人教版高中英语必修四第三单元学案自编

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Unit 3 A taste of English humour

Pre-reading

Part1. Brainstorming

1. Do you agree with the point that happiness is the important thing in the world?

2. Do you know anyone who can always make others happy?

Part2. Check your vocabulary. Guess the Chinese meaning of the word in each sentence and check them in the word list.

1. ( ) He has a sense of humor and always makes everybody happy.

2. ( ) While watching this comedy, they all laughed.

3. ( ) I haven’t been to the moon up to now.

4. ( ) she is so beautiful and she is content with her looking.

5. ( ) My friends were astonished at the beauty of Lingzhi.

6. ( ) He is fortunate enough to be chosen as the monitor.

7. ( ) Because her family is badly off, she can’t afford that beautiful cloth.

8. ( ) Ordinary people can sometimes create miracles (奇迹).

9. ( ) After watching TV a whole afternoon, they get bored and tired.

10. ( ) They entertain the child with sugars.

11. ( ) To find his English book, he searched throughout the box.

12. ( ) His cloth is old and worn.

13. ( ) He tries his best to overcome the problem.

14. ( ) This cloth is made of leather.

15. ( ) I cut you off because you were to make a mistake.

16. ( ) Do not chew gum (泡泡糖) in the classroom.

17. ( ) Convince yourself that you can do it. It’s nothing special.

18. ( ) The movie kung fu was directed by Zhouxingchi.

19. ( ) Angelababy started her career at age 14 as a model before she stared in movies.

20. ( ) A flower is outstanding is not the spring, all flowers blooms together the spring full garden. (一枝独秀不是春，百花齐放春满园)

21. ( ) Nodding（点头）is a gesture to say yes in china.

22. ( ) Touch-me-not is a particular kind of plant.

23. ( ) Wedding is an unforgettable occasion.

24. ( ) A student’s monthly budget is about 500￥.

25.( ) “小心地滑”is translated as “carefully slide” in some places.

26. ( ) I always amuse myself by watching comedies(喜剧).

27. ( ) He left and gave no explanation.

28. ( ) Tell me what she whispered to you. Tell me please!

29. ( ) China is a vast country.

30. ( ) How do you react to groundless accusation (无端的指责)?

31. ( ) Teacher’s remark in my note book is “what a mess!”

32. ( ) I drank 15 bottles of beer and was drunk yesterday.

While-reading

Part1. Read for writing.(answer in full sentence and make you answers a short

passage)

1.According to the first paragraph, who has been the greatest humour up to now?

Did he bright the lives of American and British through two world wars or not?

2.Read the second paragraph and answer: Was Charlie’s own life easy? Was he

born in a poor family or a rich family? When had Charlie become on of the most popular child actors in England?

3.According to the third paragraph: After beginning making film, which

character made Charlie become more and more popular throughout the world？Was the character a social failure? What’s the reason the character be love for？

4.Read the fourth paragraph and answer: Did the little tramp make a sad

situation entertaining? Did he eat a leather shoe in the film The Gold Rush?

Did he eat each mouthful with great enjoyment? Is his acting convincing?

5.Read the last paragraph and answer:

Did Charlie write, direct and produce the films he stared in? When was he given a special Oscar for his outstanding work in film?

Part2. Read for language points.

1.完型填空

Charlie’s own life was not easy! He was born in a poor family in 1889. His parents were both poor music hall performers. Y ou may find it (astonish) that Charlie was taught to sing and dance at a very young age. Such (train) was common in (act) families. Unfortunately, his father died, (leave) the family even worse off, so Charlie spent his childhood

(look) after his sick mother and his brother.

By his teens, Charlie had become one of the most popular child actors in England. He could mime and act the fool (do) ordinary everyday tasks. No one was bored (watch) him-his subtle (act) made everything (entertain).

At time went by, he began (make) films. He grew more and more popular as his (charm) character, the little tramp, became known throughout the world. The tramp, a poor, homeless man with a moustache, wore large trousers, wore-out shoes and a small black hat. He walked around stiffly (carry) a (walk) stick. In the film The Gold Rush, the little tramp and another man (hide) in a small hut during a snowstorm with nothing to eat. They are so hungry that the little tramp tries (boil) one of his leather shoes for dinner. Charlie cuts off the leather top of the shoe and shares the shoe with the other fellow. He tries (cut) and (chew) the bottom of the shoe as if it were the finest steak. The acting is so_________ (convince) that it makes you believe that it is one of the best meals he has ever tasted.

In 1972 Charlie Chaplin was given a special Oscar for his (outstand) work in films.

2.重点词汇即学即练

(1)He made people laugh at a time when they felt depressed. He made people laugh