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A Master of Nonverbal Humour ( Reading)
Teaching aims: introduce the life and
work of Charlie Chaplin
introduce the
kind of humour we can all laugh at ---nonverbal
humour
train the students’
reading and understanding ability Difficult and
i
mportant
teaching point The
influence of V
—ing form on the
students’ understanding of the
text.
Teaching aids: a tape
recorder ,
multimedia , a
pair of leather shoe, a knife, a
plate,
a pot, a stick , a hat Learning aids: textbooks,
dictionaries, papers
Teaching procedures
Step1
Lead-in
Two short stories to lead
in the topic of this passage
（通过两则
引人发笑的故事使课堂气氛活跃了起来，一下子调动了学生的积极性，然后顺势导入—
A
taste of English
Humour
）
Step2
Review the
words related to this passage(Ss check ini their
groups first,
and then the teacher
checks several students)
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Step3
Pre-reading
do
you know about Charlie Chaplin?
do you know about his films? What is
so interesting about them? (
先让学
< br>生回答问题，
然后教师利用多媒体播放卓别林的几部经典影片中的片段，
让学生体会以下大
师的惟妙惟肖的表演，
从而激
发学生的好奇心，
使其迫不及待地去读课文，
更深入地了解
“无
声的幽默的大师—卓别林”
Step4 Reading
Reading :read the passage quickly to have a
general idea of the passage
and then
use the information in the passage to complete the
notes about Charlie
Chaplin. 1)Born:___
__________________________________________
2)job:________________________________________
______
3)Famous
character:_________________________________
4)Costume:___________________________________
_______
5)Type of
acting:_____________________________________
6)
Died:_____________________________________________
(Ss check the answers in
groups of four )
2. Listen
to the tape of the passage to have a further
understanding of it.
3. Read the
passage for the second time and then work in
groups : first translate
the passage
and then find out the useful phrases and the
teacher ask several
representatives of
each group to write these phrases on the
blackboard.
1).
直到现在
2).
感到沮丧
3).
对他们的生活感到满意
4).
一?就?
5).
家庭收入
6).
穷困潦倒
7).
照顾
8).
到他十几岁时
9).
日常任务
10).
对?感到厌倦
11).
全世界
12)
一顶黑色的小圆帽
13).
手杖
14).
克服困难
15).
对?友善
16)
十九世纪中叶
17).
淘金
18)
在山边
19)
一双皮鞋
20)
挑出
21)
担任主角
22)
使人们充满信心
4. The teacher
divide the students into groups: read the text for
the third time
and find out the main
idea of each paragraph.
Paragaph1: Why people needed cheering
up?