【最新】2018-2019学年高中英语必修四：unit3 Reading 课件

Because he made people laugh at a time when they felt depressed, so they could feel more content with their lives.
master
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influence childhood character achievements
3. to train the ability of predicting, skimming and summarizing.
4. to develop a sense of humour and be optimistic (乐观的) no matter what difficulties you meet with.
Childhood
1962年6月22日生于香港，家里穷，父母经常吵架，崇拜李 小龙 ，喜欢中国功夫。成功源于有梦想、坚持、敢于尝试。
Famous character and examples
至尊宝，赌侠……2004《功夫》、1999《喜剧之王》、 1996《食神》
Achievements
喜剧演员，导演、制片人，获得香港金像奖、台湾金马奖。
“incalculable effect he has had in making motion pictures the art form of this century.” （为他整个世纪以来对电影产业无可估量的贡献.）
Discussion
Why does the writer call Charlie Chaplin a master?
difficulties.
master

Unit 3 A taste of English humour
Reading
NONVERBAL HUNOUR
Charlie Chaplin — The Gold Rush
Charlie Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin—The Gold Rush
Pre-reading
1. What do you know about Charlie Chaplin? 2. What do you know about his film? What is so interesting about them?
D. in the 1950s
B 3. The story of The Gold Rush happened ____.
4. In The Gold Rush, Chaplin and his
friend eat a pair of shoes because ___. D
A. they are interested in it
Complete the notes about Charlie Chaplin.
Born Job Type of acting Character Costume 1889 actor mime little tramp, a poor and homeless person large trousers, worn-out shoes, small round black hat and a walking stick
9. What’s the main idea of the text? C
A. The history of English humour.
B. The films that Chaplin made.

The Little Tramp was
a _p_o_o_r_ and _h_o__m_e_l_e_s_s__
person.
3. Look at the title and write down your idea in one sentence. Then skim the passage and see if you were right.
5. In the film the meal he eats is hard to chew. T
6. Chaplin not only acted in films but wrote and directed films as well. T
Choose the best answer.
1. How do you understand the sentence “Laughter is the sun that drives winter from
Childhood What happened
Things
Family
His father _d_i_e_d_, leaving the family even __w_o_r_s_e_o_f_f __.
His parents taught him __s_in_g__ as soon as he could speak and __d_a_n_c_e_ as soon as he could walk.
2. What do you know about his film? What is so interesting about them?
The Gold Rush
a small black hat
a moustache

homeless ___________
person.
3. Look at the title and write down your idea in one sentence. Then skim the passage and see if you were right. The whole text introduces a worldfamous actor---Charlie Chaplie and his excellent performances, making us understand more about nonverbal humour.
teens
achievements
The little tramp
True or false?
1. Charlie Chaplin was poor when he was a small boy. T 2. People who don’t know English cannot enjoy Chaplin’s films. F 3. The Gold Rush is set in California in the late of the nineteenth century. F
( 2 )They were caught in a small wooden house. ( 5 )Chaplin cut off the leather top of the shoe. ( 4 )Chaplin picked out the laces and ate.
Retell the text according to the chart.
( 6 ) Chaplin tried cutting and eating the bottom of