1、新课标英语高一上 Module 4 Unit 3 A taste of English humor Reading 教案Teaching goals 教学目标1. Target language 目标语言a. 重点词汇verbal, nonverbal, mime, farce, slide, skin, cruel, particular, entertaining, throughout, homeless, worn-out, failure, overcome, difficulty, fortunate, snowstorm, chew, outstanding, Switzerla
2、nd b.重点词组content with, badly off, pick out, cut off, star in,c. 重点句型Do you find it funny to see someone sliding on a banana skin, bumping into someone else round a corner, or falling down a hole in the road? P17Perhaps it makes us feel more content with our life P17He became famous for using a parti
3、cular form of acting, including mime and farce. P17But he was lived by all who watched the films for his determination in overcoming difficulties and being kind even when people were unkind to him. P 18Imagine you are hungry and all there is to eat is a boiled shoe. P18That was the problem facing Ch
4、arlie Chaplin in one of his most famous films. P18He solved it by using nonverbal humor. P 18Their job is “panning for gold” P18Finally he tries cutting and eating the bottom of the shoe. P18First he picks out the laces and eats them as if they were spaghetti.The he cuts off the leather top of the s
5、hoe, treating if as if it were the finest meat. P18He makes it seems as if it were one of the best meals he has ever had! P182. Ability goals 能力目标Enable the students to talk about some types of English humor and Chinese humor, then learn what humor means and what is nonverbal humor3. learning abilit
6、y goals 学能目标a. Help the students to learn how to talk about some types of English and Chinese humor, and then find their differences.b. Let the students listen and read the jokes, so that they can realize that humor is to let people to be optimistic about everything around.c. help the students learn
7、 how to describe what nonverbal humor is by Charlie Chaplins career.Teaching important points 教学重点Help the students learn how to understand and enjoy English humor. While as to the reading, learn how to divide the text into several parts according to the meaning of the passageTeaching difficulty poi
8、nts 教学难点a. Help the students know the differences between the English and Chinese humorsb. Decide the divide of the paragraphs of the textTeaching methods 教学方法Using pictures, discussion, reading, scanning and careful reading Teaching aids 教具准备A recorder and a projectorTeaching procedures Mr. bean is
9、 famous for his mime and farce; while Mark Twain was good at tell some funny tales. Then how about Edward Lear? Do you know him?Ss: No, we dont know.T: Ok, he is a famous British poet. His poems are funny and they were all from daily life. Until now people also read them and enjoy them. If you want
10、to know more about him, you can go and read about him in:or you can read the book 爱德华李尔:一个漫游者的一生which was written by Vivian Noakes.However, we will meet the problem that it seems some English humors sound no funny at all to us because the sense of humor of English and Chinese is different. So, do yo
11、u know some persons in Chinese who are good at humor? Ill show you some pictures again. See, who are they and what are they good at? Nonverbal, mime and farce, funny tales or funny poems?Ss: The first picture is Chen Peisi. The second one is Zhao Benshan, but I dont know the third and the fourth one
12、.T: Do you know what are Chen Peisi and Zhao Benshan good at?Ss: Chen Peisi is famous for his mime and farce. Zhao Benshan is famous for his Xiaopin.T: Good. I think Zhao Benshan is famous for his mime, too. The third one is Hou Baolin, who is a famous cross talk actor. But what a pity, he has died.
13、 The last one is Liu Quanhe whats Charlie Chaplins style of acting; how he made a sad situation entertaining and so on.At first, as I have told you to preview the text, tell me how many passages the material can be divided and the main idea of each paragraph.Ss: We think the text is made up of four
14、parts. The first part is the first paragraph. The second part is the second paragraph. The third and the fourth part is the third paragraph. And the last paragraph is the fourth part. The first part tells us that not all humor is kind. The second part tells us that some actors can astonish us with t
15、he deep feeling they can inspire with us for a character they are playing. The third one tells us something about Charlie Chaplins acting style. The last one is a short biography about Charlie Chaplin.T: Ok, it sounds reasonable. Are there any different opinions?Ss: We think there are three parts in
16、 this text. The first paragraph is the first part. From the second to the fourth paragraph is the second part. And the last one is the last part.T: Can you tell us your main ideas of the text?Ss: The first and the last ones are the same with my classmate before, but I think the second part of the te
17、xt is about Charlie Chaplins humor.T: Good. Both of you sound reasonable. A reading material can have many different understanding! Here is my idea, you can think over whether it is reasonable or not. The text can also be divided into three parts. The first and the second paragraph are the first par
18、t. It tells us that there are two kinds of humor. One is bad and the other can inspire people. The second part is the third and the fourth paragraphs. It tells us how Charlie Chaplin made a sad situation entertaining. And the last part is the same with yours. Ok, think over my idea after class.Then,
19、 let us have a discussion about the text. Please look at the screen. These are three questions. Read the text again and find the answer to the questions.1. What is behind fun?2. Why did people like The Little Tramp?3. Do you think Charlie Chaplins eating boiled shoes funny? Why?Three minutes later:T
20、: Who would like to answer the first question?Ss: From the first paragraph, we can see that not all humor is kind. Although we also laugh when we see someone slide on a banana, its really dangerous to those one, especially to those old people. So when we think about it we will find it is not funny.T
21、: Yes. That means when we are trying to play a joke, we have to think whether it will bring hurt to the others, right? Fun is to bring happiness but not sadness. How about the second question?Ss: Because it gives people courage to overcome difficulties. / I think that people liked him best is becaus
22、e he was always being kind even when people were unkind to him.T: Good. Any other opinions?Ss: I think that people like him is because he will never tease him.T: Ok, and how about the last question?Ss: I think it is funny, but not very much, because Im not hungry. / I dont think it is funny because
23、it reminds me of the people who are in true hunger. T: Maybe. Anyway, I think the happiest feeling neednt other people to find and to wake. Everyone can do this. We all have our own life, no matter we are poor or rich, and we should live happily.Well, so much on today. Do you have any questions abou
24、t what we have learned? (Wait for the students response.) If there is no questions, then remember your homework:1. Read the text again and find the language points2. Finish the Comprehending and Learning about Language on P19(If there are few minutes left, ask the students to read the text by themselves.)
