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课题：Unit 3 A taste of English humor高一英语必修4Unit3 Reading教学目标：1.Learn about the art of nonverbal humor.2.Learn about Charlie Chaplin ,a master of nonverbal humor,and his excellent performance in silent films.3.Help students know the differences between English and Chinese in humor.重点难点：1.How to help students understand and enjoy English humor.2.How to help students tell the differences between English and Chinese in humor.3.how to help students use scanning and skimming methods to improve their reading skills and speed up their reading.教学方法：Skimming, scanning, summarizing教学准备：A computer, a projector, course ware, a tape-recorder.教学过程：Step1.Lead-in:Look at the pictures below ,do you know who are they and which kind of humor they belong to?Step2.Words review:(你能朗读并说出下列单词或短语的意思吗？）Performer:astonishing: Unfortunately: Ordinary:entertaining:throughout: Homeless:failure:overcome:direct: convincing Outstanding: up to now:badly off:c ut off: pick out:star in:Step3:Fast reading:(1)What’s the passage mainly about?A.The history of English humor .B.The films Charlie made.C.Charlie Chaplin and the humor he made in his films.D.The Gold Rush in California.(2)Read the passage fast and match each paragraph with its main idea. Paragraph1. A.what Charlie’s childhood was like.Paragraph2. B.What his most famous character was like Paragraph3. C.an example of a sad situation that he made funny Paragraph4. D.Why people needed cheeringParagraph5. E.his achievementsStep4:Careful-reading:Para.1:Read the first Paragraph carefully and then find out the answer to the question.What effect does Charlie Chaplin’s acting have ?Para.2:Fill in the blanks.Charlie Chaplin’s early life:●He was in a poor family in 1889 and was taught to sing anddance as a little child.●His father’s death made the family so he spent his childhood looking after his sick mother and his brother.●By his, he had become one of the most popular child actors in England.Para.3 What’s the character of Charlie’s walk around stiffly carrying a walk stick?Para.4:Put the following the sentences in the right order( )a.Chaplin tried chewing the bottom of the shoe.b.Chaplin boiled one of his leather shoes.c.Chaplin cut off the leather top of the shoe.d.Chaplin picked out the lace of the shoe.e.Chaplin ate it as if it were spaghetti.Para.5: Fill in the blanks.Achievements:●He wrote,and produce the films he starred in.●In 1972 he got a special Oscar for his work in films.●He is loves and remembered as a great actor who couldpeople with great confidence.Step5.Careful-reading: Reading the passage again and do True or False.●Charlie Chaplin was poor when he was a small boy.●People who don’t know English cannot enjoy Chaplin’s films.●In The Gold Rush Chaplin and his friends are fortunate to find somegold.●In The film the meal he eats is hard to chew.●Chaplin not only acted in films but wrote and directed films as well. Step6:Summaryof nonverbal humor, who brought laughter to people and them to go through hard times with great .Fill in the blanks according to the text.Charlie Chaplin came from a poor family. Both his parents were music hall 1. ___________(perform). He started appearing on the stage while he was still a child. After his father died, the family became even 2.______(badly）off. By his teens, Chaplin had become a popular actor in England. No one got 3. ________(bore) watching him.Later, he began making films. His charming character, the little tramp, made him 4. ________(know) throughout the world. Thischaracter was a social 5. __________ (fail) but was loved for his optimism and 6. ___________(determine) to overcome all difficulties.In The Gold Rush, the little tramp and his friend try boiling a pair of leather shoes for their dinner. Chaplin first picks 7. ______ the laces and eats them. Then he cut 8. ______ the leather top of the shoe. Finally he tries cutting and 9. __________(chew) the bottom of the shoe. He eats each mouthful with great 10. ________ (enjoy).Chaplin wrote, directed and produced the films that he starred in. He is still loved and remembered as a great actor even today.Step7:Homework1.Surf the Internet to find more information about Chaplin and his films.2.Read the passage again and find out the useful words and expressions.Try to learn them by heart.板书设计：Step1.Lead-in:Step2.Words review：Step3:Fast reading:Step4:Careful-reading:Step5.Careful-reading:Step6:SummaryStep7:Homework。
Unit 3Section ⅡⅠ.单句语法填空1．Be quiet！Do you hear someone shouting(shout) for something?解析：考查非谓语动词形式。
句意：安静！你听到有人正在喊些事情吗？根据someone 与shout的主动关系和Be quiet可判断此处表示动作正在进行，故用其－ing形式。
2．Sitting in the chair beside the window，I watched the leaves swinging(swing) in the wind.解析：考查非谓语动词形式。
句意：坐在窗户附近的椅子上，我看树叶在风中摇摆。
watch 为感官动词，后接动词作宾语补足语时用现在分词表示“正在……”。
swing“摇摆”。
此处指树叶正在风中摇摆。
3．I was greatly amazed(amaze) at how he worked out the puzzling(puzzle) problem in a creative way.解析：考查非谓语动词。
句意：他很有创意地把这个令人困惑的难题解决了，我对此惊诧不已。
be amazed at“对……感到惊异”；puzzling“令人困惑的”。
4．It is said that the new school costing(cost) 20 million yuan will soon be completed.解析：考查非谓语动词。
句意：据说这所耗资两千万元的新校即将竣工。
“sth.cost＋多少钱”表示某物花费多少钱。
new school与cost之间是主动关系，因此用现在分词。
5．On hearing the disappointing(disappoint)news that their favorite team had lost the match, they all became disappointed(disappoint)．解析：考查非谓语动词。
Ⅰ．单词拼写1．He failed again, so he looked rather depressed (沮丧的)．2．The area is covered with snow throughout (贯穿) the year．3．Can I sit down? I'm worn-out (疲惫不堪的)．4．We should try our best to overcome (克服) all difficulties．5．With a mouthful (满口) of rice, he could hardly say anything．6．Can the outstanding (杰出的) scientist win the national prize for science?7．This form of sign language is rich in gesture (手势)．Ⅱ．拓展词汇1．humour n．幽默；滑稽→humorous adj．幽默的→humourist n．幽默家2．performer n．表演者；演出者→perform v．表演；履行→performance n．表演3．astonish v t．使惊诧→astonishing adj．令人感到惊讶的→astonishment n．惊异，惊讶4．fortunate adj．幸运的；吉利的→unfortunately ad v．不幸地→fortunately ad v．幸运地5．entertain v t．&v i．使欢乐；款待→entertaining adj．愉快的；有趣的→entertainment n．娱乐6．homeless adj．无家的；无家可归的→home n．家7．failure n．失败(者)→fail v．失败8．convince v t．使信服→convincing adj．令人信服的9．direct v t．&v i．导演；指示；指挥adj．直的；直接的；直率的→director n．指挥，导演[巧记单词]例词规律派生词humorous n．＋-ous→adj．performer v．＋-er→n．fortunately adj．＋-ly→ad v．Ⅲ．补全短语1．up to now直到现在2．feel/be content with对……感到满意3．badly off穷的；缺少的4．pick out挑出；辨别出5．cut off切断；断绝6．star in担任主角；主演7．break into破门而入8．in search of寻找9．go by(时间)过去；流逝；依照；遵循10．make use of利用1．[教材原句]As Victor Hugo once said, “Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face”，and up to now nobody has been able to do this better than Charlie Chaplin．正如维克多·雨果曾经说过，“笑声如驱走人们脸上寒冬的太阳”。
