1、Unit 3 A taste of English humourPeriod 1 Warming-up , pre-reading and reading一、 學(xué)習(xí)目標(biāo)1Up to now 2. 對.滿足 3. badly off 4. 挑出；辨別出 5.cut off 6.擔(dān)任主角；主演 7.charming 8.突出的；杰出的 9.overcome 10. 令人信服的 二、問題與例題Step 1 Lead-in and Warming up Read the words and expressions that appear in warming up, pre-reading and r

2、eadingStep II Pre-readingAnswer the questions in this part and predict the content of the text.。Step Reading1Skimming1)Whats the passage mainly about?2)Find out the main idea of each paragraph.para.1 para.2 para.3 para.4 para.5 2. scanning Read the passage again and do True or False.1.Charlie Chapli

3、n was poor when he was a small boy. 2. People who dont know English cannot enjoy Chaplins films. 3. 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

4、. Chaplin not only acted in films but wrote and directed films as well. 3.careful readingNotes about Charlie Chaplins careerBornDied Job Type of actingCharacterReason for successCostume Step summary目標(biāo)檢測Charlie was born in a family in 1889. his parents were both poor music hall . you may find it that

5、 chalie was taught to sing as soon as he could speak and dance as soon as he could walk. Such training was in acting families at this time, especially when the family was often uncertain. His father died, leaving the family even ,so charlie spent his childhood looking after his sick mother and his b

6、rother.配餐作業(yè)基礎(chǔ)題（A組題）根據(jù)下列各句句意及所給單詞的首字母或漢語提示，寫出該單詞的正確形式。1. A _ (表演者) should care for his / her audience.2. He had a _ (胡須), short dark hair, and he wore glasses.3. He made a rude _ (手勢) with his fingers. 4. The book describes the way of life of the _ (普通的) people.5. As the saying goes, f_ is the mother

7、 of success.6. From animals we get such materials as wool, silk, l_ and furs.鞏固題（B組題） 用所給單詞或短語的適當(dāng)形式填空。1. Judging from his expression, he was _ (content) with his work.2. The car rushed at an _ (astonish) speed.3. _ (unfortunate), I hurt my leg when I fell down on the ice.4. Im _ (bore) with the subj

8、ect anyway.5. We took pity on the _ (home) girl and took her into our house.6. My clothes are _ (wear out) and I have to mend them.7. There is no difficulty in the world that cannot be _ (overcome).8. She sat there, _ (chew) a piece of gum.9. No one has come up with a _ (convince) explanation of why

9、 this kind of animal is dying out.10. The play was _ (direct) by a very famous director.11. The whole family were proud of his _ (outstand) performance.12. When he read the book a second time, he found it _ (entertain).提高題（C組題）完形填空A certain student passed all his examinations. Then he went to colleg

10、e to 1 his studies. There he wrote down his 2 for a course in English, but after the first 3 , he didnt go to it any more.The English lecturer 4 this student was always absent (缺席的) and thought he had 5 to another course, so he was 6 when he saw the boys name on the list of students who wanted to ta

11、ke the English 7 at the end of this year.The lecturer had 8 a difficult paper, which followed his 9 closely, and he was eager (熱切的) to see 10 this student would answer the questions. He 11 the boys answers would be very bad, but when they 12 him and he examined them 13 , he was able to find only one

12、 small mistake in them. As this surprised him greatly, he 14 the paper repeatedly but still couldnt find more than one mistake, so he 15 for the student to question him about it.When he came and sat down, the lecturer asked him, “I 16 you came to my first lecture and youve been absent from all the o

13、thers. But Ive examined your 17 carefully and Ive found only one small mistake in it. Im curious (好奇的) to know your 18 .”“Im very 19 about that mistake,” answered the student. “After the examination, I 20 what I should have done. I would not have made that mistake if I had not been confused by your

14、first lecture.” 1. A. value B. continueC. improveD. begin2. A. questions B. adviceC. problemsD. name3. A. week B. lecture C. meet D. sight4. A. astonished B. regrettedC. noticed D. believed 5. A. led B. devotedC. gone D. changed6 . A. surprised B. angry C. pleased D. unhappy7. A. test B. subject C.

15、note D. course8. A. discovered B. preparedC. invented D. found9. A. ideas B. senses C. lecturesD. texts10. A. when B. what C. why D. how11. A. hoped B. proved C. expectedD. wished12. A. showed B. gave C. handedD. reached13. A. carelessly B. carefullyC. slowly D. happily14. A. enjoyed B. kept C. did

16、D. examined15. A. cared B. called C. sent D. looked16. A. promise B. know C. advise D. guess 17. A. lessons B. paper C. notebookD. exercises18. A. wisdom B. experienceC. method D. explanation19. A. glad B. proudC. content D. sorry 20. A. realized B. understood C. remembered D. sufferedUnit 3 A taste

17、 of English humourPeriod 2 Learning about language一、 學(xué)習(xí)目標(biāo)重點句子1. He made people laugh at a time when they felt depressed, so they could feel more content with their lives. 2.Not that Charlies own life was easy! 3. You may find it astonishing that Charlie was taught to sing as soon as he could speak a

18、nd dance as soon as he could walk.4. Unfortunately his father died, leaving the family even worse off.5. The tramp, a poor, homeless man with a moustache, wore large trousers, worn-out shoes and a small round black hat.二、 問題與例題Step 1. Lead-in We have got much information from the text. Do you still

19、have problems on the understanding of this text? If you do, ask me right now. if you dont, try to find the sentences or short phrases that you believed to be the important part of this text.Step 2. Now Ill give you some time to ask questions。Step 3. language point 1. He made people laugh at a time w

20、hen they felt depressed, so they could feel more content with their lives. 每當(dāng)人們感到失望的時候他總能令人發(fā)笑，因而他們對自己的生活更滿足。1) content (adj.): satisfied, happy, not wanting more 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

21、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意思接近，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”。 如：She has 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

22、. 使?jié)M足于 I content myself with a glass of coffee everyday.3) content (n.): that which is contained in sth. 所含之物，內(nèi)容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。2.Not that Charlies own life was easy! 這并不是說查理本人生活得就那么容易。not that意為“我并不是說、盡管我并不”，用于句首或短語之前表達(dá)否定含義，是對上面所說的話或所做的事進(jìn)

23、行補(bǔ)充說明，以免引起誤會。如：Not that I hate the work. Im not strong enough for it. 并非我討厭這份工作，而是我不夠強(qiáng)壯，無法勝任。Mary has a new job not that I care. 瑪莉有一份新工作 那我倒不關(guān)心。 拓展 not that . but (that)意為“不是因為而是因為”、“（并）不是而是”，用于肯定一個原因，否定另一個原因，或者肯定一個判斷，否定另一個判斷。 3. You may find it astonishing that Charlie was taught to sing as soon a

24、s he could speak and dance as soon as he could walk. 令人感到震驚的是，當(dāng)查理會說話和走路的時候就被教唱歌和跳舞。1) it在句中作形式賓語，動詞不定式to seethe road才是真正的賓語。當(dāng)動詞不定式作句子的賓語，同時有一個形容詞同賓語在一起時，常用it作形式賓語。如： Ill make it my business to help her. 我會把幫助她作為我的責(zé)任。Do you consider it wise to tell them about it? 你覺得告訴他們明智嗎？ We consider it useless ar

25、guing with him on that point. 我們認(rèn)為在那點上與他爭論是沒有用的。2) 句中的astonishing為動詞的-ing形式作賓語補(bǔ)足語。 astonish: to surprise sb. greatly 使（某人）吃驚， 震驚。比surprise的語氣要強(qiáng)。 如：The earthquake astonished me. 地震使我驚慌失措。be astonished 吃驚 如：be astonished+ at (by) /to do/that 被(因)驚嚇She was astonished to find he was drunk. 發(fā)現(xiàn)他喝醉了, 她很吃驚。

26、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。to ones astonishment 令驚異的是 如：To our astonishment the little 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. Unfortunately his father died, leaving the family

27、even worse off, 不幸的是，他父親去世了，這令到這個家庭更加潦倒。badly off: in a poor position, esp. financially 潦倒，窮困，其反義詞是well off，句中的worse off 為其比較級形式。 如：They are too badly off to have a holiday. 他們貧窮得根本談不上度假。In fact most people are better off than they were five years ago.實際上現(xiàn)在大多數(shù)人都比五年前要富裕。鏈接: be well off 富裕的，處境好的 be wo

28、rse off 情況帶壞，惡化 be better off (尤指經(jīng)濟(jì))境況較好leave sb/sth +n. adj. doing done prep. Phrases如：His father died, leaving him much money.Who left the door open?He went out, leaving his work unfinished.The teacher left him standing outside.The parents left the child in the room.5. The tramp, a poor, homeless

29、man with a moustache, wore large trousers, worn-out shoes and a small round black hat. 那流浪者是一位窮苦的無家可歸的人，留著胡子，穿著大褲子，破鞋子，頭頂著黑色的小圓帽。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，無損害的; 沒有惡意的，無邪的ceaseless 不斷的，不停的c

30、ountless 數(shù)不盡的，無數(shù)的tireless 不會疲倦的，不知疲倦的，不休止的worn-out adj.1)（衣類、機(jī)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。6. This character was a social failure but he was loved for his optimism and determination to overcome all difficulties. 這個角色是個社會生活中的失敗者, 但是他戰(zhàn)勝困難的

31、樂觀和決心使得他被所有看電影的人所喜愛。1) failure n. a. a person or a thing that fails 失敗；失敗者 如： She said she was a failure as a manager. 她說她是一個失敗的經(jīng)理。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。2) overcome v. 過去式overcame; 過去分詞overcome 意為“克服（困難

32、等）；打敗（敵人等）”。如：He overcame a bad habit. 他克服了一項惡習(xí)。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。 7.Charlie first picks out the laces and eats them as if they were spaghetti. Then he cuts off the leather top of the shoe as if it were the finest meat. 他首先吃起鞋帶，就

33、像吃意大利面條一樣。然后他把鞋子上端的皮子切下來，就像切下一塊最好的肉。1) pick out a. (從同類當(dāng)中) 選出；選擇 如：She picked out a pink dress for her daughter. 她給女兒挑了粉紅色的衣服。 b. (在許多人當(dāng)中)看出；辨認(rèn)出 如: Can you pick out your mother in this crowd? 你能在人群中找到令堂嗎？拓展與pick有關(guān)的短語:pick off 摘取pick oneself up（倒下的人）站起來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(xué)會（語言

34、）pick up with 在偶然機(jī)會認(rèn)識（人）2) spaghetti （源自意大利語）意大利式細(xì)面條3) cut off a. to separate by cutting it from the main part 切下；割下，砍下。如：Her little finger was cut off in an accident at the factory. 她的小指是在工廠的一次事故中被切掉的。 b. to interrupt sb. speaking on the phone by breaking the connection切斷電話線使某人通話中斷。如：We were cut of

35、f in the middle of our conversation. 我們的通話被切斷了。類似的：cut in 打斷別人的談話，插嘴。4) 該句中treating it as if it were the finest meat用作狀語。as if相當(dāng)于as though，意為“就像似的；仿佛似的”，用來引導(dǎo)方式狀語從句，從句中應(yīng)用虛擬語氣。當(dāng)?shù)谝?、三人稱單數(shù)作主語時，從句中常用were。 如：He looks as if he were sick. 他看起來好像是病了。 It looks as if it is going to rain. 好象要下雨。此外，as if后還可直接跟不定式

36、。如：He opened his mouth as if to speak. 他開口好象要說話。8. He eats each mouthful with great enjoyment. 他一口一口地嚼得津津有味。mouthful n. 一口；滿口 ful為形容詞后綴，加在名詞之后， 表示“充滿的”的意思。如:He took a mouthful of the bitter medicine and made a face. 他喝了一口苦藥，做了個鬼臉。 I felt so full that I couldnt eat another mouthful. 我太飽了， 一口也吃不下了。 短語

37、：at a mouthful 一大口類似的如： handful 一撮，一把 a handful of sand 一把沙子 cupful 一滿杯 two cupfuls of milk 兩杯牛奶 spoonful 一匙；滿匙 two spoonfuls of sugar 兩匙糖houseful 滿屋；一屋子armful （單臂或雙臂）一抱之量 an armful of books 一抱的書Step 4 目標(biāo)檢測 Complete the following sentences with the proper form of the given words.cruel, particular, s

38、lide, entertaining, overcome, failure, difficulty, direct, fortunate, swing, whisper, mouthful1.He ate up the bread at a _. 2.Mr. Smith had some _in understanding the man who had a Scottish accent. 3.I am just back from a tiring journey and have nothing _to do this evening. 4.The children were _on a

39、 rope hanging from a tree. 5.I cant understand why some people are _to animals. They even kill them for food. 6.He _his fear of heights and followed the others to the top of the mountain. 7.Black Horse is a (n) _book for children. They find it very amusing and interesting. 8.Xie Jim was a famous dir

40、ector when lie was young. He _a lot of films. 9.You are _enough to have had the help and guidance from such an experienced teacher. 10.I did not dare to speak aloud or even _ to Alice in such a quiet reading room. 配餐作業(yè)基礎(chǔ)題（A組題）用適當(dāng)?shù)慕樵~或副詞填空。1. Society is made up of a variety of people; some are good, s

41、ome are bad, and still some are _ between.2. Jane had become one of the popular actresses _ her teens.3. As time goes _, we get older and older.4. The character he played became known _ the world.5. Do you know the fat man _ a little black moustache standing over there?6. He looked round at her _ su

42、rprise.7. Lu xun will always be loved and remembered _ a great writer by the Chinese people.鞏固題（B組題）根據(jù)括號內(nèi)的漢語提示完成下列句子。1. _ (并非我不喜歡這工作), but that I am not fit for it.2. _ (看起來好像) the young man had something to worry about.3. Albert Einstein will always _ (被人們所喜愛和懷念) as the founder of the Theory of Rel

43、ativity.4. They went off together and _ (留下我坐在那里).5. They went into the forest _ (尋找丟失的孩子).6. _ (隨著時間的推移), he began to realize that he should have studied hard.7. _ (到目前為止), I have finished two-thirds of the work.提高題（C組題）閱讀理解What is it that makes people laugh? More than two thousand years ago the an

44、cient Greek philosopher Aristotle defined (定義) jokes as the pleasure that results from a feeling of triumph by showing were better than someone else in a certain way. According to Aristotle and many other philosophers，all jokes depend mainly on showing inferiority in another person or group of perso

45、ns that is，putting it clearly，on showing that they are worse off than ourselves. Jokes raise our good opinion of ourselves at someone elses expense.Showing how much better than other people we are is only one reason we like jokes. Someone may also use a joke to express their anger or their cruelty o

46、r any other kind of action that is not acceptable to us. We feel free to laugh when we hear about someone sliding on a banana skin. The joke lets us express those attitudes which are usually unacceptable to society. This is probably the reason why some of the jokes，especially those involving cruelty

47、，are so popular with certain people.Besides，all jokes depend on our enjoyment of laughing at something that is strange and out of place because its different from things which are happening around it. The same situation can be either sad or pleasant，depending entirely on how strange and out of place

48、 it is. If a girl in a bathing suit falls into a swimming pool，we dont laugh because nothing unusual has happened. But if a man in a smart suit falls in，the situation is at once unusual in a pleasant way and we laugh. A good joke-teller will always try to build up a situation in which one thing is e

49、xpected until something unexpected suddenly happens，and so we laugh.1. The underlined word “inferiority” (in Paragraph 1) means _.A. something that is not as good as something elseB. something that is better than something elseC. someone that is not as good as someone elseD. someone that is better t

50、han someone else2. According to Aristotle, all jokes depend mainly on _. A. showing inferiority in another person or group B. resulting in a sense of success C. having a good opinion of other people D. making people laugh unexpectedly3. Whats the main idea of Paragraph 2? A. Showing we are better th

51、an other people is the only one reason we like jokes.B. When people are angry, they would like to hear jokes.C. People who like jokes are usually cruel. D. To express those attitudes usually unacceptable to society is one of the reasons we like jokes.4. What will a good joke-teller always try to do?

52、 A. Make a sad situation into a pleasant one. B. Make different things happen at the same time. C. Make an unexpected thing happen in an expected situation. D. Make people laugh at something unusual and out of place. Unit 3 A taste of English humourPeriod 3 Grammar一、 學(xué)習(xí)目標(biāo)1. The acting is so convinci

53、ng that it makes you believe that it is one of the best meals he has ever had !2.He grew more and more popular as his charming character, the little tramp, became known throughout the world.3.How did the little tramp make a sad situation entertaining二、問題與例題Step 1 Lead-inNow lets have a revision about the -ing form used as the subject and the object.Step 2動詞-ing形式作表語、定語和賓補(bǔ)的解析一、動詞-ing形式作表語動名詞作表語表示抽象的、一般的行為，現(xiàn)在分詞作表語表示主語的特征、性質(zhì)和狀態(tài)。我們最大的幸福是為人民