Lesson 3 My Favourite Comedy

Teaching aims:

①. To understand the story

②. To know some information about Rowan Atkinson

③. To paractise prepositional phrases and phrasal verbs

Teaching important and difficult points:

To improve the students' reading ability

Teaching procedures:

Step 1 Warm up

1. Do you like to watch comedies? Why or why not?

2. What is your favorite funny movie or TV programme? Why?

3. Who is your favorite comedian? Why?

Step 2 Pre-reading

Let's enjoy a short comedy and then tell me whether you like it or not?

Step 3 Reading

Task 1: reading strategies

Task 2: Read text 1 and answer the questions. You must make some inferences.

1. Why has Mr. Bean gone to a fancy restaurant on this particular day?

2. Does Mr. Bean have many friends? How do you know?

3. Why does Mr. Bean choose the "steak tartare"?

4. Why does Mr. Bean pretend to like the food when the waiters talk to him?

Task 3: Read text 2 and answer the following questions

1. How do you know that Rowan Atkinson is not like his famous character Mr. Bean? In what ways is he different?

2. Did Rowan Atkinson's parents encourage him to become an actor? Why or why not?

3. Does Rowan Atkinson like to work with other talented people? How do you know?

Step 4 Words and phrases

1. ..., then you are in for a surprise.