17 laughterLesson 3—My Favourite Comedy Text 1Tips: Laugh and the world laughs with you. Cry and you cry alone.Learning aims(学习目标):A(层次): Remember some important wordsB:Keep some im portant words, phrases in mind and get to know “Mr. Bean”C,D:①To learn some useful reading strategies: read between the lines, and make inference.②To practice using adverbs.Important and difficult point:Make inferences and read between the(学习重点、难点) lines to understand what is meant. Learning procedures(学习过程):StepⅠFast readingPlease skim text 1 and complete the table (C级)StepⅡCareful reading.Read Para.1 and replace the underlined parts with the word in the text. (B级) 读第一段，用文中的单词替换划线部分的单词。
Mr. Bean is known ①world-wide as a ②comedian. With a series of simple yet funny acts, he amuses people③ no matter what their nationalities or cultures are. In the comedies he played, Mr. Bean frequently gets into ④ridiculous and awkward situations. That is how he makes audience amused but he ⑤only uses body language which is universal.①②③④⑤Read Para. 2 and 3, take down what Mr. Bean does. (A级)After _____ ____ at the table,Mr Bean _____ ____ a card, _____ a few words on it, _____ it in an envelope and _____ it on the table.Mr. Bean ___ ____ the menu in astonishment. He _____ ____ all the money, ______ it and ____ it in a saucer.StepⅢ Read the passage again,carefully and answer the following questions.(D级)1. Why has Mr. Bean gone to a fancy restaurant on this particular day?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________2. Why does Mr. Bean choose the "steak tartare?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________3. Does he like the food? What does he do with the food?________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________StepⅣ文句解析Para 11.He constantly gets into awkward and absurd situations,which greatly amusesaudiences regardless of their nationality or culture. (C级)本句译文：________________________________________________________________________________________________________________which引导______从句，修饰______（A,situations B,整个主句）【短语解析】get into 进入，陷入联想 get into trouble______ get into panic______regardless of 不顾，不管eg.Anyone can take part in the competition regardless of age.我来译：________________________________________________________2.The humour is always made clear through a series of simple and funny acts thatrely purely on body language ,which is universal.________________________________________________________本句中包含了______从句(D级)分别是：①________引导的________从句，修饰先行词__________ ②________引导的________从句，修饰先行词__________【短语解析】make clear使清楚，使明白 rely on/upon依靠，依赖，指望Para 31.He makes an attempt to eat it ,but it is clear from the look on his face that he finds the taste truly disgusting.make an attempt to do: (B级)这使一个由but连接的并列复合句。
Unit17 Lesson3 My Favourite Comedy(Text 1) Teaching objectives:1.To train the students’ reading ability: making inference.2.To get a general idea about the text.3.To learn some useful words and expressions.Teaching important points：Improve the students’ reading ability: making inference.Teaching difficult points:1. Learn some useful reading strategies.2. Improve the students’ reading ability: making inference.Teaching procedures:Step I Lead-in1.Show some funny pictures and photographs of some famous comedians.2.Brainstorming:students elicit some famous comedy and comedians. And answer thequestion:what do they have in common?They all make people burst out laughing.They play in comedies. They are comedian sThey imitate famous people. They pull faces.They ……They do a lot of things to amuse audiences3.Free-talk: about their favourite comedies and comedians.Do you like to watch comedies? Why or why not?Who is your favorite comedian? Why?Step II While-reading1.Fast-readingSkimming: skim the passage to get the main idea, and match the topic with each paragraph.(pair work)T: Let’s read another comedy, Mr. Bean which was acted by Rowan Atkinson. And finish two tasks(get the main idea and matching)Main idea: it’s about Mr Bean and one of his comedies.Paragraph1 Writer’s feelings about Mr BeanParagraph 2 IntroductionParagraph3 Ordering and eatingParagraph4 Arriving at the restaurant2.Careful-reading(1). Enjoy a short comedy and answer some questionsSteak tartare was delicious?Steak tartare was acturally raw hamburger?(2).Reading strategies: Making inference(P24)(3). Scanning:A. Read paragraph 1 and 4 and decide whether the following statements are true orfalse.why?(individual work)a. Mr. Bean is very famous around the world. （T）b. Mr. Bean amuses audiences by telling a series of jokes.（F）c.The writer wants to have dinner with Mr. Bean. （F）B. Read paragraph 2 and 3 and answer some questions.( Making inferences)(pairwork)a.Why has Mr. Bean gone to a fancy restaurant on this particular day?b.Does Mr. Bean have many friends? How do you know?c.Why does Mr. Bean choose the “steak tartare”?d.Why does Mr. Bean pretend to like the food when the waiters talk to him?C.Blank-filling & Analysis (individual work &pair work)Mr. Bean is an _____________ ___________ comedy character on TV and in films. The humor is always made clear through __________ _________ __ ________ simple and funny acts that __________ purely ____________ bod y language, which is ___________.When Mr. Bean prepares his birthday card, he looks ____________. A mom ent later, he pretends to be ____________ and _____________.When Mr. Bean looks at the menu, he looks _____________, and then he l ooks at the menu _____________. At last he feels __________ when he finds the dish –the “steak tartare”. When Mr. Bean discovers that th e “steak tartare” is actually raw hamburger, he feels __________ and when he tasted it, he felt __________, but he pretends to be _________ _ when the waiters arrive.I like the Mr. Bean ____________ ___________, but I wouldn’t want to meet the Mr Bean __________ ___________ ____________.Step III Post-reading1.Show time: Show time: read the text again and then each group retells the comedywith some students acting out.( If time limited, set one or more groups to act nextclass. )2.Summarize Mr Bean’s characteristic.2.Summarize Mr Bean’s characteristic.3.Homework: Write a brief introduction to a film or a comedy you like.4.Enjoy a chinese mime.(If possible.)。
