unit 3 a taste of english humour what’s humour? humour is something that is ______ and make people...
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Unit 3 A Taste of English Humour
What’s humour?• Humour is something that is ______ and make
people ________ it.funny
laugh at
sketch
joke
“Waiter! ”
“Yes, sir?”
“What’s this?”
“It’s bean soup, sir.”
“No matter what it’s been, what is it now?”
--- How do you keep cool at a football game?
--- Sit next to a fan.
Punchline: the words of a joke that make it funny.
cross talk
song
comedy
clown
mime
Thinking
•Laughter is a medicine that can take away pain.
•Laughter is _____________________.
•.•.•.•Laughter is the sun that
drives winter from the human face. --- Victor Hugo
A MASTER of NONVERBAL HUMOUR
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main idea
main idea
C). why people needed laughter (background of Chaplin’s humor /the world situation)
A). Chaplin’s childhood
E). An example of Chaplin’s work: The Gold Rush
B). Chaplin’s achievements
D). His most famous character
He died in ____
in ___________
He died in ____
in ___________
Charlie Chaplin
He was born in ____He was born in ____
His job is ________His job is ________
He was given__________
____________________________ in 1972.
He was given__________
____________________________ in 1972.
His type of acting is______His type of acting is______
His charming character is__ ____________
His charming character is__ ____________
18891889 an actor mimemime
the little trampthe little tramp
19771977
SwitzerlandSwitzerland
Oscar for his outstanding Oscar for his outstanding work work
a speciala special
Why do people think Charlie Chaplin did best in bringing laughter up to now ?
Because he made people laugh at a time when they felt depressed, so they could feel more content with their lives.
1889 He was ______.
His parents were_________________
__?__ He was taught to sing and dance.
Father diedHis family ______________, and he spent his childhood in ____________________________.
He became a most popular child actor. He could ____ and act the fool doing ___________________.
bornpoor music hall performers
As soon as he
could speak and walk became worse off
his mother and brotherlooking after
mime
ordinary everyday tasksBy his teens__?__
How did his poor childhood helped him in his work?
The little trampThe little trampa small round black hat
a walking stick
large trousers
worn-out shoes
The little tramp was a ____ and ________ man, walking ______ .
The little tramp was a ____ and ________ man, walking ______ .
He was known and loved by many people throughout the world.
He was known and loved by many people throughout the world.
Why?
poor homeless a moustache
stiffly
Why was “The Little Tramp” loved by many people around the world?
Because of his optimism and determination to overcome difficulties.
He was the underdog who was kind even when others were unkind to him.
Time : _________________________Time : _________________________
Place : Place : __________________________________________________________
Why went to California : Why went to California : ____________________________________________________________________
in the mid-nineteenth century
California
in search of gold
Did they succeed in finding the gold ?Did they succeed in finding the gold ? ____ ____
What troubles did they meet ? What troubles did they meet ?
The Gold Rush
They ______________________ on the edge of a mountain in a ___________with nothing to eat.
No
are hiding in a small hut
snowstorm
First he ________ the laces and eats them ___ they were spaghetti. Then he ______ the __________ of the shoe, treating it as if it were the finest _____. Finally he tries cutting and chewing the _____ of the shoe. You can imagine how difficult it is to ____, but he seems to eat every _______ with great enjoyment.
picks outcuts offas if
leather topsteak
bottom
chew
mouthful
How does Charlie Chaplin make eating a boiled shoe funny?
Chaplin wrote, ________, and produced the films he _________.
The Kid 寻子遇仙记 1921
The Gold Rush淘金记 1925
directedstarred in
Modern Times 摩登时代 1936
He was given a ______________ for his outstanding work.
The Great Dictator 大独裁者 1940
The Circus 大马戏团 1928
He spent his last years in __________, and was buried there in 1977.
special Oscar
Switzerland
The Tramp流浪汉 1915
As an outstanding humourous actor, Chaplin could make people laugh when they _________, So they felt more ____________ their lives. His charming _________ “the little tramp” is well-known all over the world, a poor and _________ person wearing large trousers, ________ shoes, and carrying a walking _______. A social _______ as he was, he was loved by all the people for his ____________ and ____________ in overcoming difficulties and being kind to people _______ to him. When playing the famous film The Gold Rush, Chaplin managed to make the sad situation—eating a _______ shoe, entertaining by using __________ humour.
content with character
homelessworn-out
stick
felt depressed
failuredetermination
unkind
boilednonverbal
optimism
What lessons do you draw from the story?1. Have an optimistic attitude towards life.2. Be determined in overcoming difficulties.
3. Be kind even when people are unkind to you.4. Understand and show sympathy to people’s
problems
What is your definition of humor now?
• Humor is the power which brightens the lives of people through hard times and make them full of hope in the face of depression.