2023學年完整公開課版BOOK4-Unit3AtasteofEnglishhumour（區(qū)一等獎）

Unit3AtasteofEnglishhumour話題拓展(TopicExtension)ACharlieChaplinAsayoungman，CharlietraveledtoAmericainasmallcompanyofactors．Hewastheninvitedtojoinanewcompanythatwasmakingfilmcomedies(喜劇)．Verysoonhehadmadedozensofshortfilmsforthiscompany．Anditwasinhissecondfilmthatheworetheclotheswhichmadehisreputation(聲譽)—blackhat，tightcoat，baggy(松垂的)trousers，hugeshoes，moustacheandwalkingstick．Bythetimehewasthirty，Charliewasthegreatest，bestknownandbestlovedcomedian(喜劇演員)intheworld．Heworkedveryhardandhadfewclosefriends．Perhapsthatwaswhythesadsideofthelittlemanbegantoshowmoreclearlyinthefilmshemade．Chaplin’sfilmshaveattractedalargenumberofaudienceinvariouscountries．Peopleeverywherehavesatandlaughedatthemuntilthetearsstreamdowntheirfaces．Hewillrushfromoneaccidenttothenext．Hewillstrugglethroughsnow，sliponice，fallfromwindows，andslideoffbridges．Hewillfightmenwhoaretwicehissizeandfallinlovewithwomenwhohardlynoticehimatall．Hewillbebullied(欺侮)andbeatenbypeoplestrongerandricherthanhimself．Butsomehowhewillalwaysfightbackandmakethebestofhisbrokenheart．Evenpeoplewhodon’tunderstandEnglishcanenjoyChaplin’sfilmsbecausetheyaremostlysilent．Itisn’twhathesaysthatmakesuslaugh．Hiscomedydoesn’tdependuponwordsorlanguage．Itdependsuponlittleactionsthatmeanthesamethingtopeopleallovertheworld．Heismasteroftheartofmime—akindofworldlanguage．HavinglivedinAmericaforfortyyears，ChaplinmovedtoSwitzerland．TherehediedonChristmasDay1977．HeoncedescribedhimselfasacitizenoftheWorld，ratherthanofanyparticularcountry．Heoncewrote，“Youhavetobelieveinyourself．That’sthesecretofsuccess．EvenwhenIwasinthechildren’shome，whenIwaswanderingaboutthestreetstryingtofindenoughtoeattokeepalive，eventhenIthoughtofmyselfasthegreatestactorintheworld．”1．Fromthispassage，wecansaythat_____．A．CharlieChaplinwasoneofthegreatestactorsofmimeB．CharlieChaplinwasoftenmadefunofbytheaudiencebecauseofhisfoolishactionC．CharlieChaplin—acitizenoftheworldD．CharlieChaplinwasasadactorinhislife2．AccordingtoCharlieChaplin，whichofthefollowingqualitiesisthekeytosuccess?A．HisappearanceB．HisclothesC．ConfidenceD．Hardwork3．ItisChaplin’s_____thatmake(s)peoplelaugh．A．smileB．wordsC．walkingstickD．1ittleactionsBClownClowns(小丑)alsomakepeoplelaugh．Theyoftenactaloneorasapairandmakeadifferentkindoffun．Clownsoftendon’tuseanywordsatall．Itistheirclothes，make-upandthewaytheywalkthatmakespeoplelaugh．Somepeoplethinkclownsareonlyfunnyforchildren．Actuallytheycanhelppeopleforgettheirproblems，atleastforashortmoment．Anothertypeofpeoplewhosejobistomakepeoplelaugharecomedians(喜劇演員)．Theyoftenworkaloneorasapair．Unlikeclowns，comedians’clothesareusuallynotverystrange．Althoughbodylanguageandtheirfaceareimportantintheirshows，theydonotusethemake-upthatclownsuse．Comediansmayactoutasituationduringtheirshows．Wecallthatasketch(短劇)，butusually，theirshowsdon’tlooklikecomedies(喜劇)．Whatcomedianshaveincommonwiththeplayersinacomedyistheirwayofplayingwithwords．Comediansmakepeoplelaugh，butalsothinkaboutlife．Atonemomentinashow，youcanheartheaudiencelaughingloudly．Afewminuteslatereverybodyisquiet，listeningandthinkingaboutthecomedians’words．TypicalforChinaisthecrosstalk(相聲)show，whereapairofcomediansentertainstheaudiencewithwordplay．Acrosstalkshowhastwo，speakersmakingmanyjokesandfunnyconversations．Theymayalsodressupalittleoractoutsmallsketchesinfrontofthelaughingaudience．Comediansofalltimesandmanycountrieshavealongtraditionofthistypeofcomedy．Decidewhethereachofthefollowingstatementsistrueorfalse．4．Clownsareonlyfunnyforchildren．()5．Duringtheshowofthecomedians，youcanheartheaudiencelaughingloudlyallthetime．()6．Comedian