1、Chaplin,Charlie,Unit 2,contents,Picture of charlie,His image,Video Watching,Finding a job.,Background Information,1. Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977),背景知识,复合听写,视频讨论,随 笔,Charlie Chaplin was a British comedy actor, becoming the most famous actor in the early to mid Hollywood cinema era, and also a notable
2、director. His principal character was “the Tramp”: a vagrant with the refined manners and dignity of a gentleman who wears a tight coat, oversized trousers and shoes, a bowler hat, a bamboo cane, and his signature toothbrush moustache. Chaplin was one of the most creative and influential personaliti
3、es in the silent film,Background Information,背景知识,复合听写,视频讨论,随 笔,era: He acted in, directed, scripted, produced, and eventually even scored his own films. His working life in entertainment spanned over 70 years, from the British Victorian stage and Music Hall in England as a child performer, almost u
4、ntil his death at the age of 88. He led one of the most remarkable and colorful lives of the 20th century, from a Dickens-like London childhood to the pinnacle of world fame in the film industry and as a cultural icon. His high-profile public and private life encompassed highs and lows of both adula
5、tion and controversy.,Background Information,2. Monsieur Verdoux,背景知识,复合听写,视频讨论,随 笔,Monsieur Verdoux is a character in the film entitled the same. He is an unemployed banker. While being both loyal and competent in his work, Verdoux is laid-off. To support his family, he periodically heads out of th
6、e town, marries wealthy widows and then murders them. This behavior eventually works against him when two particular widows break his normal routine.,Background Information,3. Modern Times,背景知识,复合听写,视频讨论,随 笔,Modern Times is a 1936 film by Charlie Chaplin that has his famous Little Tramp character st
7、ruggling to survive in the modern, industrialized world. The film is a comment on the desperate employment and financial conditions many people faced during the Great Depressionconditions created, in Chaplins view, by the efficiency of modern industrialization. It was written and,Background Informat
8、ion,背景知识,复合听写,视频讨论,随 笔,directed by Chaplin. The film has been deemed “culturally significant” by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.,The Gold Rush is a 1925 silent film comedy written, directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin in his Litt
9、le Tramp role. The Little Tramp ventures into Alaska looking for gold. He gets mixed up with some rough characters and falls in love with the beautiful Georgia. He tries to win her heart with his singular charm.,Background Information,4. The Gold Rush,背景知识,复合听写,视频讨论,随 笔,Background Information,5. The
10、 Pawnshop,背景知识,复合听写,视频讨论,随 笔,The Pawnshop is a film in which Charlie plays a shop assistant who competes with his fellow. When he is fired by the pawnbroker and rehired, he nearly destroys everything in the shop and himself.,Background Information,6. Mack Sennett (1880-1960),背景知识,复合听写,视频讨论,随 笔,Mack
11、Sennett was an American silent film producer and director, perfected the art of slapstick in his “Keystone” series. During his lifetime he was known as the King of Comedy.,Background Information,7. Charles Dickens (1812-1870),背景知识,复合听写,视频讨论,随 笔,Charles Dickens was an English novelist. During his car
12、eer Dickens wrote many entertaining works which were immensely popular and displayed his rich imagination and comic genius. Now he is viewed as one of the major novelists of the Victorian era and an important documenter of life in those times.,Compound Dictation,背景知识,复合听写,视频讨论,随 笔,Directions: You wi
13、ll hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from S1 to S8 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered S9 to S11 you are required to fill in missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the
14、 exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Now listen to the passage.,Listen to the passage,My first memories of movies are of flickering black and white images of Charlie Chaplin. The revival theatre in my neighborhood played silent movies often. In S1 _, it w
15、as not a true revival theater. The elderly manager had only silent movies to screen to his small S2 _. Still, my parents, grandparents and I gathered each Saturday night to see Chaplin movies such as The Gold Rush.,Compound Dictation,背景知识,复合听写,视频讨论,随 笔,honesty,audiences,Compound Dictation,背景知识,复合听写,
16、视频讨论,随 笔,The manager liked this movie and showed it with great S3 _ even if he had advertised another movie. I came to know the S4 _ of this film very well. Chaplin, of course, played the same S5 _, the Tramp, in all his early films. His clothes were S6 _, his hat was torn and his cane was S7 _ cric
17、ked. He walked like a penguin. He got into trouble and somehow always managed to get out of it.,regularity,plot,character,mismatched,hopelessly,Compound Dictation,背景知识,复合听写,视频讨论,随 笔,Although my family and I watched the same Chaplins short films and silent movies many times, we laughed at his predica
18、ments (穷境,困局) as if we were seeing them for the first time. We were never tired of laughing. Chaplin had a special S8 _ for causing laughter. He also composed memorable music for his films. When I was in high school I played his Smile and This Is My Song in a piano recital.,gift,Compound Dictation,S
19、9_ _. As the years passed, Chaplin and my family passed with them. S10 _ _. He died in 1977. In 1981, a bronze statue of Chaplin standing on the plinth (底座) was unveiled in Londons Leicester Square. S11_ _.,My parents and grandparents were there to hear Chaplins influence on my brief musical career,
20、Charlie was knighted by Queen Elizabeth in 1975,Inscribed on it were the words “The comic genius who gave pleasure to so many”,Back to Contents,Text Study,New Words,Understanding,Detailed Reading,Structure Analysis,Back to Contents,New Words,New Words,New Words,New Words,New Words,New Words,Back to
21、Text Study,Charlie Chaplin,Given this title, you are required to write your outline of an article. For example: 1st part: 2nd part: 3rd part:,I. Structure Analysis,Text StudyStructure Analysis,Part I (Paras？),A general introduction to Charlie Chaplin,Part II (Paras？),Charlie Chaplins artistic achiev
22、ement,Part III (Para？),Charlie Chaplins emotional life,Part IV (Para？),Incident after Charlie Chaplins death,(Paras. 1-2),(Paras. 3-6),(Para. 7-8),(Para 9),Back to Text Study,Biography of Charlie Chaplin,Understanding,Text StudyUnderstanding,Part I. General Introduction,Place of birth: _,Parents: _,
23、A poor area of south London,Mother temporarily declared mad,Text StudyUnderstanding,Fast-read para.1-2,What character did Chaplin create?,He created the great comic character of “the Tramp” and gained world-wide reputation.,Fast-read para.3Why didnt Chaplins comic beggar seem very English?Because En
24、glish tramps didnt sport tiny moustaches,huge pants or tail coats.,Special features of The Tramp:,Critics(评论) towards The Tramp: (To English people ),famous comic beggar: sport tiny a character revolted against authority , too crude; didnt all that English,The Tramp,Text StudyUnderstanding,The Tramp
25、,Specialties about his singing:,Modern Times,Text StudyUnderstanding,He made up a nonsense language which sounded like no known nationality.,Read para.4,Secrets of great success:,Immensely talented man; The urge to explore and extend his talent,Evidences: His script In his great comedy ,Not written
26、in advance,Text StudyUnderstanding,Read para.5-6,Gold Rush,Boots were boiled and their soles eaten with salt and pepper like prime cuts of fish (the nails being removed like fish bones).靴子被放在锅里煮，靴底被蘸着盐和胡椒吃掉，就像上好的鱼片一样（鞋钉就像鱼骨那样被剔除）。,Text StudyUnderstanding,Turn lifeless objects to other kinds of objec
27、ts,Gold Rush,Part III. Emotional Life Read para.7,Chaplins emotional collision:,need to be loved & fear of being betrayed,Personal disaster; The collision found its way into his comic creations.,Text StudyUnderstanding,Text StudyUnderstanding,City Lights,Chaplins need to be loved.,City Lights,Chapli
28、ns fear of being betrayed can be found in this film in which Chaplin acted as a wife killer.,Monsieur Verdoux,Text StudyUnderstanding,Monsieur Verdoux,Stable happiness in his later years; Oona ONeil gave him the love he needed.,Chaplins In love with Oona ONeil,Part III. Emotional Life Read para.8,Te
29、xt StudyUnderstanding,Why this marriage is called the “stable happiness”?,Because:,There is a 37 years age differencebetween them.Oonas stability and affection spannedthis age difference.She was well-prepared for the battle.,Text StudyUnderstanding,Time: _,On Christmas Day 1977.,The strange incident
30、 after his death: _,His body was stolen and held for money.,Text StudyUnderstanding,Back to Text Study,Part IV. Incident after Chaplins Death Read para.9,Focus Study,Active Expressions,Text Reading,Word Using,Detailed Reading,Back to Contents,Word Using,1. cut down,to reduce,cut down,to size,on sth.
31、,I have to cut my essay down to 2000 words. You should cut down on smoking,Words and ExpressionsWord Using,2. applause, n. clapping of hands; praise,The audience broke into applause. 让我们为xxx的精彩表演热烈鼓掌,观众爆发出一阵掌声。 Lets give them a big round of applause.,Words and ExpressionsWord Using,applaud和clap V.ap
32、plaud 后一般不跟 hands 而跟 sb. 表示“为拍手” 跟sth.表示praise. clap后可以跟hands,表示“拍手”He was loudly applauded. 他受到热烈欢迎。The audiences clapped loudly at the end of the play.,3. crude a., rude;,Hes always telling crude jokes.粗俗的笑话, in its natural state,crude oil 原油,Words and ExpressionsWord Using,4. trip sb. up,to cause
33、 sb. to fall or nearly fall over; 绊倒force someone to make a mistake by tricking them使犯错,李伸出脚把约翰绊倒了。,Lee stuck out his foot and tripped John up.,Words and ExpressionsWord Using,Usually she was careful, but once shewas tripped up by a plot.,她一向谨慎，但有一次还是中了圈套。,5. all that,very; particularly,他并不比我们年纪大多少。
34、,He isnt all that older than we are.,Words and ExpressionsWord Using,6. sport v.,to wear or show publicly and sometimes proudly,Back in the 1980s，Chinese people sported goggles,bell-bottom trousers and batwing-sleeved blouses.,80年代，中国人带蛤蟆镜，穿喇叭裤、蝙蝠衫。,Words and ExpressionsWord Using,7. behave v.,to ac
35、t; to conduct (oneself) properly,放规矩点！Dont you think that he has been behaving very strangely recently?,Behave yourself! 你不觉得他近来举动十分古怪吗？,Words and ExpressionsWord Using,8. come down in the world,to have less money and a worse social position than one had before,她感到她的确已经穷困潦倒了。,She felt she had really
36、 come down in the world.,Words and ExpressionsWord Using,9. rouse v.,to make sb. very angry,excited, interested; to make sb. wake up;唤醒，激起,arouse 唤醒，激起 arise 出现,She was sleeping so soundly that I couldnt rouse her.,Words and ExpressionsWord Using,10. find ones way into,to arrive or get somewhere到达,R
37、ivers find their way into the sea. 据说多媒体将很快进入家用市场。,条条江河通大海。Its said that multimedia will soon find its way into the home market.,Words and ExpressionsWord Using,12. find in sb.,to discover that sb. hascertain qualities 从某人身上发现某种特质,What did you find in him/her?,Words and ExpressionsWord Using,13. unf
38、ounded a.,not based on fact 没有根据的,What would you like to react to the unfounded rumors(谣言) to you?,Words and ExpressionsWord Using,Back to Detailed Reading,汉英互译,短语活用,句式应用,随 笔,English Equivalents of Chinese,English Equivalents of Chinese,汉英互译,短语活用,句式应用,随 笔,It is a relief to know,Focus Study,Notes to
39、the TextFocus Study,1. Dickens might have created Charlie Chaplins childhood.,Practice,might have v-ed: used to say that something was possible in the past, but it did not in fact happen,If Id have known the film was about the World War II, I might have gone to see it.,这个计划可能很容易失败，但事实上却大 大成功了。,如果我早知
40、道那部电影是有关二战的，就可能 会去看了。,The plan might easily have gone wrong, but in fact it was a great success.,Notes to the TextFocus Study,Summary,Text StudySummary,Chaplin is a great comic not only for his own mother country but more for the world. Chaplins Tramp was considered a little _ and thought that he ha
41、d too much of an eye for the ladies and that his clothes gave him an _ more like an Italian waiter than anything else. He resisted making a _ movie until 1936 when he made up a _ language which sounded like no known nationality. Chaplin achieved great success because he was an immensely _ man and th
42、e kind of comic who used his _ senses to invent his art as he went along.,crude,appearance,talking,nonsense,talented,physical,Text StudySummary,However, the _ between the need to be loved and the fear of being _ resulted in disaster in his _ life which was shown in his movies. Eventually, life gave
43、Chaplin the stable _, that is, his marriage with Oona ONeil. Chaplin died on _ Day 1977.,collision,betrayed,happiness,emotional,Christmas,1. quit: go away or leave; give up or resignfrom a position 2. for good: for ever3. make up: to invent an excuse, fact, or story4. in advance: beforehand; earlier
44、5. lose faith in: lose ones trust or confidence in someone or something,Notes to the TextActive Expressions,1. 他愤然离开房间。 2. 我没有意识到她将永远离开我了。 3. 整件事都是她编造出来吓她父母的。 4. 你应该提早预订那场音乐会的票。 5. 我们再也不相信他了。,Notes to the TextActive Expressions,He quit the room angrily. 2. I hardly realized she was leaving me for go
45、od. 3. She made the whole story up to shock her parents. 4. You should book tickets for the concert well in advance. 5. Weve lost faith in him.,Notes to the TextActive Expressions,1. 别对我大喊大叫，我不干了！ 2. 我希望他们永远不要回来。 3. 不要为此编理由了。 4. 请把贵公司行程电邮给我，以便我预先安排。 5. 自从考试不及格，他对自己的能力失去了信心。,Notes to the TextActive E
46、xpressions,Dont shout at me. I quit! 2. I hope theyve gone for good this time! Dont make an excuse for that. Please e-mail me your plan so that I can arrange in advance. He have lost faith in his ability since he failed in the exam.,Notes to the TextActive Expressions,Back to Detailed Reading,Detail
47、ed Study of Text,单词学习,课文分析,课文学习,随 笔,Charlie Chaplin,Para. 1 He was born in a poor area of South London. He wore his mothers old red stockings cut down for ankle socks. His mother was temporarily declared mad. Dickens might have created Charlie Chaplins childhood. But only Charlie Chaplin could have
48、created the great comic character of “the Tramp”, the little man in rags who gave his creator permanent fame.,句型,Detailed Study of Text,Para. 2 Other countriesFrance, Italy, Spain, even Japanhave provided more applause (and profit) where Chaplin is concerned than the land of his birth. Chaplin quit Britain for good in 1913 when he journeyed to America with a group of performers to do his comedy act on the stage, where talent scouts recruited him to work for Mack Sennett, the king of Hollywood comedy films.,
