本课件来自平阳鳌江中学季蓉蓉 2010 、 12 、 28

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A day without laughter is a day wasted.

To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain, and play with it!

--------Charlie Chaplin

Up to nowUp to now nobody has been able to do this better than_______________.

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face. ---Victor Hugo

Charlie ChaplinCharlie Chaplin

He entertained people when they felt depressed so that they could feel more______________

(satisfied with) their lives during the wars and hard years.

content with

A master of nonverbal humour

Charlie Chaplin’s unfortunate childhood

Born in a poor family, Charlie Chaplin

showed an ___________(astonish) talent as a _________(perform) when he was a little child. ____________(fortunate) his father died, leaving the family even ____________

(badly off). So he had to earn money by _________ (entertain) people with his subtle acting, which was so amusing that no one felt ________(bore) watching him.

Unfortunately worse off

entertaining

astonishing

bored

performer

his charming characterThe little trampThe little tramp

This particular character was an ordinary social f________but was known and loved t_________(all over)the world for his optimism and determination to o_________ (get rid of) all difficulties.

ailure

vercome

hroughouthroughout

The Gold Rush

First he _____ _____ the laces and eats them as if they were spaghetti.

picks out

Then he ______ _____ the leather top of the shoe as if it were the finest steak.

cuts off

Finally he tries cutting and chewing the bottom of the shoe.

He made a sad situation entertaining.

The acting is so __________ that we are ____________that it is one of the best meals he has ever tasted!

convincingconvinced

convincing convinced

adj. 令人信服的 adj. 感到信服的

vt. convince 使…信服

His achievements

In 1972 he was given a special Oscar for his o_________(excellent) work in films.

He wrote, d________(work as a director)

and produced the films he s_____ ____

(play a leading role in).

utstanding

He made great contributions to the film industry thoughout his life.

irected

tarred in

Using his gestures and facial expressions to entertain people is his particular way of acting .

He is called the modern Charlie Chaplin.

Rowan Atkinson

Rowan Atkinson is a British _______actor.However,__________, he has been more famous as Mr. Bean, a ________ character he has played. This character is a social_______ and he is so___________that on many occasions he gets into trouble when trying to __________ all

difficulties.

up to nowup to now

particularparticular

failure failure

overcomeovercome

particular, failure, up to now, overcome, unfortunate, comedy

unfortunateunfortunate

His amusing character: Mr. Bean His amusing character: Mr. Bean

comedycomedy

You may find it _____________ (astonish ) that he was able to use his facial expressions and

g___________to ____________(entertaining)his classmates when he was still a student. But_______________ (perform) comedy was just his hobby at that time. Being a bright student, he went to Oxford College and received a master’s degree. Then in 1978 Atkinson was p_______ out to s______ in comedy series for BBC Radio, which was a big success. After that followed his TV series and then his first film “Bean” in 1997, which made him become famous t____________ the world.

astonishingastonishing

gesturesgestures entertainentertain

performingperforming

pickedpickedstarstar

throughouthroughoutt

His way to success

• Mr. Atkinson is so good at ________ people that you may wonder why he is so humourous. In fact, just as he once said, his sense of ________mainly comes from_________life. Though he is famous now, he doesn’t want to ______himself ____from the real world. He still likes to observe and learn from real life. That’s why his acting is so ___________and entertaining. Watching him, you’ll never feel ________. Instead, you will keep laughing. _____________for him, his _____________performances have earned him a lot of awards.

amusing

humourordinary

boredconvincing

Fortunatelyoutstanding

His success fortunate, bore, convince, ordinary,perform, humourous, amuse, outstanding, cut… off

cut off

However, he is never c_______ ______what he has accomplished. He still continues to work hard to achieve greater success .

content withcontent with

His goal

Suppose you are a reporter from your school newspaper to write an article about Rowan Atkinson for the column( 专栏 ) “HUMOUR”, and now you’re interviewing him.

R: Hello, Mr. Atkinson. I’m a reporter from Cang Nan Ren Ying Middle School. May I ask you some questions?

A: Sure. Go ahead!

R: What’s your particular way to entertain people?

A: Using ____________________________________________

is_________________________________________________.

R: Can you tell me something about your famous character?A: _________________________________________________

facial expressions and gesturesmy particular way to entertain people.

R is the reporter ; A is Mr. Atkinson

R: Hello, Mr. Atkinson. I’m a reporter from Cang Nan Ren Ying Middle School. May I ask you some questions? A: Sure. Go ahead! R: What’s your particular way to entertain people?A: Using __________________________ is____________.R: Can you tell me something about your famous character?A: _________________________________________________ R: Why are you so humorous? A: In fact, my sense of humour…___________________________R: Ok, I see. How did you begin to perform comedy?A: _________________________________________________.R: What’s people’s reaction to your amusing performances?A:__________________________________________________R: Are you content with your success? What’s your dream?A:__________________________________________________R: Thank you. A: __________________

facial expressions and gesturesmy particular way to ....

LifeLife is challenging, meet it.Life is various, make it.Life is beautiful, discover it.Life is humorous, ______it.

May your days be filled with laughter!

enjoy

• Homework:

• Translate a short passage about Stephen Chow.

• Write a short passage about your favorite comedy actor/actress

• (try to use the words and phrases you’ve learned from this unit)

or

• On the morning of Dec,16th, when I got up and looked out, I was __________to find the outside world covered with snow. It was ___________because it seldom snowed in our area.

astonished

astonishing

astonish astonishing astonished

• In the old days people were__________ but now they are much_____________ than ever before.

badly offbetter off

badly off ; worse off;

well off; better off

Stephen Chow is a popular entertainer, who___________us with his _______________

acting.

entertains entertaining

entertain entertainingv. 使愉快 ; 款待 adj. 令人愉快的 ; 有趣的

As a film star the actress was

a success, but as a wife she was ________failure ， so their marriage ended in________failure.

A ．不填；不填 B ．不填； a

C ． a ； a D ． a ；不填failure 表示“失败的人或事”时，是可数名词；表示“失败”时，是不可数名词。

a

_________is the mother of success.Failure

• He picks out the laces and eats them as if they were spaghetti.

choose carefully

recognize

Can you pick me out in the photo?

It was so dark in the cinema that I could hardly ____ my friend.

A. react to B.whisper to C. slide out D.pick out

• Then he cuts off the leather top of the shoe as if it were the finest meat. 切掉；割掉

停止，中断（供给）

使…与外界隔绝；脱离与外界联系They are cut off from the outside world

Their food supply is _________.

A. cut down B. cut up C. cut off砍倒；削减 切碎

by a snowstorm.