Doctor: Oh Dear! But. . . what happened to the other ear?

Man: The scoundrel called back.

Ss: Funny stories.

Ss: They are playing cross talks.

Ss: They are playing sketches.

T: Next let's appreciate the video clips from the Mr. Bean.

Ss: Mime and farce. Mr. Bean is quite a good example of mime and farce.

T: Now let's appreciate the video clips from the film called The Gold Rush. 

Ss: Nonverbal. From the film we can see that Charlie Chaplin was quite good at nonverbal humor.

T: Do you think Charlie Chaplin's eating boiled shoes funny? Why?

S: I think it is funny. It makes my mouth watering, especially when it is almost time for lunch and I am very hungry.

T: Really,and me too! But we have to come to the reading.

Step 2 Reading

T: The title of the reading is Nonverbal Humor, the purpose of it is to introduce nonverbal humor. This reading material takes Charlie Chaplin as an example. It tells us what nonverbal humor means; what's Charlie Chaplin's style of acting; how he made a sad situation entertaining and so on.

Reading task 1　General reading

T: Boys and girls, I'd like you to read the passage fast and try to decide how many parts the reading passage can be divided into and then get the general idea of each part with your partners.

A few minutes later.

T: I see most of you have finished your task. Who would like to tell how many parts the reading passage can be divided into?

S: We think there are three parts in this text. The first paragraph is the first part. From the second to the fourth paragraph is the second.