel more content with their lives.,Para.2,It was not easy, for he lived in a poor family and he had to look after his sick mother and brother.,The Little Tramp was a _ and _ person.,The Litt

16、le Tramp,It was known and loved by many people around the world.,Why?,poor,homeless,Para.3,had optimism and determination to overcome difficulties.,Whats the correct order of the following events?,Chaplin tried cutting and eating the bottom of the shoe. Chaplin and his friend washed sand and expecte

17、d to pick up gold, but they failed. They were so hungry that they boiled a pair of leather shoes. They were caught in a small wooden house. Chaplin cut off the leather top of the shoe. Chaplin picked out the laces and ate.,6,1,3,2,5,4,Para.4,Discussion,1. Do you think his poor childhood helped him i

18、n his work? Why? 2. Why do you think he was so successful?,Yes, because he understood the problems of people who were very poor.,Because he was a wonderful actor, and he understood and sympathized with peoples problems and tried to cherry them up.,Summary,People may laugh at others_ on a banana skin

19、, _ into someone else, or falling down a hole, kind of cruel _, for it makes them _ with themselves seeing others _ _ than themselves. As an outstanding humourous actor, Chaplin could always _ in the people deep feelings by using _ forms of acting in the time of silent films. His charming _ “the lit

20、tle tramp” is well-known all over the world, a poor and _ person wearing large trousers, _ shoes, and carrying a walking _.,sliding,bumping,humour,content,inspire,particular,character,homeless,worn-out,stick,A social _ as he was, he was loved by all the people for his _ in overcoming difficulties an

21、d being kind to people _ to him. When playing the famous film The Gold Rush, Chaplin managed to make the sad situationeating a _ shoe, entertaining by using _ humour. Such is Charlie Chaplin who produced, _ , and wrote the movies that he _ in. He was given a special Oscar for his lifetime work _ of

22、bringing humour to us all.,Summary,directed,starred,failure,determination,unkind,boiled,nonverbal,outstanding,Life Life is challenging, meet it. Life is various, make it. Life is beautiful, discover it. Life is humorous, enjoy it.,Language study,1. content (adj.): satisfied, happy, not wanting more

23、滿足，滿意，知足。 常見搭配：be content with sth. be content to do sth. 如： Are you content with your present salary? 你對你現(xiàn)在的工資待遇滿意嗎？,She is quite content to stay at home looking after her children. 她呆在家里照顧孩子感到非常知足。 區(qū)別: content; contented; satisfied content與contented指“雖然各種愿望沒有實現(xiàn)，但人應(yīng)安于現(xiàn)狀不再多求”，content 一般作表語，而,如：She h

24、as a contented look. 她顯得滿意的樣子。 2) content (vt.)使?jié)M意, 使?jié)M足 content sb./oneself with sth. 使?jié)M足于 I content myself with a glass of coffee everyday.,contented一般作定語; satisfied指“愿望、渴望或需求都得到了滿足, 因而心滿意足了”。,I like the style of the book but I dont like the content. 我喜歡這本書的文體，但我不喜歡它的內(nèi)容。,3) content (n.): that which

25、 is contained in sth. 所含之物，內(nèi)容,2. worse off 窮的，缺少的；境況更差。 I went to her home and found her living condition was_ _.,我去她家一看，發(fā)現(xiàn)她的生活狀況比我的更差。,worse off than mine,We shouldnt complain about being poor -many families are much worse off.,我們不應(yīng)該因為窮而叫苦連天-許多人的家境更糟。,原形: badly off : in a poor position, esp. financ

26、ially 潦倒；窮困 反義詞：well off 他們貧困得根本談不上度假。 They are too badly off to have a holiday. 實際上現(xiàn)在大多數(shù)人都比五年前要富裕。 In fact most people are_ _ _ they were five yeas ago.,better off than,3. astonish: to surprise sb. greatly 使（某人）吃驚， 震驚。比surprise的語氣要強。 如： The earthquake astonished me. 地震使我驚慌失措。 be astonished 吃驚 如：,Sh

27、e was astonished to find he was drunk. 發(fā)現(xiàn)他喝醉了, 她很吃驚。 He was much astonished that you had failed. 你居然失敗，他大感驚訝。 I was astonished at/by the news. 這消息使我大吃一驚。,astonishing adj. 令人吃驚的 an astonishing remark 驚人之語 astonishment n. 驚異；驚愕；驚奇 in astonishment 愕然， 吃驚地 如： She stared at me in astonishment. 她吃驚地瞪著我。,t

28、o ones astonishment 令驚異的是 如： To our astonishment the small boy swam across the river. 令我們驚奇的是那小男孩居然游過了那條河。,4. throughout prep. 1)（表示地區(qū)）遍及, 整個 如： The company has branches throughout the country. 這家公司的分店遍及全國。,2)（表示時間）整個，從頭到尾 如： It rained throughout the day. 雨下了一整天。 He led a poor life throughout his li

29、fe. 他一生過著窮苦的生活。,throughout adv. 1) 整個地，在所有各處，全部 如： The hill was green throughout. 那座山整個都是綠的。 2) 自始至終，到最后 如： She remained silent throughout. 她從頭到尾都保持沉默。,5, homeless adj. 無家可歸的 -less是表示否定意義的形容詞后綴, 加在某些名詞的后面構(gòu)成否定意義的形容詞。類似的 如： helpless 無力的，無計可施的； 無助的，無依無靠的 careless 粗心的，輕率的,childless 沒有兒女的 harmless 無害的，無損

30、害的； 沒有惡意的，無邪的 ceaseless 不斷的，不停的 countless 數(shù)不盡的，無數(shù)的 tireless 不會疲倦的，不知疲倦的， 不休止的,6. worn-out adj. 1)（衣類、機器等）磨破的；磨損的；用舊的 如： worn-out shoes 穿舊的鞋 2) 精疲力盡的；憔悴的（一般不用在名詞前） 如： She looks worn-out. 她看起來憔悴不堪。,7. failure n. a. a person or a thing that fails 失?。皇≌?如： She said she was a failure as a manager. 她說她是一

31、個失敗的經(jīng)理。 His first attempt at ice-skating was a miserable failure. 他第一次嘗試滑冰很糟糕。,b. lack of success失??；不成功。如： All of my efforts ended in failure. 我所有的努力都以失敗告終。 Failure is the teacher of success. 失敗是成功之母。,8. overcome v. 過去式overcame; 過去分詞overcome 意為“克服（困難等）；打敗（敵人等）”。如： He overcame a bad habit. 他克服了一項惡習。

32、短語：be overcome with/by 被（悲哀、恐怖等）打倒， 因為面崩潰/垮掉。如： She was overcome with/by grief. 她因為悲傷而崩潰了。,9. boiled為形容詞， 意為“煮沸的；煮熟的；燒開的”。 區(qū)別: boiling也是形容詞，意為“沸騰 的”。,注意這兩個短語： boiled water 煮沸的水； boiling water 正在沸騰的水 boil v. 1) heat water or other liquid until it bubbles and steams 煮沸；沸騰 如： Water is boiling in the po

33、t. 水在壺里沸騰。,2) cook something in very hot water 煮；燒煮 如： I boiled the rice for twenty minutes. 我把大米煮了20分鐘。 諺語：A watched pot never boils. 心急水不開。,10. fortunate為形容詞，意為“幸運的；運氣好的”，相當于lucky，其反義詞為unfortunate。 常用結(jié)構(gòu)：be fortunate (enough) to do 或be fortunate in doing 意為“很幸運”。 如：,句型。 be fortunate in doing 在方面幸運

34、她很幸運嫁了一個好丈夫。 She is fortunate in having a good husband. be fortunate to do sth. 幸運的能做某事 我很幸運有健康的身體。 Im fortunate to have good health. It is fortunate that 是幸運的 說來幸運，他被恰好駛過的船救起。 It was fortunate that he was saved by the passing boat.,She is fortunate (enough) to have a rich husband. =She is fortunate

35、 in having a rich husband. 她很幸運，有一位富有的丈夫。,fortune為其名詞形式，意為“機會；命運；運氣”。如： She has had her fortune told. 她請人算了命。 復(fù)合詞： fortune-teller n. 算命者 固定搭配： make a fortune 發(fā)大財 諺語：Fortune favors fool. 傻人有傻福。,11. knock into 撞上(車,墻等) knock at (on) 敲(門) knock against 沖著敲 knock out (of) 敲倒 / 破壞 / 筋疲力竭 knock down 擊倒,拆卸

36、,拍賣出 knock over 打翻,搜查,吃掉 knock off 敲落(中止,下班),1)These old houses are going to be knocked _. 2)The policeman knocked the gun _ of the thiefs hand . 3)If you knock _ someone, you should say sorry. 4) - Are either you or he going to visit the exhibition? - He is. I cant knock _ working until 6 oclock.,d

37、own,out,into,off,12. The acting is so convincing that it makes you believe that it is one of the best meals he has ever tasted! 卓別林的表演是那么有說服力，以至于你會相信這頓飯是他所吃過的最美味的一餐(L30) convincing adj. 令人信服的 convinced adj. 感到信服的 v. convince 使信服 convince sb of sth 使某人相信 我使他們相信這個故事是真的 I managed to convince them of th

38、e story 我們最終使他們相信了我們的清白（innocence) Finally we convinced them of our innocence.,Finally we failed to convince them. 最后我們說服不了他們。 He convinced me of his sincerity. 他使我確信他的真誠。 In order to_ us of his innocence. he gave us several _cases which could make us_of him.,convince,convincing,convinced,13. Chapli

39、n wrote, directed, and produced the films he starred in. 卓別林自制、自導(dǎo)、自編一些他自演的電影 1)The driver directed us to the airport. direct v. 指揮,導(dǎo)演,命令,指示 2)There is no direct train from here to Taiwang. direct adj. 直的,直線的;直達的 3)He gave me a direct answer. direct adj. 坦白的; 率直的,direct指行路中不停步，不繞道，直奔目的地 directly指以一種直

40、接的方式，表示時間時指“立刻，不拖延”之意。（as soon as ; immediately; instantly） Directly (=As soon as) the teacher came in, everyone was quiet. directions 說明書 contents 目錄,常見短語： direct sb. to do sth. direct that- ( should) do- direct sb. to a place in the direction of- 朝-方向 under the direction of- 在-指導(dǎo)下 in all direction

41、s (= in every direction) 朝四面八方,14 .pick out a. (從同類當中) 選出,選擇 She picked out a pink dress for her daughter. b. (在許多人當中)看出;辨認出 Can you pick out your mother in this crowd? 對比： pick up 拾起;(車/船)搭載客人,駕車去接(人);接收(信號/廣播/電視節(jié)目)學會(語言) pick on 作弄,挑剔 pick off 摘掉,Learning about Language,Using Language,英語中有趣的雙關(guān)語“pu

42、n”,所謂pun，通常是指利用一個單詞的兩個含義，或者利用兩個特定的單詞，達到“一語雙關(guān)”的目的。比如:,He is not a grave man until he is a grave man. 其中的grave有兩個含義，一個是“嚴肅的”(形容詞)，一個是“墳?zāi)埂?名詞)， 因此這句話的意思是： 他不是一個嚴肅的人，除非他躺到墳?zāi)估锊拍車烂C起來。,They pray for you today and prey on you tomorrow. 其中的pray(祈禱)和prey(捕食)，發(fā)音 相同，外形相似。 因此這句話的意思是： 他們今天為你祈禱，明天就會加害于你。,Read the

43、Two Jokes :,Patient: Doctor, Ive lost my memory. Doctor: When did this happen? Patient: When did what happen?,Joke1,Garcia: Thank you doctor. My fever is gone. Doctor: Dont thank me. Thank God. Garcia: Then I will pay the fees to God.,Joke2,There are thousands of jokes which use “play on words” to a

44、muse us. Now read some of these customer and waiter jokes.,English jokes,1 C: Whats that fly doing in my soup? W: Swimming. I think!,2. C: Whats that? W: Its bean soup. C: I dont want to know what its been. I want to know what it is now.,3. C: Waiter. Will the pancakes be long? W: No, sir. Round.,Ca

45、n you match the joke with the explanation below?,Explanation A. The first person is asking for information about time. The second person treats it as a question about shape. B. The first person is angry about something and wants to say “Why is this here?”,The second person treats it as a request for

46、 information and gives an answer to the question. C. The answer to the question contains a word which, when spoken, can have two meanings.,3 A,1 B,2 C,1. One person asks a question which expects a particular reply . 一個人問一個問題,期待一個特殊的答復(fù).,reply , answer 的用法區(qū)別 reply 常用作不及物動詞,與介詞to連用. 例如: The old man hes

47、itated for some time before he replied to the question. 那個老人遲疑了一會才答復(fù)那個問題. (2) reply 作及物動詞時,后接直接引語或賓語從句,不能直接接人或物體賓語. 例如: “Yes, sir,” he replied loudly. “是的,先生,”他大聲回答. He replied that he didnt find the key to the car. 他回答說他沒有找到小汽車的鑰匙.,(3)answer 常用于: answer a question 回答問題;answer the door 去開門;answer th

48、e phone 接電話; answer an advertisement 應(yīng)征,等 結(jié)構(gòu)中. the answer to the exercises 例如: I repeated the question, but she didnt answer. 我把問題重復(fù)了一遍,但沒有回答.,suit v適合某人，對(某人)方便 The new dress suited her very well. 那套新服裝和她很相配。 The seven oclock train will suit us very well. 七點鐘那一班火車對我們很合適。 If you want to go by bus，th

49、at suits me fine. 如果你想坐公共汽車去，那對我很方便。 Would it suit you to come at five？你五點鐘來行嗎？,辨析：fit，suit與match (1)fit多指衣服等尺寸、大小合身，合適。 I tried the dress on but it didnt fit. It was too small.我試穿了那件連衣裙，但不合身。它太小了。 (2)suit指衣服等顏色、款式、花樣等適合。也指合乎口味或需要. 。 Does this skirt suit me？這條裙子我穿著好看嗎？ Does the time suit you .這個時間對你

50、合適嗎?,(3)match意為“使相稱，使相配，使匹配”，指事物在大小、色調(diào)、性質(zhì)等方面的搭配。 Her clothes dont match her age.她的服裝和年齡不相配。 注意: match 還可以用作名詞,如best match最佳匹配;be no match for 比不上，不是.的對手. fit 還可用作形容詞,如be fit for 適合于.;be fit to do sth.適合于某事.,1What can I do for you? I want to buy a red tie to_my new shirt. Afit Bmatch Csuit Dbe fit fo

51、r 【解析】match多指大小、形狀、性質(zhì)等方面的搭配，符合語境。 【答案】B,2(2008年天津卷)Her shoes_her dress；they look very well together. Asuit Bfit Ccompare Dmatch 【解析】句意為：她的鞋和她的裙子很匹配，搭配得很好。本題考查一組近義詞辨析。suit是指顏色、花樣或款式等相配，fit是大小、尺寸等正合適；compare比較；match指兩個東西相稱、匹配。 【答案】D,3How about eight oclock outside the cinema? That_me fine. Afit Bmeets

52、 Csatisfies Dsuits 【解析】本題考查動詞詞義辨析。fit多指“(大小、形狀等)適合，吻合”；suit多指“合乎需要、口味、條件等”；meet，satisfy常表示“滿足(需要)，符合(要求)”。 【答案】D,3. The second person treats it as a request for information and gives an answer to the question. 第二個人把它當做了一個信息要求并回答了這個問題. treat -as- 對待,看待,把.看作. 例如:treat sb as a distinguished guest 把某人待如

53、上賓. 辨析: 1 . treat ,cure 的用法區(qū)別 cure 側(cè)重治好,治愈這一結(jié)果。 treat僅表示治病的過程，相當于“進行治療”，不涉及是否治好這一結(jié)果。 例如：Which doctor is treating you for your illness ? 哪一個醫(yī)生在給你治?。?The doctor cured my disease .醫(yī)生治好了我的病。,4. mountainous mountainous為形容詞,意為”多山的;山一般的”. 例如:a mountainous district 山區(qū),5. whisper 耳語；私語；密談 in (a) whisper 低聲地

54、whisper about sth. 低語;小聲說 whisper to sb. 對某人 竊竊私語 whisper sth. to sb. whisper to sb. that whisper that It is whispered that,1). whisper 為名詞,意為”耳語;低語”.例如： She said it in a whisper. 她低聲的說那件事。 2). whisper 為及物動詞和不及物動詞和不及物 動詞,意為”低語;小聲說”.常用短語: whisper about sth ,密談某事; whisper to sb 對某人 竊竊私語. 例如: He is whi

55、spering to his neighbour . 他正在與鄰座竊竊私語. The two girls were whispering in the library. 這兩個女孩在圖書館里低聲說話.,他對她耳語，以避免讓別人聽到。 He whispered to her so that no one else would hear. 她小聲對我說她覺得很害怕。 She whispered to me that she felt very afraid. 傳聞?wù)f他身患癌癥。 It is whispered that he has cancer.,Read a short, funny stor

56、y on Page 22 about the famous detective Sherlock Holmes and his friend Doctor Watson. Then change the story into a short dialogue. Act it in groups of three Holmes, Watson and a narrator.,Role -play,Grammar,動詞-ing形式作表語、定語、狀語和賓補,Read the sentences from the text and pay attention to the underlined par

57、ts.,You may find it astonishing that Charlie was taught to sing 2. He grew more and more popular as his charming character, the little tramp, became 3. The acting is so convincing that it makes you believe that it is one of the 4. - his subtle acting made everything entertaining.,object complement,a

58、ttribute,predicative,subject,一、動詞-ing形式作表語 1 表示主語的內(nèi)容 ,可以轉(zhuǎn)換到句首作主語 Her job is keeping the lecture hall as clean as possible. (= keeping the lecture hall as clean as possible is her job) 她的工作是盡量使報告廳保持干凈。 2 表示主語具有的特征、性質(zhì)和狀態(tài)(動詞ing 相當一個形容詞） The problem is quite puzzling. 這個問題很令困惑。,常用來作表語的現(xiàn)在分詞有astonishing, amusing, confusing, disappointing, boring, encouraging, inspiring, moving, t