Unit3AtasteofEnglishhumourSectionⅠWarmingUp&Reading一、根據(jù)課文內(nèi)容,選擇最佳答案1.What'sthepassagemainlyabout?_______A.ThehistoryofEnglishhumour.B.ThefilmsChaplinmade.C.Anintroductionofthenonverbalhumour'smaster.D.ThegoldrushinCalifornia.C2.Howdoyouunderstand“Laughteristhesunthatdriveswinterfromthehumanface.”?______
A.Laughteristhepowertodrivewinterawayandwelcomewarmspring. B.Laughtercankeepone'sfacewarm,especiallyduringfreezingwinter. C.Laughtercanmakepeopleforgettheirproblemsandmakethemfeelhappy. D.Peoplewilllaughwhenthewinterisgone.C3.ThetimewhenCharlieChaplinlivedwas________.A.fullofcriticismB.fullofdifficultiesC.fullofbrightnessD.fullofastonishment4.WhywasthelittletrampplayedbyChaplinlovedbypeople?_______A.Becausehewasasocialfailure.B.Becauseheheldanoptimisticattitudetowardslife.C.BecauseChaplin'ssubtleactingmadethemlaugh.D.BecauseChaplinwasapopularactor.BB5.ChaplinwasgivenaspecialOscarfor________.A.thecharactersheplayedinhisfilmsB.thefilmshedirectedC.thejoyhegaveusinhisfilmsD.thecontributionshemadeinfilmsDPara.Mainidea1(1)__________onCharlieChaplin2Charlie'sown(2)__________3Charlie'scharacter—the(3)__________4Howthelittletrampmadeasadsituation(4)__________5Charlie's(5)_____________二、閱讀課文,然后完成下列表格Commentlifetrampentertainingachievement三、課文內(nèi)容復(fù)述
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Somehumourcanbecruelbutsomepeopleseemtoenjoyseeingotherpeople'sbadluckattimes.Perhapsitmakesusfeelmorecontent(1)________ourlifebecausewefeelthereissomeoneelse(2)________offthanourselves.However,someactorscanastonishuswiththedeepfeelingsandtheycaninspireusbyacharacter.CharlieChaplin,themostfamousactorduringtheperiodof(3)________films,wassuchanactor.Hewasabletomaketerriblesituations(4)________andatthesametimeshowthehumanityandkindnessthatcanbefoundinthemostdifficultwithworsesilentcircumstances.TakeTheGoldRushforexample.Thefilmissetinthemiddleofthe(5)___________centuryinCalifornia.ChaplinandhisfriendgotoAlaskainsearchofgold(6)________theyhavenotbeenfortunateenoughtofindany.Instead,theyarecaughtinasnowstorminasmallwoodenhouse,(7)________theyhavenothingtoeat.Theyaresohungry(8)________theyhavetoboilapairofleathershoesandeatit.Chaplinseemstoeatevery(9)__________withgreatenjoymentandmakes(10)________seemasifitwereoneofthebestmealshehaseverhad!nineteenthbutwherethatmouthfulit
四、在空格處填上適當(dāng)?shù)脑~概括課文
ThetextintroducesCharlieChaplin'slifeandhis(1)__________workinfilms.Hisfamouscharacter,thelittletramp,madehimfamous(2)___________theworld.Inthehistoryofthecinemaheisconsideredasamasterofnonverbal(非言語的)(3)________.outstandingthroughouthumourHemadepeoplelaughatatimewhentheyfeltdepressed,sotheycouldfeelmorecontentwiththeirlives.在感到沮喪的時候,他可以使他們開懷大笑,于是人們就對自己的生活感到比較滿足。1.content解析(1)adj.滿足的;滿意的Hewascontentwithhisliving.他對自己的生活很滿足。(2)n.滿足;內(nèi)容Wearediscussingthecontentofmynewplay.我們正在討論我的新劇本的內(nèi)容。Thesun-burntgrassbreathedaharvestbreathofdrysweetnessandcontent.草給陽光曬枯了,發(fā)出一陣叫人意滿心歡的收獲期的芳香氣息。(3)vt.使?jié)M足Youwillhavetocontentyourselfwithwhatyouhave.你應(yīng)該滿足于你所擁有的一切。
拓展feel/becontentwith對……滿足/滿意
becontenttodosth.對做某事滿意(content常作表語,不作定語)
運用完成句子 ①I____________________(對……滿意)mynewbedroomfurniture. ②She_________________(對……不滿足)beahousewife.am/feelcontentwithisnotcontentto
Unfortunatelyhisfatherdied,leavingthefamilyevenworseoff,soCharliespenthischildhoodlookingafterhissickmotherandhisbrother.不幸的是他的父親去世了,這使得他的家境更加艱難,因此查理的童年是在照顧生病的母親和年幼的弟弟中度過的。
2.badlyoff窮的;缺少的解析其比較級為worseoff,意為“更糟的;境況更差的”。如:
Theyaretoobadlyofftotakeavacation.
他們貧困得根本談不上度假。
Ifoundhislivingconditionwasworseoffthanmine.
我發(fā)現(xiàn)他的生活條件比我的更差。
拓展welloff富裕的
betteroff更富裕的;處境更好的
well-offfamily小康之家
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①Recently,Iamquite________________(窮的). ②Ifyouloseyourjob,we'llbe________________(境況更差). ③Nowpeopleare________________(更富裕).badlyoffworseoffbetteroffNoonewaseverboredwatchinghim—hissubtleactingmadeeverythingentertaining.看他的表演沒有人會感到無聊——他巧妙的表演使得一切都那么滑稽可笑。3.entertainingadj.愉快的;有趣的典例Totakepartinyourweddingisanentertainingthing.參加你的婚禮是一件令人愉快的事情。拓展entertainvt.&vi.使歡樂;款待entertainsb.withsth.用某物使某人快樂;用某物款待某人
運用完成句子 ①Heisthemost________________(有趣的)teacherI'veeverseen. ②Tom____________________________(用……招待客人)importedchocolateyesterday.entertainingentertainedtheguestswith
Thischaracterwasasocialfailurebutwaslovedforhisoptimismanddeterminationtoovercomealldifficulties.這個角色是個社會生活中的失敗者,但是他的樂觀精神和戰(zhàn)勝困難的決心使得他深受(觀眾的)喜愛。
4.failuren.失敗(者);未生產(chǎn);未運轉(zhuǎn)解析failure在句中意為“失敗者”,是可數(shù)名詞;當(dāng)其意為“失敗”時,是不可數(shù)名詞。如:
Thenewrestaurantwasafailureandsoonclosed.
那家新飯店經(jīng)營無方,不久便關(guān)了門。
Ishallhaveanotherchanceintheeventoffailure.
如果失敗,我還有另一個機會。
拓展failvt.&vi.失?。徊患案?/p>
運用完成句子 ①Nearlyeverybodyregards________________(失敗)asabadthing. ②Thoughhe________________(失敗)inhisbusiness,heneverthoughthimself________________(一個失敗者).failureafailurefailedCharliefirstpicksoutthelacesandeatsthemasiftheywerespaghetti.查理首先挑出鞋帶來吃,像是吃意大利面條一樣。5.pickout挑出;辨別出典例Shepickedoutapinkdressforherdaughter.她給女兒挑了一件粉紅色的禮服。It'seasytopickhimoutinacrowdbecauseheisverytall.很容易從人群中辨認(rèn)出他,因為他個子很高。拓展pickoff摘掉;取走pickup拾起,撿起;搭乘;學(xué)會運用完成句子①She________________(撿起)thehatfortheoldman.
②Themother________________(挑出)somegoodapplesforherchildren. ③She_______________(摘掉)thecrowndiamondsecretly.pickeduppickedoutpickedoffThenhecutsofftheleathertopoftheshoeasifitwerethefineststeak.然后他把皮鞋上端的皮子切下來,就像是切下一塊最好的牛排。6.cutoff切斷;斷絕典例They'vecutoffthewatertemporarily.他們暫時切斷了水源。拓展cutdown砍倒;削減cutup切碎cutin插入;插話
運用完成句子 ①Expensesoughttobe________________(削減)ineveryway. ②Don't________________(插話)whiletheyaretalking. ③Please________________(切碎)thecarrotsfirst. ④Theeconomicaidforthecountrywas________________(切斷).cutdowncutincutupcutoffTheactingissoconvincingthatitmakesyoubelievethatitisoneofthebestmealshehasevertasted!(卓別林的)表演是那么有說服力,以致你會相信這是他吃過的最美味的一餐!7.convincingadj.令人信服的
典例Thedatawehavecollectedisnotenoughtobeconvincing.我們所收集的資料還不足以令人信服。拓展convincevt.使信服convincesb.ofsth.使某人確信/相信某事beconvincedofsth.確信某事convincesb.todosth.說服某人做某事運用完成句子①Shetriedto________________(使我相信)herhonesty.②Whathesaidwasnot________________(令人信服的).③I'm________________(確信)hisinnocence.④She__________________(說服我)gohikingwiththem.convincemeofconvincingconvincedofconvincedmeto
CharlieChaplinwrote,directedandproducedthefilmshestarredin.卓別林自編、自導(dǎo)、自制他主演的電影。
8.direct解析(1)vt.&vi.導(dǎo)演;指示;指揮HedirectedmanyShakespeareanplaysinLondon.他在倫敦導(dǎo)演過許多莎士比亞的戲劇。Hisbossdirectedhimtocancelthemeeting.他的老板指示他取消這次會議。(2)adj.直的;直接的;直率的HetookadirectflighttoNewYork.他直飛紐約。
運用完成句子 ①Thefilm________________(由他導(dǎo)演的)becameveryfamous. ②Hedidn'tgiveme________________(一個直接的回答).directedbyhimadirectanswer
9.starin擔(dān)任主角;主演
典例Sheistostarinanewfilm.她將主演一部新影片。
拓展starsb.使某人擔(dān)任主角;由某人主演
運用完成句子 ①Hewill________________(擔(dān)任主角)afilmdirectedbyZhangYimou. ②Hemeantto________________(由你擔(dān)任主角)inthismovie.starinstaryou本課時單詞拓展單詞構(gòu)詞法小結(jié)humourn.幽默;滑稽humorousadj.幽默的1.________常為形容詞后綴。如:dangerous危險的;various各種各樣的。2.________和________常為名詞后綴,構(gòu)成抽象名詞。如:appearance外貌;development發(fā)展。3________常為形容詞后綴。如:exciting令人興奮的。performern.表演者;演出者performv.表演;表現(xiàn)performancen.表演astonishvt.使驚詫astonishmentn.驚訝astonishingadj.令人感到驚訝的entertainvt.&vi.使歡樂;款待entertainmentn.娛樂convincevt.使信服convincingadj.令人信服的本課時單詞拓展單詞構(gòu)詞法小結(jié)directvt.&vi.導(dǎo)演;指示;指揮adj.直的;直接的;直率的directorn.指揮家;主管indirectadj.間接的4.________和________常為名詞后綴,表示從事某種職業(yè)或從事某種活動的人。如:worker工人;visitor游客。5.________和________常為形容詞前綴,表示否定意義。如:inconvenient不方便的;unable不能。6.________常為形容詞后綴,表示“無……的”。如:helpless無助的;useless無用的。homelessadj.無家的;無家可歸的homen.家fortunateadj.幸運的;吉利的fortunen.運氣;一大筆錢unfortunateadj.不幸的運用用所給單詞的適當(dāng)形式填空1.He'sso_________,becausehemadeagood________inashorttime.(fortune)
2.The________ofthecompanyisaGreekwhoboughtthemachinedirectlyfromthemanufacturer.(direct)
3.Jimmyisahumoristwhoneverlacks________andalwayspresentsussomething__________,whileatthesametimesetsusthinkingofsomething.(humour)
4.Theaccomplished__________hasjustjoinedanewtheatreandtonighthewillgivea____________ofHamlet.(perform)fortunatefortunedirectorhumourhumorousperformerperformance
5.BobandLiz________ustodinnerlastnight,duringwhichBobtoldusmanyjokesfor___________,makingitanentertainingnight.(entertain)
6.AlthoughIthinkyourwordsare__________,I'mnotsurewhetherIcan________hertobelievethem.(convince)7.Toour______________,abigearthquakehappenedinJapan.(astonish)8.Weshouldhelpthe____________peoplerebuildtheir________.(home)entertainedentertainmentastonishmentconvincingconvincehomelesshomes1.NotthatCharlie'sownlifewaseasy!倒不是說查理自己的生活很容易!
解析notthat意為“并非,倒不是說”,用于句首,表強調(diào)。如:
Notthatitmatters,buthowdidyouspendsomuchmoneywithinoneweek?
我不是說有什么關(guān)系,但是,你是怎么在一星期之內(nèi)花掉這么多錢的?
運用完成句子
________________(我并不是說在乎),butwhatmadeyousoupset?NotthatIcare2.Charliefirstpicksoutthelacesandeatsthemasiftheywerespaghetti.查理首先挑出鞋帶來吃,像是吃意大利面條一樣。解析asif意為“仿佛……似的;就像……似的”,在此引導(dǎo)方式狀語從句,從句用虛擬語氣。從句
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