Loading... Please wait...普通高中课程标准实验教科书—英语第四册[人教版]
Unit
1. Topic
Different types of humour; a taste of English humour
2. Useful words and expressions:
Nouns: slide, skin, content, particular, failure, difficulty, boil, snowstorm, bottom, mouthful,
Verbs: slide, content, astonish, entertain, overcome, boil, chew, direct, star, swing, whisper
Adjectives: cruel, content, particular, homeless, worn-out, fortunate, bottom, direct, outstanding, mountainous, vast
Adverb: throughout, fortunately, direct
Expressions: be content with, be badly off, be worn out, pick out, cut off, star in, knock into
3. Functional items:
1. Expressing anxiety
What’s wrong?
What’s the matter with you?
Is there anything wrong?
2. Expressing surprise
Really?
Oh dear!
Is that so?
Good heaven!
3. Expressing pleasure
I’m glad /pleased/ happy to…
That’s nice /wonderful /great.
4. Grammar
The –ing form as the predicative, attribute and object complement
Their job is “panning for gold”.
That was the problem facing Charlie Chaplin.
He sat down at the table with his plate and drinking cup.
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?
Teaching procedures
Period 1
Step 1. Warming up
Discuss:
1. How many kinds of humor can you think of in your daily life?
Types of humor:
English humor Chinese humor
Nonverbal pantomime (哑剧)
Mime and farce funny plays
Verbal jokes cross talk (相声)
Funny stories funny stories
Funny poems doggerel (打油诗)
2. What’s the difference between jokes and humors?
3. Can you name out some of the humorous actors you like?
Background knowledge:
mime 笑剧 farce 滑稽剧 comedy 喜剧 tragedy 悲剧 opera 歌剧
TV play 电视剧 humor 幽默 joke 笑话 circus 马戏团 clown 小丑sketch 小品 cross talk 相声
Step 2.
Task 2: Ss read and answer the following questions:
1. What’s the passage mainly about?
A. The history of English humor.
B. The films Chaplin made.
C. The humor Chaplin made in his film.
D. The Gold Rush in California.
2. How many parts can the passage be divided into?
A. 2 B.
3. People enjoy seeing other people’s bad luck because _______.
A. they enjoy doing so
B. it makes people more worried about their life
C. it makes people more content with their life
D. there’s much fun in doing so
4. Chaplin was given a special Oscar for __________.
A. the characters he played in his films B. the films he directed
C. the joy he gave us in his films D. the contributions he made in films
Task 2: Ss read and fill the following chart:
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Notes on Charlie Chaplin’s career |
| Born | 1889 |
| Died | 1977 |
| Job | Actor |
| Type of acting | Mime and farce |
| Character | “ the tramp”, a poor and homeless person |
| Costume | Large trousers, worn-out shoes and small round black hat |
| Reason for success | Charming, social failure with a determination to overcome difficulties and always kind |
Step 4. After- reading
Task 3: Ss in groups and discuss:
1. What should we learn from Charlie Chaplin?
2. Do you want to be a humorous person? And how can you be humorous?
3. What should we do to get success?
Period 2. Language learning
Step 1. Revision
Ss retell the text with their own words.
Step 2. Language points
1. find /think/ feel it + adj./n + to do sth.
We find it important to learn English well.
I feel it a great honour to be invited to the party.
2. see sb. doing
See sb do
See sb done
We saw him stealing the book from the bookstore just now.
He saw Tom go out of the classroom yesterday afternoon.
His neighbour saw him often beaten by his father.
3. skin
The purse is made of crocodile skin.
be all skins and bones 瘦的皮包骨头
4. be cruel to
Don’t be cruel to animals.
It is cruel of sb. to do sth.
It’s cruel of America to bomb Iraq.
5. feel /be content with sth,
be content to do sth.
People of the city feel content with their life.
Mary is content to sit in front of the television all night.
6. be worse off
be bet ter off
7. astonish sb. with sth.
to the astonishment of sb.
be astonished at sth./ to do sth
He said he could astonish us with a good result in the final exam.
To the astonishment of the teachers, he got the first in the competition.
The teachers were astonished at his getting the first in the competition.
The teachers were astonished to find that he got the first in the competition.
8. worn-out : adj. 穿破的
Worn out vt. vi 使…耗尽; 穿破/旧，
Cheap socks wear out quickly.
I am worn out by the hard work.
9. failure un.失败 cn. 失败的人或事
His plans ended in failure.
As a writer, he was a failure.
10. be loved by sb. for sth
Deng Xiaoping is loved by the Chinese for his great contribution to China’s construction and social reform.
11. star in : 担任主角
This is an old film starred in by Charlie Chaplin.
12. knock into
He walked in such a hurry that he knocked into an old lady in the street.
Step 3 Learning about language
1. Ss do part 1 of the discovering useful words and expressions.
2. Ss finish part 2, 3 and 4.
Step 4. Practice
1. Ask the Ss to do Ex. 1and 2 on page 63.
2.Do Ex 3 on page 64