人教版高中英语必修四《 Unit 3 A taste of English humour Reading教案
Unit 3 A taste of English humour Reading教案Teaching aims:
Ⅰ. Topic
Different types of humour; a taste of English humour
Ⅱ. Useful words and expressions:
Nouns: slide, skin, content, particular, failure, difficulty, boil, snowstorm, bottom, mouthful, Switzerland, swing, pancake, whisper, sense
Verbs: slide, content, astonish, entertain, overcome, boil, chew, direct, star, swing,
Adjectives: cruel, content, particular, homeless, worn-out, fortunate, bottom, direct, outstanding, mountainous, vast
Adverb: throughout, fortunately, direct
Expressions: be content with, be badly off, be worn out, pick out, cut off, star in, knock into
Ⅲ. Functional items:
1. Expressing anxiety
What’s wrong? What’s the matter with you?Is there anything wrong?
2. Expressing surprise
Really? Oh dear! Is that so? Good heaven!
3. Expressing pleasure
I’m glad /pleased/ happy to…That’s nice /wonderful /great.
Reading
Step 1. Warming up and Discussing:
1. How many kinds of humor can you think of in your daily life?
Types of humor:
English humor Chinese humor Nonverbal pantomime (哑剧)
Mime and farce funny plays Verbal jokes cross talk (相声)
Funny stories funny stories Funny poems doggerel (打油诗)
2. What’s the difference between jokes and humors?
3. Can you name out some of the humorous actors you like?
Background knowledge:
mime 笑剧farce 滑稽剧comedy 喜剧tragedy 悲剧opera 歌剧
TV play 电视剧humor 幽默joke 笑话circus 马戏团clown 小丑sketch 小品cross talk 相声
Step 2. Reading
Task 2: Ss read and answer the following questions:
1. What’s the passage mainly about?
A. The history of English humor.
B. The films Chaplin made.
C. The humor Chaplin made in his film.
D. The Gold Rush in California.
2. How many parts can the passage be divided into?
A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5
3. People enjoy seeing other people’s bad luck because _______.
A. they enjoy doing so
B. it makes people more worried about their life
C. it makes people more content with their life
D. there’s much fun in doing so
4. Chaplin was given a special Oscar for __________.
A. the characters he played in his films
B. the films he directed
C. the joy he gave us in his films
D. the contributions he made in films Task 2: Ss read and fill the following chart:。
高中英语人教版必修四Unit3ATasteofEnglishHumourlanguagePoints
Unit 3 A taste of English humourLanguage points教案Teaching goals1． Target languagea. Humour, edy, content, performer , astonish , fortunate, ordinary, bored, entertain , throughout, homeless, moustache, worn, failure, overe, leather, pick out.b Make Ss get knowledge of the new words and phrases.2． Ability goalsGet Ss to use some useful new words and expressions correctly.Enable Ss to make sentences with the useful sentence patterns.3． Learning ability goalsTo help students master the important language points.To help students to make sentences by using the words and phrases.Teaching important pointsGet Ss to master the usage of the words and phrases.Teaching difficult pointshelp students get knowledge of the language points.Teaching methodsInspiration, Questioning and Discussion.Teaching aidsA puter, a projector and a recorder.Teaching proceduresStep I. review the new words and phrases.Step II. Teaching the important language points1. astonish vt使惊讶(= surprise sb. greatly)The earthquake astonished the whole country. 这次地震震惊了全国。
高中英语人教版必修四Unit3ATasteofEnglishHumourlanguagePoints
Unit 3 A taste of English humourLanguage points教案Teaching goals1． Target languagea. Humour, edy, content, performer , astonish , fortunate, ordinary, bored, entertain , throughout, homeless, moustache, worn, failure, overe, leather, pick out.b. Make a list of the language points and phrases.2． Ability goalsGet Ss to master the usage of the new words and phrases.Enable Ss to make sentences with the useful sentence patterns.3． Learning ability goalsTo help students master the important language points.To help students to make sentences by using the words and phrases.Teaching important pointsGet Ss to master the usage of the words and phrases.Teaching difficult pointshelp students get knowledge of the language points.Teaching methodsInspiration, Questioning and Discussion.Teaching aidsA puter, a projector and a recorder.Teaching proceduresStep I, review the new words and phrases.Step II. Teaching the important language points重点词汇1、cruel adj.残酷的；令人痛苦的①He is cruel to animals.他对动物很残酷。
高中英语必修4-Unit3-A-taste-of-English-humour课件(人教新课标)
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"Monty Python and the Holy Grail
A Hilarious Comedy about a Misadventure in Medieval England"
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"Shaun of the Dead
A Zombie Comedy that Blends Deadpan Humour with Heartfelt Drama"
Unit Overview
Understand English humour culture: Provide students with an understanding of the unique culture and traditions of English humour, including its historical and cultural backgrounds.
Sentence structure
Grammar point parsing
Subjunctive mood is a grammatical construction used to express wishes, hypotheses, or conditions that are not factual or real.
High School English Compulsory 4-Unit3-A-Taste-of
Unit OverviewTextual elaborationGrammar point parsingPractice and consolidationExtended ReadingUnit Summary
The passive voice can be confused with the active voice, but it is used to convey a different emphasis or to hide the identity of the performer of the action.
(完整版)高中英语人教版必修四Unit3ATasteofEnglishHumourlanguagePoints教案系列一
Unit 3 A taste of English humourLanguage points教案Teaching goals1．Target languagea. Humour, comedy, content, performer , astonish , fortunate, ordinary, bored, entertain , throughout, homeless, moustache, worn, failure, overcome, leather, pick out.b Make Ss get knowledge of the new words and phrases.2．Ability goalsGet Ss to use some useful new words and expressions correctly.Enable Ss to make sentences with the useful sentence patterns.3．Learning ability goalsTo help students master the important language points.To help students to make sentences by using the words and phrases.Teaching important pointsGet Ss to master the usage of the words and phrases.Teaching difficult pointshelp students get knowledge of the language points.Teaching methodsInspiration, Questioning and Discussion.Teaching aidsA computer, a projector and a recorder.Teaching proceduresStep I , review the new words and phrases.Step II. Teaching the important language points一．词语辨析1. specially / especially / particularly【解释】specially = on purpose故意地；专门地 (不是为了别的，而只是为了某一目的而专门采用的某种方式。
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Charlie Chaplin
He was one of the most famous humorists that can make others laugh all the time. He was a great silent movie star.
A MASTER OF NONVERBAL HUNOUR
He died in 1977 in Switzerland.
In 1972, he was given a special Oscar for his outstanding work.
Find out the main idea of each part. Charlie Chaplin’s childhood. His most famous character. Why people needed cheering up.
the family even worse off.
A. richer
B. earlier
C. poorer
D. later
3. You may find it astonishing that Charlie
was taught to sing as soon as he could…
A. kind B. great C. amazing D. exciting
Set up an aim
[ɔpti’mistik]
Do our best
Pay more time than others
Never give up/ lose heart
Insirk
• Write a composition about Charlie • Chaplin in English
人教新课标版高中英语必修四： Unit 3《A taste of English humour》(8)(33)
________= poor; ______off = badly off well rich
I am poorer than you. 2. I am ______ ___ than you. worse off 3. He gets _____ ____( better off 富裕) than before.
strengthen; weaken; encourage…
找根据 猜词意 We feel relaxed when watching comedy films while we feel upset when watching tragedy films. comedy n. 喜剧 tragedy n. 悲剧 Depressing weather often makes people feel depressed. depressed (adj.) 忧愁的；沮丧的 depressing (adj.) 令人忧郁的
depress vt. 使沮丧 entertain vt. 款待；使欢乐 depressing adj. entertaining adj. depressed adj. entertained adj. bore vt. 使厌烦 convince vt. 说服；使信服 boring adj. convincing adj. bored adj.
convinced adj.
astonish vt. 使惊诧 astonishing adj. amuse vt.使发笑；使愉快 astonished adj. amusing adj.
amused adj.
人教版高中英语必修四 Unit3 A tasteof English humour-词汇篇(学生版)
人教版高中英语必修四 Unit3 A tasteof English humour-词汇篇（学生版）face.他对这次竞赛中获得第二名很满意，因此脸上露出了满意的微笑。
2. break into强行进入，破门而入；撬开(汽车等)；突然开始(笑、哭)break away from摆脱；脱离，背叛(政党、国家等) break down出故障；失败；垮掉break in强行闯入，打断break out爆发；突然发生break through突围；突破break up粉碎；结束；散开；(学校)期终放假break off断开；停顿；突然中止E.g. The thief broke away from the police and ran into the woods.小偷摆脱了警察跑进了树林。
E.g. Don't break in while others are speaking.别人讲话时不要插话。
E.g. The car I was in broke down, so I had to walk home.我坐的车抛锚了，所以我不得不走路回家。
E.g. A big fire broke out in the town last night.昨天晚上镇里着了大火。
E.g. The meeting broke up without a result.会议没有得出结果就结束了。
E.g. Strong will can almost break through everything.顽强的意志几乎可以战胜一切。
3. persuade/convincepersuade 着重利用督促、劝告来感动和影响听者，使其愿意相信某事或参与某种行为E.g. I persuade him to quit smokingconvince指用理论、证据等理智方面的因素使别人相信4. as/withAs (conj.)随着，常用来引导时间状语从句With(prep.)随着，后接名词或复合宾语，不引导从句E.g. He gave me so many facts that convinced me.三、要点梳理1. content(1)adj.满足的；满意的①We shouldn't be content with the achievements already gained.我们决不能满足于已取得的成绩。
高中英语人教版必修四Unit3ATasteofEnglishHumourlanguagePoints
Unit 3 A taste of English humourUsing language教案学习目标: Learn the new words and expressions教学重点：The usage of important words and expressions.Steps :（教学步骤）Step 1 Have a check about the homework in the last lesson.(检查上节课的作业)Step 2：Read the words and expressions on page 9798(读熟9798页Unit3的新单词和短语，注意发音，以及单词的词性)Step3:Learn the following words and expressions by yourselves.(自学下面的内容)1. humour n. 幽默 humourous adj. 幽默的 a sense of humour 幽默感2. brighten 使愉快 blacken 变黑 darken en 动词后缀3. depressed 意志消沉的 depressing令人沮丧的 depression n 抑郁消沉She felt depressed about the future 他感到前途无望Looking for a job these days can be very depressing.如今求职有时让人非常沮丧She suffered a severe depression after losing her job.她失业后患了严重的抑郁症4. content n 内容 adj. 满意的满足的the content of the book 书的内容be/feel content with 对…满意 be content to do 甘愿做某事He doesn’t want more money__ he is content with what he has.他不想要更多的钱，他满足于现状Einstein was content to spend most of his time alone.爱因斯坦甘愿独自一人度过大部分时间。
人教新课标高中英语必修四Unit3AtasteofEnglishhumour教案(3)
Unit3 A Taste of English Humor一．Teaching aims1. Knowledge goals①Get students to learn the important useful words in this part: humor comedy,performer, entertain.②Enable the students to learn to appreciate different types of humor in our dailylife.③Get students to read the passage and to learn about Charlie Chaplin and learndifferent reading skills.2. Ability goals①Encourage the students to keep an optimistic attitude toward life, especiallywhen they meet troubles.②Develop the students’ ability of acting and expressing.3. Moral goals①Let students learn to find and enjoy humor to make their life easy and happy.②Develop students’ sense of cooperative learning.二．Teaching important points①Let students learn about types of English humor②Get students to learn about the Charlie Chaplin三．Teaching difficult points①Develop students reading ability.②Enable students to understand and talk about English Humor. 四．Teaching methodsCommunicative approachDiscussion; group work五．Teaching toolsSome pictures六．Teaching proceduresStep1. Warming upHave students enjoy some jokes, and let one or two students translate these jokesinto Chinese.Joke 1. Policeman: Why did you have to break into the same shop 3 times?Thief: Well, I stole a dress from that shop but my wife didn’t like itSo I had to go back and change it twice!Joke2 Custom: What’s that fly doing in my soup?Waiter: Swimming, I thinking!2. Encourage students to tell the humors they know in front of the class.Step2. Lead-inAs the title suggests, in this unit we are going to taste some English humour.Now look at this picture. Do you know who is he? Do you know about him? Youmust have seen his humorous films. I am sure a lot of people like to see his play.If you not quite familiar with him, now please pay attention to the class. Thisclass we will learn about Charlie Chaplin who considered one of the greatest andfunniest actors in the historyStep3. ReadingHave students work in pairs to discuss following questions, and then reporttheir ideas to the class.1.Do you think Charlie Chaplin’s childhood helped him in his work? Why?2.Why do you think he is so successful?3.What should we learn from Charlie Chaplin?4.What should we do to succeed?We should be optimistic no matter what difficulties we meet withDo our best. Pay more time then others.Never give upStep4. SummaryIn our daily life, we may meet with some happiness and joys, but we will alsomeet with some sadness and sorrow. When we meet with some sadness, whatshould we do? We should be optimistic and staunch. D on’t forget to s mile! AsVictor Hugo once said:“Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.” --------Victor HugoStep5. Homework1. Ask each student to give a joke and present it in class next period.2. Find out the new words and useful expressions in this text.Blackboard designUnit3. A taste of English humor1. Do you think Charlie Chaplin’s childhood helped him in his work? Why?2.Why do you think he is so successful?3.What should we learn from Charlie Chaplin?4.What should we do to succeed?课后反思在讲这片课文过程中，我发现同学们的想象力是非常丰富的。
人教版英语必修四Unit 3 A Taste of English Humour
direct sb. to do/ that sb. (should) do 指导/指示某人做某事 in all directions/ in every direction 四面八方
direct adv. & directly adv.& conj. direction n.
直接,径直& 直接地,立即；一…就 方向，指导，用法说明,操作指南
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4U3 A TASTE OF ENGLISH HUMOUR
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2. astonishing adj. 令人惊讶的
【感悟用法】 (1) He was astonished____t_o_h__ea_r______ (hear) he had got the job. (2) To our great _a_st_o_n_i_s_h_m_e_n_t_ the boss wasn’t a_s_t_o_n_is_h_e_d__ at the a_s_t_o_n_is_h_i_n_g_
【用法总结】
feel/be content _____w_i_th___ sb./ sth. be well content ____t_o_d_o___ content oneself ____w__it_h___ sb./sth. content n.
对…满足/满意 (非常)满足于做；愿意做 满足于
6. Simple _d_i_r_e_c_ti_o_n_s_ (direct) for the model are printed on the box. 7. She is so particular ___a_b_o_u_t___ her housework that servants won’t work for