1、A taste of English Humor READING,Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face. - Victor Hugo,You do know my love.,Yesterday once more,Im driving at a high speed.,I want to lose my weight.,humor,How many kinds of humour do you know?,mime and farce,funny poem,Customer: Whats that fly(蒼蠅)

2、 doing in my soup? Waiter: Swimming, I think!,joke,Play on words,funny story,Mark Twain was the popular and humorous American author, He was the most famous humorous novelist in America.,crosstalk,Two or more speakers make many jokes and funny conversation.,Mr Bean (mime and farce),Mr Bean is funny

3、because he makes funny faces, he acts silly,he seems quite stupid, and the things he does are funny.,笑劇，滑稽劇,Edward Lear,(funny poems),an artist.,Reading,Nonverbal Humour,Who is he ? How much do you know about him?,Lets enjoy,He was a great silent movie star. Modern Times, The Little Tramp, The gold

4、Rush, City Light are his masterpieces(代表作). He was very popular in his time.,Picture of charlie,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.,Give a description on Chaplin

5、?,1889,1977,actor,mime,Large trousers, worn- out shoes, small round black hat and a walking stick,the little tramp,1 Chaplin performed how to eat a boiled shoe by vividly action and explaining. 2 In the middle of 19th century people went to California to look for gold. 3 Chaplin and his friend are s

6、o unlucky that they cant find any gold. 4.Chaplin has a delicious meal by eating meat in the film.,F,T,T,F,Ture or False,I am so hungry that I ,Why did they have to eat a boiled shoe?,Read the passage and write down the main idea of each paragraph.,Paragraph 1,Why people needed _,Paragraph 2,What Ch

7、arlie Chaplins _was like.,Paragraph 3,What his_ was like.,Paragraph 4,An example_,Paragraph 5,His achievements.,childhood,most famous character,of a sad situation that he made funny.,cheering up,Discussion,1. Do you think his poor childhood helped him in his work? Why?,2. Why did people like The Lit

8、tle Tramp? 3. Do you think Chaplins eating boiled shoes funny? Why?,4. Why do you think he was so successful?,Discussion,1. Do you think his poor childhood helped him in his work? Why?,Yes, because he understood the problems of people who were very poor.,2. Why did people like The Little Tramp? 3. D

9、o you think Chaplins eating boiled shoes funny? Why?,Because it gives people courage to overcome difficulties.,Yes. Because he made the terrible situation “real” for his audience.,And he was able to show the humanity and kindness in the most difficult circumstances.,4. Why do you think he was so suc

10、cessful?,Because he was a wonderful actor, understood and sympathized with peoples problems and tried to cheer them up.,Bye-bye,Can I take a break ?,Not all the _ is kind. Some are bad, others can inspire people. Some actors can_ us with the character they are playing. Chaplin was such an actor. He became famous for using a _ form of acting in silent films. The little tramp gives peo