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Unit 3 A Taste of English Humor
Reading: A Master of Nonverbal Humor
Learning Aims:
Knowledge Aim:
(1) Master important words and expressions occurred in this passage.
(2) Get a general understanding of the story of Charlie Chaplin.
Ability Aim:
(1) Learn to find the topic sentence(s) of each paragraph.
(2) Learn to describe or introduce a person.
Affection Aim:
(1) Have a taste of English humor.
(2) Arouse Ss’ interest in English language, music, film, etc.
I. Review
1. humor 2. performer 3. astonishing
4. ordinary 5. bored 6.entertaining
7. throughout 8. homeless 9. moustache
10. worn-out 11. failure 12. overcome
13.leather 14. chew 15.convincing
16.direct 17.outstanding 18. unfortunately
1. 直到现在 2. 对…感到满足
3.穷的，缺少的 更穷的 4. 挑出，辨别出
5. 切断，断绝 6.担任主角，主演

I. Warming-up
幽你一默之 Day after Day
　　A teacher was always so involved in the text being studied that he never looked up . He would call on a student for translation and explanation, and (without realizing it) he often chose the same student day after day. Out of respect, the student wouldn't point this out to him.
　　After being called on four days in a row, a student named Goldberg asked his friends for advice. The next day when the teacher said "Goldberg, translate and explain," Goldberg replied, "Goldberg is absent today ."
　　"All right," said the teacher. "YOU translate and explain.”
(1) be involved in 卷入；投入 (2) out of respect出于尊敬
(2) in a row 接连不断地
II. Pre-reading
1. How many types of humor do you know? And tell us some humorists you like.
2. How much do you know about Charlie Chaplin?

III. Fast reading
Task 1. Skim over the passage and complete the notes about Chaplin.
Birth: He was born in .
Job: .
Famous character: .
Charlie Chaplin Costume: .
Type of acting: .
Death: He died in .
From the notes of Chaplin we can get the main idea of this passage.

It is about the life，work and his nonverbal humor-mime of Chaplin.
Task 2. Read the passage again and match the main idea of each paragraph.
(Pay attention to the first and the last sentence of each paragraph.)

Para.1 Chaplin’s childhood.
Para.2 An example of Chaplin’ acting.
Para.3 Chaplin’s influence on people going through a hard time.
Para.4 Chaplin’s achievements.
Para.5 Chaplin’s famous character, the little tramp.
VI. Careful reading
Task3. Read the passage carefully and answer the following questions.
1. What was Chaplin’s own life like?
A. It was easy. B. It was a little hard.
2. Why did the people never feel bored watching Chaplin acting?
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3. What was the little tramp like?
.
4. Why was the little tramp loved by people around the world?
.
5. The following are Chaplin’s most famous films. Which one was mentioned in this passage?
A. City Lights B. The Gold Rush C. Modern Times D. the Great Dictator
6. Where was Chaplin buried?
A. England B. the USA C. Switzerland
Task4. Enjoy the language
Translate the following sentences.
1. Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.
.
孩子好像早上八九点钟的太阳。
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2, It is one of the best meals he has ever tasted.
.
《泰囧》是我看过的最有意思的电影之一。
. .
V. Post-reading: Act it out
1. Read Chaplin’s acting in The Gold Rush and fill in the blanks.
Chaplin’s acting:
He tries boiling a pair of shoes for dinner.
He eats the laces as if they were .
He cuts off the leather top of the shoe as if it were .
Finally he tries cutting and chewing the bottom of the shoe. He eats each mouthful with .

2. Suppose you are Chaplin, be creative and act out the mime-Zhen Suo Feng Bo. （让学生模仿表演，鼓励学生加入自创的成分）

一位老师对所讲课文总是非常投入，从不抬头。他常让一个学生来翻译和解释，并且----不自觉地----他常日复一日地叫同一个学生。出于尊敬，学生并不给他指出这一点。
　　一个叫古德伯格的学生，在被一连叫了四天之后，向他的朋友寻求建议。第二天，这位教师又说：“古德伯格，翻译并解释。”古德伯格回答说：“古德伯格今天缺席。”
“那好吧，”教师说，“那就你来翻译并解释。”