4) Customer: I say waiter! There are some coins in my soup!

Waiter: Well, you said you wanted some change in your meals.

2. Ask students discuss the following questions:

1) What do you know about Charlie Chaplin?

2) What do you know about his films? What is so interesting about them?

3. Ask students to look at the title and the pictures of the passage and predict its content.

六．阅读任务

Task 1 Fast-reading

Read the passage fast, let students fill in the form using the information in the passage to master the details about Charlie Chaplin.

Born 1) Job 2) Famous character 3) Costume 4) Type of acting 5) Died 6) Task 2 Careful-reading

1) Read the passage carefully, and then say out the division of the passage and the main idea of each part.

2) Choose the best answer to each question.

(1) Charlie Chaplin made people laugh when they felt depressed, so they could feel ________.

A. less content with their lives B. more satisfied with their lives

C. more worried about their lives D. they had a miserable life

(2) When and where is the film The Golden Rush set in?

A. It is set in California at the end of the nineteenth century.

B. It is set in Canada at the end of the nineteenth century.

C. It is set in California in the middle of the nineteenth century.

D. It is set in Canada in the middle of the nineteenth century.

(3) What did not happen to the little tramp Chaplin acted in the film The Golden Rush?

A. He and his friend were caught in a snowstorm.

B. He and his friend had nothing to eat and were very hungry.

C. He and his friend boiled a pair of leather shoes to eat.

D. He and his friend were fortunate enough to find some gold.

(4) Chaplin was given a special Oscar for _________.

A. the characters he played in his films B. the films he directed

C. the joy he gave us in his films D. his outstanding work in films

(5) What's the author's attitude to Charlie Chaplin?

A. positive B. negative C. serious D. appreciative

七．重点内容讲解

1.【原句】Not that Charlie's own life was easy! 然而卓别林自己的生活也并不