A taste of English humour Unit 3 A taste of English humour

Look at the following pictures. Which picture can make you laugh?

Do you feel my love?

I’m driving at a high speed.

I want to lose my weight.

any mouse I like

It’s my meal.

Do you feel funny? What is humour? How many kinds of humour do you know about?

What is humour? Humour is a word means making people laugh. If someone often makes people laugh, we say he is humorous. We call him a humorist. Whether something is humorous or not is a matter of personal taste.

nonverbal humour（无声幽默） mime（哑剧） Clown（小丑） Forms of humour nonverbal humour（无声幽默） mime（哑剧） Clown（小丑） Sketch（小品） humor cross talk（相声） verbal joke（口头的笑话） funny story（幽默故事） comedy(喜剧）

Do they have anything in common? humorous

Sketch is a short humorous scene on stage, television, etc.

Mime is a performance using gestures without words.

Cross talk, Chinese comic dialogue between two people.

Clowns are comical performers, usually with fantastic appearance: colored wigs（假发）, stylistic makeup（化妆）, outlandish（奇异的） costumes, unusually large footwear（鞋袜）, red-nose.

Mr. Bean is funny because he makes funny faces, the things he does are strange. F:\Youku Files\download\Mr Bean - Department Store_标清.flv Nonverbal mime

What is a punchline? Find the jokes’ punchlines. POLICEMAN: Why did you have to break into the same shop three times? THIEF: Well, I stole a dress from that shop but my wife didn’t like it. So I had to go back and change it twice! Punchline The words that form the climax of a joke.

TEACHER: You say that john Jones has a cold and cannot come to school today. Who am I speaking to? VOICE: Oh, this is my father. Punchline

Enjoy a verbal joke: Girl : If we marry, will you give me a ring ? Boy: Of course, What’s your telephone number?

Riddle 谜语 Friday March What day of the week is the best for having fried foods? Friday 2. What month do soldiers hate? March 三月行军

mime Types of humour Typical actors/ writers of English humour Example of Chinese humour nonverbal mime Charlie chaplin Mr Bean verbal jokes,funy stories,funny poems comedy Edward Lear Marx Brothers mime （游本昌；严顺开） cross talk (马季, 姜昆) sketch (陈佩斯，宋丹丹）

Do you know who he is? Charlie Chaplin

Give a description of Chaplin? a small black hat a moustache He wore a small black hat, very wide trousers, a moustache and carried a stick. a stick very wide trousers

He is one of the most famous humorists that can make others laugh all the time. What do you know about his films? The Tramp 流浪汉 1915 The Gold Rush 淘金记 1925 The Kid 寻子遇仙记 1921

The Circus 大马戏团 1928 Modern Times 摩登时代 1936 The Great Dictator 大独裁者 1940

Homework 1. Write down your favourite humorist on your exercise books. 2. Preview the new passage on P18.

Thank you!

A MASTER OF NONVERBAL HUMOUR Reading A MASTER OF NONVERBAL HUMOUR

Do you know who he is? Charlie Chaplin

Give a description of Chaplin? a small black hat a moustache He wore a small black hat, very wide trousers, a moustache and carried a stick. a stick very wide trousers

Fast reading What is the main idea of the passage? It is about the life and work of Charlie Chaplin and the kind of humour ------nonverbal humour.

Careful reading Charlie Chaplin Born Job Famous character Costume Type of acting Died In a poor family in 1889 Actor “The little tramp”, a poor and homeless man Large trousers, worn-out shoes and a small round black hat Mime and farce In Switzerland in 1977

Exercise 2. Match the main idea of each para. Para 1 Para 2 Para 3 Para 4 Para 5 Charlie’s childhood His achievements Why people needed cheering up An example of his work: the Gold Rush His famous film character: the little tramp

Answer the questions. 1. How did Charlie Chaplin become famous? He became famous for using a particular form of acting ---- mime. 2. Give a description of the little tramp, Chaplin’s famous character. He wore large trousers, worn-out shoes and a small round black hat, carrying a walking stick.

3. Why was the little tramp loved by many people around the world? Because he had the optimism and determination to overcome difficulties. 4. Which film of Chaplin is mentioned in Para.3-4? The Gold Rush.

F F T F True or false. 1. Chaplin learnt acting after his mother. 2. People love the character “the little trtramp”, mainly for he was poor and homeless. 3. In the middle of 19th century people went to California to look for gold. 4. Chaplin performed how to eat a boiled shoe by action and explaining. F F T F

Summary As he was a social _______, he was loved by all the people for his ____________ in overcoming difficulties and being kind to people who were _______ to him. When playing the famous film The Gold Rush, Chaplin managed to make the sad situation—eating a _______ shoe, entertaining by using __________ humour. Such is Charlie Chaplin who produced, _______ , and wrote the movies that he _______ in. He was given a special Oscar for his lifetime ____________ work of bringing humour to us all. failure determination unkind boiled nonverbal directed starred outstanding

A scene from The Gold Rush

Homework 1. Write a summary of the passage in your own words on the exercise book. 2. Surf the Internet to find more information about Chaplin and you can present it to your classmates in the next class.

New words 1. be content with… 对…感到满意 2. badly off 穷的 3. astonish vt　使惊讶 　　　　 4. particular adj 特别的 5. entertaining 　愉快的 　　　　　　 6. tramp n 　流浪汉

7. homeless adj 　无家可归的 　　　　　 8. overcome vt　　克服 9. fortunate adj 　幸运的　 　　　　　　　　 10. worn out 　穿破的　穿旧的 11. star in　　担任主角 　　　　　　　　　　　 12. outstanding　adj　杰出的 　　

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