1、Unit 3A taste of English humour,词海拾贝,难句剖析,理解诱思,【文章导语】Do you know the famous performer Charlie Chaplin?Do you want to know about his performance?Here is something about Charlie Chaplin.你知道著名的表演大师查理卓别林吗?你想了解他的表演吗?下面是关于查理卓别林的一些情况。,词海拾贝,难句剖析,理解诱思,ChaplinA Great Master of HumourChaplin was a great perfor
2、mer who starred in and directed many outstanding comedies.Few were bored watching his moustache,his gestures or his entertaining reactions when chased by detectives.Being drunk,sliding on a banana skin or whispering his own failures to nobody,he made us feel more content with our life without any ve
3、rbal explanation.His particular sense of humor has astonished everybody throughout the world up to now.,词海拾贝,难句剖析,理解诱思,In a small budget film,he played a badly-off and homeless person wearing worn-out shoes and messy clothes.On one occasion,he was trapped by a snowstorm in a vast mountainous area.Th
4、ough he overcame many difficulties,he wasnt fortunate enough.With all the porridge eaten up,he picked out one of his shoes and boiled it to eat.He cut off the leather bottom and chewed it like a pancake.According to an actress,his acting was so convincing and amusing that everybody couldnt help burs
5、ting into laughter.,词海拾贝,难句剖析,理解诱思,译文卓别林一位幽默大师卓别林是一名非凡的演员,他主演并导演了多部杰出的喜剧。看见他可笑的小胡子、滑稽的手势动作以及面对警探的追捕时有趣的反应,很少有人会觉得厌烦。无论是喝醉酒,踩到香蕉皮滑倒,还是低声自言自语自己的糗事,他无须任何语言解释的表演总是能使我们对自己的生活感到更加满意。他独特的幽默感直到现在依然使世界各地的人们都感到惊讶。在一部小预算的电影里,他穿着磨破的鞋子和脏兮兮的衣服,扮演了一个贫穷又无家可归的人。在一幕场景中,他被一场暴风雪困在一片广阔的山区里。尽管他克服了许多困难,但还是运气不好。粥都吃完了,他只好挑出
6、一只鞋子煮了吃。他切下皮革的鞋底,像吃烙饼一样地咀嚼起来。据一名女演员所说,他的表演是如此令人信服而又逗人发笑,以至于在场的所有人都忍不住大笑起来。,词海拾贝,难句剖析,理解诱思,gesture dest(r) n.手势;动作verbal vbl adj.言语的;口头的messy mesI adj.肮脏的;凌乱的,词海拾贝,难句剖析,理解诱思,Being drunk,sliding on a banana skin or whispering his own failures to nobody,he made us feel more content with our life withou
7、t any verbal explanation.无论是喝醉酒,踩到香蕉皮滑倒,还是低声自言自语自己的糗事,他无须任何语言解释的表演总是能使我们对自己的生活感到更加满意。剖析 本句是一个含有动词-ing短语的句子,being drunk和sliding on a banana skin以及whispering his own failures to nobody在句中做方式状语。,词海拾贝,难句剖析,理解诱思,1.What can be concluded from the passage?A.Chaplin was a failure in his life.B.Chaplin was a
8、great performer.C.Chaplin was very poor when he was old.D.Chaplin was a person who liked laughing.答案:B2.What can you learn from Chaplin?答案: Different students may have different answers.3.What do you think of Chaplin?答案: Different students may have different answers.,Section Warming Up,Pre-reading,R
9、eading & Comprehending,一,二,三,四,五,六,一、写作词汇语境考查:预习Reading部分的词汇,完成下列小对话或语段。1.We are facing a problem now.So we should think of a way to (克服) it.2.Are you (满意的) with the result?Yes,I am.3.Would you please tell me something about Tom?He is (穷的) than before.4.An earthquake happened in his hometown.Yes.And
10、 it was (切断) from the outside.,overcome,content,worse off,cut off,一,二,三,四,五,六,5.I like the actor named Li Lianjie.He (主演) the movie Shaolin Temple.His performance can always (使欢乐) me and (使信服) me that he is one of the best actors.To my delight,last Sunday I (辨别出) him among the people walking on the
11、Tiananmen Square.I hope he can act better and (导演) good movies in the future.,starred in,entertain,convince,picked out,direct,一,二,三,四,五,六,二、阅读词汇预习Reading部分的词汇,完成下面的小短文。写出画线部分的汉语意思。Yesterday Jack,who was an outstanding 1. performer 2.,came to my city.He told the fans that he was once a failure 3. and
12、 became depressed 4.,but fortunately 5. he didnt give up and succeeded in the end and became famous throughout 6. the world.,杰出的/突出的,表演者/演出者,失败者,沮丧的/忧愁的,幸运地,遍及,一,二,三,四,五,六,三、What does humour mean?Is humour always kind?答案:Humour means the quality in something that makes it funny and makes people laug
13、h or the ability to laugh at things and think that they are funny.Humour is not always kind;some humour can be cruel.It depends on who is joking and who is listening.,一,二,三,四,五,六,四、阅读课文A MASTER OF NONVERBAL HUMOUR,匹配各段段落大意(连线)Paragraph 1A.What Charlies childhood was likeParagraph 2B.An example of a
14、sad situation that he made funnyParagraph 3C.Why people needed cheering upParagraph 4D.His achievementsParagraph 5E.What his most famous character was like答案:Paragraph 1CParagraph 2AParagraph 3EParagraph 4BParagraph 5D,一,二,三,四,五,六,五、阅读课文A MASTER OF NONVERBAL HUMOUR,选择正确答案1.Charlie Chaplin could make
15、 the audience laugh because .A.he is good-lookingB.he acted in the films by using nonverbal humourC.the films at that time were silentD.he played a poor and homeless person答案:B2.The Gold Rush was set in .A.Britain B.AmericaC.CanadaD.Australia答案:B,一,二,三,四,五,六,3.Where did Chaplin die?A.In America.B.In
16、 England.C.In Switzerland.D.In Sweden.答案:C4.Whats the passage mainly about?A.The history of English humour.B.The films Chaplin made.C.Chaplins life and the humour Chaplin made in his films.答案:C,一,二,三,四,五,六,5.Whats the authors attitude to Charlie Chaplin?A.Positive.B.Negative.C.Serious.D.Appreciative
17、.答案:D,一,二,三,四,五,六,六、阅读课文A MASTER OF NONVERBAL HUMOUR,试着完成下面的语法填空吧As an outstanding comic actor,Charlie Chaplin 1. the lives of Americans and British during the period of silent films.He made people laugh at a time when they felt 2.,so they could feel more 3. with their lives.,brightened,depressed,co
18、ntent,一,二,三,四,五,六,His charming character,the little tramp,was well-known all over the world.It was a poor and 4. person wearing large trousers,5. shoes and a small round black hat,carrying a walking stick.Social 6. as the little tramp was,he was loved by all the people for his 7. and determination t
19、o 8. all difficulties and being kind to others even when they were unkind to him.In the famous film The Gold Rush,Chaplin managed to make the sad situationeating one of his boiled shoes 9. by using nonverbal humour.Such is Charlie Chaplin,loved and remembered as a great actor who could 10. people wi
20、th great confidence.,homeless,worn-out,failure,optimism,overcome,entertaining,inspire,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,As Victor Hugo once said,“Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face,”and up to now nobody has been able to do this better than Charlie Chaplin.(P18)维克多雨果曾经说过“笑容如太阳,驱走人们脸上的冬天”。直
21、到现在都没有人在这方面能比查理卓别林做得更好。考点一up to now 直到现在Up to now,the program has saved thousands of children who would otherwise have died.直到现在,这个项目已经挽救了成千上万的本来会死去的孩子的生命。,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,考点延伸(1)含有up to now的句子常用现在完成时。类似的短语还有:up to the present到目前为止so far 到目前为止up till now 直到现在Up to the present,Ive understood wha
22、t the teacher said.到目前为止,我已经理解了老师所讲的内容。The weather has been hot so far this summer.今年夏天天气一直很热。Yet this system has worked pretty well up till now.然而直到现在,这个系统的功效还是很好的。,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,(2)阅读下列句子,指出含now的词组及含义。I spoke just now of being in love.我刚才说起坠入爱河的事。词组 just now含义 刚才Ill lay odds that Dean is at
23、 your office right now.我敢打赌迪安现在就在你办公室。词组 right now含义 就在此刻If its lost,its lost.Just be more careful from now on.丢了就丢了吧,以后小心点。词组 from now on含义 今后;从现在开始,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,考点二在本句中,nobody和比较级better连用表达最高级的含义。比较级用于否定句中,可以用来表达最高级的含义,此时若是形容词的比较级修饰名词,则比较级前必须加不定冠词a/an。考点延伸翻译句子I cant agree more.翻译 答案:我非常同意。
24、I cant love you more.翻译 答案:我非常爱你。,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,You couldnt have done better.翻译 答案:你做得非常好。翻译 答案:这部电影让人印象深刻,是我看过的最有趣的一部电影。,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,含now的词组归纳:just now刚才right now就在此刻from now on今后;从现在开始,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,(2)We need to deal with this problem .(3) I will try to do my work better.完成
25、句子(4) (到目前为止),nobody has claimed the suitcase.(5)Up to now,only a small number of schools (建起) in this area.,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,单句填空(6)Nobody has known that he is a thief now.(7)Mr.Stevenson is great to work forI really couldnt find a (good) boss.答案:(1)just now(2)right now(3)From now on(4)Up to/ti
26、ll now(5)have been built(6)up to/till(7)better,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,He made people laugh at a time when they felt depressed,so they could feel more content with their lives.(P18)在人们感到沮丧的时候,卓别林使他们开怀大笑,于是人们就对自己的生活感到比较满足。考点content adj.满足的;满意的【高考典句】(2015四川高考)Andy is content with the toy.It is the best h
27、e has ever got.安迪对这个玩具很满意。这是他收到的最好的玩具了。Nowadays more and more people are tired of city life,so they are well content to live in the countryside.现在越来越多的人厌倦了城市生活,因而他们非常愿意生活在乡下。,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,She is well content to stay at home looking after her children.她非常满足于待在家里照顾孩子。注意:在表示“非常满意”时,应用be well co
28、ntent(with),此处的well不能用very替换。考点延伸(1)阅读下列句子,指出content的词性、词组及含义。Nothing contents her;she is always complaining.任何事情都不令她满意,她总是在抱怨。词性 动词含义 使满意I was no longer satisfied with the life that had once contented me.我已经不再满足于曾经使我满足的生活了。词性 动词含义 使满足,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,She likes to go to the school library,where
29、 she can read to her hearts content.她喜欢去学校图书馆,在那里她可以尽情地看书。词性 名词含义 满足We should never only content ourselves with the knowledge we have mastered.我们永远不要仅仅满足于我们所掌握的知识。词组 content oneself with.含义 满足于Lets enjoy the party to our hearts content.让我们尽情地享受这次聚会吧。词组 to ones hearts content含义 心满意足地;尽情地,1,2,3,4,5,6,
30、7,8,9,10,(2)阅读下列句子,指出content与contented的不同用法。He was well content with the second place of the contest,so a contented smile appeared on his face.他对自己在这次竞赛中获得第二名很满意,因此脸上露出了满意的微笑。content意为“满足的;满意的”,常做表语,一般不做前置定语;contented意为“心满意足的;满意的”,做前置定语。,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,content用法归纳:content adj.满足的;满意的vt.使满足be c
31、ontent with对满意be content to do sth.做某事满意content oneself with满足于to ones hearts content心满意足地;尽情地,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,You may find it astonishing that Charlie was taught to sing as soon as he could speak and dance as soon as he could walk.(P18)你可能会感到惊奇,查理刚会说话时大人就教他唱歌,他刚会走路时大人就教他跳舞
32、。考点一find+it+adj.+that从句I find it amazing that they are still together.他们还在一起,这使我大吃一惊。I find it astonishing that none of you liked the play.让我感到惊讶的是你们竟然谁都不喜欢这个话剧。,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,考点延伸find/think/make/feel/consider/.+it+adj./n./.+to do/doing.I find it hard to get along with my partner.我发现与同伴相处很难。T
33、hey think it difficult to learn English well.他们认为学好英语很难。I have made it clear that everyone should obey the rules.我已说清楚,每个人都要遵守规则。We felt it no use trying to persuade him to change his mind.我们感觉到试图说服他改变主意是没用的。,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,考点二astonishing adj.令人感到惊讶的【高考典句】(2016浙江高考) What brought about this ast
34、onishing change in me?是什么造成了我如此令人惊讶的变化呢?We feel it astonishing for the gentleman to be so rude to his wife in public.那位绅士在公众场合对妻子那么无礼,这令我们感到吃惊。The car is running at an astonishing speed of 180 kilometres per hour.汽车正以每小时180千米的惊人速度行驶。,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,考点延伸阅读下列句子,指出黑体词的词性、词组及含义。【高考典句】(2015浙江高考)Dur
35、ing the spring she really astonished me.在那个春天,她真的让我很惊讶。词性 动词含义 使惊讶 To our great astonishment,the boss wasnt astonished at the astonishing news at all.使我们非常吃惊的是,老板对这个令人吃惊的消息一点也不惊讶。词性 形容词含义 感到惊讶的;吃惊的词组 be astonished at含义 对感到非常惊讶,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,他惊讶地盯着那个陌生人。词性 名词含义 惊讶词组 in astonishment含义 惊讶地,aston
36、ishing用法归纳:astonish vt.使惊讶astonished adj.感到惊讶的be astonished at对感到非常惊讶astonishment n.惊讶in astonishment惊讶地,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,Unfortunately his father died,leaving the family even worse off,so Charlie spent his childhood looking after his sick mother and his
37、 brother.(P18)不幸的是他的父亲去世了,使得他的家境更加艰难,因此,查理的童年是在照顾生病的母亲和弟弟中度过的。考点一unfortunately adv.不幸地Unfortunately,with the development of industrialization,the environment has been polluted.不幸的是,随着工业化的发展,环境被污染了。,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,考点延伸阅读下列句子,指出黑体词的词性、词组、句型及含义。Every year we have charity days to raise money for u
38、nfortunate people.每年我们都有慈善日来筹款帮助不幸的人。词性 形容词含义 不幸的He was unfortunate in connecting himself with a failing business.与每况愈下的企业有关联是他的不幸。词组 be unfortunate in含义 在方面不幸,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,It was unfortunate that he lost the final round.=He was unfortunate to lose the final round.很可惜他输掉了最后一轮。句型 It is unfort
39、unate that.含义 可惜【高考典句】(2016北京高考) Fortunately,Natalies family escaped to Brooklyn shortly before the citys bridges closed.幸运的是,纳塔利一家人在城市的桥梁关闭前不久逃到了布鲁克林。词性 副词含义 幸运地,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,unfortunately用法归纳:unfortunate adj.不幸的fortunately adv.幸运地be unfortunate in在方面不幸It is unfortunate that.可惜,1,2,3,4,5,6,
40、7,8,9,10,考点二badly off穷的;缺少的Surely you cant be that badly off?你肯定没那么穷吧?In developed countries,there are also some people who are badly off.在发达国家,也有很多处境艰难的人。考点延伸(1)阅读下列句子,指出badly off的用法。They are not badly off for money now;they are badly off for care.他们现在不缺钱,而是缺少关爱。用法1 be badly off for的含义是“缺少”。,1,2,3,
41、4,5,6,7,8,9,10,We shouldnt complain about being poor because many families are much worse off.我们不应该抱怨我们贫穷,因为有很多家庭比我们更穷。用法2 badly off的比较级是worse off。(2)反义词组:well off富有的The villagers who used to be badly off are well off now.那些过去贫穷的村民们现在富裕了。,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,badly off的用法归纳:badly off穷的;缺少的be badly o
42、ff for缺少badly off的比较级是worse offwell off富有的,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,No one was ever bored watching himhis subtle acting made everything entertaining.(P18)看他的表演没有人会感到厌烦他巧妙的表演使得一切都那么滑稽可笑。考点一bored adj.厌烦的I dont know how you can do that all weekend,Gordon.Id get bored.我不知道你如何整个周末都在做那件事情
43、,戈登。我会感到乏味的。,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,考点延伸阅读下列句子,指出黑体词的词性、词组及含义。Carl bored her all through the meal with stories of the Navy.吃饭时卡尔一直在讲海军部队的故事,使她感到厌烦。词性 动词含义 使厌烦词组 bore sb.with sth.含义 用某事使某人厌烦His meaningless talk bored all of us;in other words,all of us were bored with his boring talk.他毫无意义的谈话让我们都感到厌烦,也就
44、是说,我们都对他无聊的谈话感到厌烦。词性 形容词含义 感到厌烦的词组 be bored with含义 对感到厌烦,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,Fruit-picking is boring,badly paid and very hard work.摘水果的工作无聊,报酬低,还非常辛苦。词性 形容词含义 令人厌烦的;无聊的They were bored to death.他们厌烦得要命。词组 be bored to death含义 厌烦得要命;烦死了,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,bored用法归纳:bore vt.使厌烦;使无聊boring adj.令人厌烦的;无聊
45、的bore sb.with sth.用某事使某人厌烦be bored with对感到厌烦be bored to death厌烦得要命;烦死了,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,考点二entertain vi.款待Childrens television not only entertains but also teaches.儿童电视节目不仅有娱乐性而且还有教育意义。Michael left his sickbed to entertain his house guests.迈克尔走下病床去招待客人。The restaurant is a place where our general
46、 manager entertains our customers.这家饭店是我们总经理款待客户的地方。,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,考点延伸阅读下列句子,指出黑体词的词性及含义。This is actually a very entertaining book putting over lots of health messages.这实际上是一本非常有趣的书,讲述了大量的关于健康的讯息。词性 形容词含义 有趣的Television has displaced film as our countrys most popular form of entertainment.电视已
47、取代了电影成为我国最大众化的娱乐形式。词性 名词含义 娱乐(形式)那个表演者变的戏法没有骗到我们。词性 名词含义 表演者,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,entertain派生词归纳:entertaining adj.有趣的entertainment n.娱乐;娱乐形式entertainer n.表演者,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,(6)Mr.Bean is a funny .He always gives us great whenever he appears.(7)He often plays computer games in his spare time (e
48、ntertain) himself.,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,单句填空(8)Mr.Smith,(tire) of the (bore) speech,started to read a novel.(9)I felt (bore)to death because I could make nothing of the chairmans speech.答案:(1)bored(2)boring(3)bore(4)entertained(5)entertaining(6)entertainer;entertainment(7)to entertain(8)tired;boring(9)bored,
