1. Unit17 lesson3 My Favorite Comedy 惠安三中 庄丽蓉

2. 大独裁者

3. 变相怪杰

4. 1.Do you like to watch comedies? Why or why not? 2. What is your favourite funny movie or TV programme? Why? 3. Who is your favourite comedian? Why? Discussion

5. Let’s enjoy a short comedy and then tell me whether you like it or not?

6. Reading Let’s read the comedy Mr. Bean, which was acted by Rowan Atkinson.

7. Reading Strategies 1. First, read the text to get the general idea. Then read the questions and use them to guide you.

8. 2.Sometimes things are not stated explicitly in the text. You need to make inferences or read between the lines to understand what is meant. 3.Read the text again using logic to make inferences.

9. Read text1 and answer the questions. You must make some inferences. 1.Why has Mr. Bean gone to a fancy restaurant on this particular day? 2.Does Mr. Bean have many friends? How do you know? 3.Why does Mr. Bean choose the “steak tartare”? 4.Why does Mr. Bean pretend to like the food when the waiters talk to him?

10. 1.Why has Mr. Bean gone to a fancy restaurant on this particular day? 1.Because that day was Mr. Bean’s birthday and he wanted to show to a lot of people that someone really sent him a card. Actually, the birthday card was sent to him by himself.

11. 2.Does Mr. Bean have many friends? How do you know? No. because nobody sent him a birthday card. He could only write it by himself.

12. 3.Why does Mr. Bean choose the “steak tartare”? Because he doesn’t have enough money to order other dishes.

13. 4.Why does Mr. Bean pretend to like the food when the waiters talk to him? Because if he showed his disliking to the face of the waiter, the waiter would ask him to order something else. As all of us know, he could not afford to order other dishes.

14. Second-reading 1.How do you know that Rowan Atkinson is not like his famous character Mr. Bean? In what ways is he different? 2.Did Rowan Atkinson’s parents encourage him to become an actor? Why or why not?

15. 3.Does Rowan Atkinson like to work with other talented people? How do you know?

16. 1.How do you know that Rowan Atkinson is not like his famous character Mr. Bean? In what ways is he different? In the first paragraph, there is a sentence: if you think that Rowan Atkinson is anything like his famous creation, then you’re in for a surprise. So we can infer from it that Atkinson is not like his famous character Mr. Bean at all.

17. No. Because he spent his early years with his family on the farm with his mother, three older brothers and his strict father, who did not believe in the value of television. 2.Did Rowan Atkinson’s parents encourage him to become an actor? Why or why not?

18. Yes. Because when he met a group of talented people at university, he realized this could be a career for him. We can infer from this passage that he likes to work with other talented people. 3.Does Rowan Atkinson like to work with other talented people? How do you know?

19. 1. …, then you are in for a surprise. be surprised 惊奇的、惊讶的 Words and phrases

20. 2.At Oxford, he obtained his Master’s degree in electrical engineering. This might explain his interest in fast cars, of which he has a vast collection. got his Master’s /Bachelor'/Doctor's degree. 获得硕士 / 学士 / 博士学位 That is why he is so interested in … 那就是为什么他对 … 如此感兴趣

21. 3.Rowan’s career change from an electrical engineer to a famous comedian was partly due to some speaking problems he had in his childhood. be because of 因为、由于

22. 4.He compensated for this by talking very deliberately. make up for 弥补 intentionally 有意地、故意地、不慌不忙地 5.This may have inspired the abnormal speech patterns of many of his characters. not normal 不正常的、反常的

23. 6.Although his teachers predicted a career in acting, Rowan was not convinced himself, until he met a group of talented people at university, who were involved in theater, and he realized this could be a career for him. sure 相信、确定 take part in sth./participate in sth 参加、参与

24. 7.It was one of those things which happen very rarely in your life, when you realize you are in the presence of genius. I was convinced he would be more famous than Chaplin. seldom 很少、难得 be faced with 面对

25. Speaking: Retell the second passage according to the following clues:

26. When he was young, he …., who …. He studied in the same.... At 13, he earned …to study in a…. Later he studied …in … university. he was so interested in …that he had a vast …of …. There are two reasons for his change of career: the first, he had some problems in …, so he compensated for this by talking intentionally.