新课程标准高中英语必修四Unit 3 A taste of English humour

第一课时 精读课 学案

Warming up, pre-reading and reading

一．学习目标

1．放一些Charlie Chaplin 和Mr. Bean的表演片段，让学生们欣赏并进入话题。

同时，请同学们思考：

1) Do you know them? Who are they?

2) Who do you think is the most humourous? Give your reasons.

3) Can they make you laugh? Do you think English humour is different from Chinese humour?

2．提高阅读能力。

3．熟悉幽默的类型及其在不同国家的差别。

　请同学们思考 What is humour?

二．知识重难点

1．知识重点：培养阅读能力，尤其是推理判断，分析概括能力。

2．知识难点：学会运用不同的阅读技巧。

三．背景知识

1. Charlie Chaplin

Charlie Chaplin was born on April 16, 1889 in London. Her father was an entertainer and although not one of the big names, he was doing very well. Her mother Hannah was also an entertainer. A wonderful mimic, she had a sweet, charming voice. While they were by no means rich, the music hall provided the Chaplins with a comfortable living.

　Unfortunately happy life didn't last long. Father's alcoholism was slowly, but surely destroying his marriage. Finally it ended in divorce, but Hannah was indomitable. Without her, Charlie Chaplin would have become just one more child lost in the poverty of Victorian London. Somehow she not only managed to keep Charlie and his brother Syney clean and warm, clothed and fed but she conjured little treats for them. She would sit at the window watching the passersby and guess at their characters from the way they looked and behaved, spinning tales to delight Charlie and Syney. Charlie took in her skills and went on using them all his life.

　Charlie had always believed, even in the worst times, that had something special locked away inside him. He took his courage and went to see one of the top theatrical agents. With no experience at all, he was being offered the plum part of Billy-- the pageboy in a new production of "Sherlock Holmes". "Sherlock Holmes" opened on July 27, 1903 at the enormous "Pavilion Theatre" Charlie seemed to change overnight. It was as if he had found the thing he was meant to do.

　Charlie's first film, released in February 1914, was called "Making a living". Though it didn't satisfy Charlie, the public liked it. After that he had made ten films and he had learned a lot. The public loved him and distributors were demanding more and more Chaplin films. In an incredibly short time, Charlie had become a very important man in motion picture...

2. Humor