Who’s taken my shirt?

The story is about :

A thief who tries to steal some potatoes and Peter who successfully prevents them from being stolen.

What’s so funny about that?

A: What is your father’s name?B: Happy!A: What is your mother’s name?B: Smile!A: Are you joking?B: No! That’s my sister! I am kidding!

Play on words

I think that I'm a chicken

Psychiatrist: What‘s your problem?( 精神病医师 )

Patient: I think I'm a chicken.

Psychiatrist: How long has this been going on?

Patient: Ever since___________!I was an egg

After the treatment

Psychiatrist: Since you believe you are a human being now, you can leave here.

Patient: But I don’t want to leave here.

Psychiatrist: Why?Patient: Because ___________________

the glede ( 老鹰 ) doesn’t know it!

Policeman: You can’t park here.

Driver: Why not?

Policeman: Read the sign.

Driver: I did. It says, “Fine for parking!” So I parked.

Punchlinefine for parking

Pun

a funny poem--limerick

There was a young lady of Niger,

Who smiled as she rode on a tiger;

They came back from the ride

With the lady inside,

And the smile on the face of the tiger.

Limerick is a short, humorous poem. It always has ____ lines. The _____, _______, and ____ lines always have one rhyme( 押韵 ), and the ____ and _____ lines always have another.

five first second fifth

third fourth

Types of humor

verbal

nonverbal mime ( 哑剧 ) and

farce ( 滑稽剧 )

jokes /funny stories

funny poems

comedyPun ( 双关 ) riddles

verbal humournon

Charlie Chaplin

Chaplin’s appearance

Chaplin’s childhood

Chaplin’ s marriage

Chaplin’s achievement

Chaplin’s hobbies

Comments ( 评价 ) to ChaplinChaplin’s dreams

Chaplin’s film

Chaplin’ attitude toward fame and money

Main idea of each paragraphM

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dy

Para 5:

Para 2:

Para 3:

Para 4:

Para 1:

Charlie’s Childhood

An example of his works

His achievements

His famous film character

“Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.”

the world situation

Para.1

1.Why is laughter so important?

2. Up to now, who has done the best?

As Victor Hugo once said,“ laughter is the sunthat drives the winter from the human face.”

laughter can make people forget their problems and make them happy.

Nobody has been able to do this better than him.

Charlie Chaplin

Charlie Chaplin helped to d_______ the winter ______ the human face. He was the master of nonverbal humor. He knew how to make peoplelaugh__________ when they felt d_______. so they could f__________________ their lives.What he did means a lot to Americans and British t_________two world wars and the hardyears_____________. He b _________ their lives.

rivefrom

at a time epressedeel more content with

hroughin between ( 在中间 )

rightened

对…满意在中间使某某生活快乐

feel content within betweenbrighten one’s life

a. He was born into a badly-off family .

b.

c. Unfortunately, his father died.

d. He was taught to sing and dance.

e.

Proper order:

Chaplin’s childhood

a d c b e

He spent his childhood looking after his sick mother and his brother.

He became one of the most popular child actors by his teens.

Para.2

a small round black hat

a moustache

a walking stick

large trousers

Charming character , the little tramp (poor and homeless)

worn-out shoes

he was loved for his

o_________and d___________even though

he was a social failure.

ptimism

etermination

optimism (n.) -- (adj.)

determination (n.) -- (adj.)

optimistic

determined

Para.3

a underdog

How to eat the shoes?

• First,

• Then,

• Finally,

p_____ out the laces and eat them as

if they were s_______.

c___ off the leather top of the shoe

as if it were the finest s__________.

Try c________and c________ the

bottom. He eats each m________with

great e_________.

ickpaghetti

ut

teakutting hewing

outhfulnjoyment

pick out

Cut off

cutting and chewing

mouthful

enjoyment

Para.4

How about his acting?

entertaining,convincing

Para.5

Chaplin wrote, ________, and produced many movies he _________.

directedstarred in

He was given a ____________ for his lifetime outstanding work.

special Oscar

The Tramp流浪汉 1915

The Kid 寻子遇仙记 1921

The Circus 大马戏团 1928

Modern Times 摩登时代 1936

He was buried

In 1977 Switzerland

What’s the author’s attitude to Charlie Chaplin? A. positive( 积极的 ) B. Negative( 否定的 ) C. serious D appreciative( 欣赏的 )

In Britain and America people were feeling miserable because of the bad economic situation. Charlie understood their problems. His character “the little tramp” was poor and homeless, but everybody loved him for his kind heart and the way he dealt with his difficult situation. Charlie Chaplin made people laugh at some of these terrible situations like being without food or money. He wrote and directed his own films and received an Oscar for his outstanding work.

Discussion:

1.Do you think his poor childhood helped him in his work? Why?2.Why do you think he was so successful?

1.直到现在 　 　　　　　 2. 对…满意　　3. 在之间的艰苦岁月4. 使…生活快乐　　5. 潦倒 , 穷困 , 缺少的　6. 演员家庭7. 童星8. 使一切滑稽可笑 　　　　　　9. 遍及 , 整个世界 10. 穿着破鞋子11. 社会生活中的失败者

up to nowfeel content withhard years in betweenbrighten one’ s lifebadly off/be worse off(be well off/be better off)acting familychild actormake everything entertainingthroughout the worldwear worn-out shoesa social failure

12. 克服困难13. 寻找14. 没成功15. 在…的边缘16. 挑出 , 辨别出17. 切 / 砍下，切断18. 主演 , 但任主角

overcome the difficultyin search ofwithout successon the edge ofpick outcut offstar in

Focus on the following sentencesL1Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.

L2 He brightened the lives of American and British through two world wars and the hard years in between.He made people laugh at a time when they felt depressed, so they could feel more content with their lives.

L5 Not that Charlie’s own life was easy.

L6 You may find it astonishing that Charlie was taug

ht to sing as soon as he could speak and dance as soo

n as he could walk.

L8 Unfortunately his father died, leaving the family even worse off, so …

L16 He walked around stiffly carrying a walking stick.

L30 The acting is so convinving that it makes you believe that it is one of the best meals he has ever tasted!

L1Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.

laughter u.c.

burst into laugher burst into tears burst into cheersAudiences roared with laughter.

哈哈大笑 / 放声大笑

He who laughs last, laughs best.v.

smile shylysmile bitterlyforce a smilesmile from ear to ear His face melts in smiles

L2He brightened the lives of American and British through two world wars and the hard years in between.He made people laugh at a time when they felt depressed, so they could feel more content with their lives.

I believe Chinese people will get through the difficult times ____ we should hold hands together and pray for People in poverty-stricken area.

The days _________ he spent with his teacher changed his fate( 命运 ).

I value the days _____ we shared joys and sorrows.

when

that/which/-

when

content adj. 满足的，满意的； vt. 使满足content n. 所含之物 ; 内容contented adj. 满意的 , 心安的 ( 定语 )

be content with sth /sbbe content to do sth

content sb./oneself with sth. 使…满足于…

=be willing/ready to do sth

•你对你的工作满意吗？•

•I ____ _______ ______a cup of coffee everyday.

•我喜欢这本书的风格，但我不喜欢它的内容。•I like the style of the book but I don’t like the content.

•心满意足的表情

Are you content with your work?

content myself with

a contented expression

L5 Not that Charlie’s own life was easy.

not that 倒不是，并不是说

I don't say "yes" - not that I disagree with you.

Not that… but (that)…

Not that I am careless, but (that) it’s hard to resist true love.

不是我不小心，而是真情难以抗拒。

我不说 " 是 " 并不表明我不同意你的意见。

Not that I dislike the task, but that I am not equal to it. 并非我不喜欢这工作，而是我无法胜任。

astonish vt. 使惊讶 astonishment n. 惊讶be astonished to do sthbe astonished at/byin astonishmentto one’s astonishment

She ___ ________ _____find he was drunk.

发现他喝醉了 , 她很吃惊。

To our astonishment ,she failed all her exams.

愕然， 吃惊地令…惊异的是…

was astonished to

I was astonished at/by the news.

She stared at me in astonishment.

L6 You may find it astonishing that Charlie was taught to sing…

Lying in bed, Tom thinks about how to ____ __ ________ everyday. One day, a man who ___ ___ _________ told him that he would have a good fortune in a few days if he stopped staying at home. So he went out to ___ ___ _____.

make a fortune tell one’s fortune

try his fortune

fortunate adj. 幸运的，吉利的fortune n. 财产财富

fortune-teller 算命者

L8 Unfortunately his father died, leaving the family even worse off, so …

make a fortune 发财 try one’s fortune 碰运气 tell one’s fortune 给…算命

The head teacher glanced at the students in the classroom, ________ that one girl student was absent. (notice)noticing

L16 He walked around stiffly carrying a walking stick.

Eg. She’s a walking dictionary.

阅览室游泳池洗衣机吸烟区自动饮水器

reading roomswimming poolwashing machinesmoking sectiondrinking fountain

The students entered the classroom, following their teacher.

Cf. The teacher entered the classroom, followed by his students.

convince vt. 使信服 convince sb. of sth. 使某人相信某事 convince sb. to do :persuade sb to do sth劝说好某人做某事 convincing adj. 令人信服

•He ___________ me ___ his innocence.

= I am convinced of her innocence.•completely sure about sth•She sounded very convincing to me..

•I've been trying to convince him to see a doctor.

convinced of

L30 The acting is so convincing that it makes…

What Mr. Bean likes is _____ ( use) mime to highlight difficult social situations much as Chaplin did.

using

mouthful n. 一口-ful 是一个后缀，加在名词之后，表示“充满

的”。

•他喝了一口苦药，扮了个鬼脸。•He took a mouthful of the bitter medicine and made a face.

a handful of rice 一把 米two spoonfuls of sugar 两匙糖She came back with an armful of books. 一抱书

She was really ＿＿＿ ___＿ , but her friends took her out to cheer her up._______, and the world _______with you; weep, and you weep alone.( 欢笑，世界伴你欢笑；哭泣，独自向隅而泣。 )There was a burst of _______ 　 when he appeared.Any attempt to put China into chaos( 混乱 ) is doomed(注定 ) to ___________.The bank is based in New York but has branches __________ the world.

Laugh laughs

failure

throughout

laughter

depressed

Dou kou nian hua in Chinese means years of a girl’s early t______.Although Liu Ruoying is a famous singer, she dresses like an o________ girl. In Sleeping with the enemy Julia Roberts wore a m_________ like a man. George W. Bush liked e__________ their house guest by playing the piano.

I liked Peter at the beginning, but I'm b______ with him now. Do you find the TV program e___________?

eens

rdinary

oustachentertaining

ored

ntertaining

笑容如阳光 ,驱走人们脸上的冬天 .

不幸的是他的父亲去世了 , 使得这个家庭更贫困了。

随着时间的推移 , 他开始拍电影 .

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.

Unfortunately, his father died, leaving the family even worse off.

As time went by, he began making films.

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他手里拿着一根手杖僵硬得四处走动 .

他们躲在小木屋中 , 没有任何东西可吃 .

每一口都吃得津津有味 .

He walked around stiffly carrying a walking stick.

They are hiding in a small hut with nothing to eat.

He eats each mouthful with great enjoyment.

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