必修四UNIT 3 A MASTER OF NONVERBAL HUMOUR 课文扣空

A master of nonverbal humour
As Victor Hugo once said, "Laughter is the sun ______drives winter from the human face", and up to now nobody has been able to do this ____(good) than Charlie Chaplin. He brightened the _____(life) of Americans and British through two world ____(war) and the hard years in between. He _____(make) people laugh at a time when they felt _____(depress), so they could feel more content with their lives. Not that Charlie's own life was easy! He was born in ___ poor family in 1889. His parents were both poor music hall _____(performer). You may find it ______(astonish) that Charlie was taught to sing ____ soon as he could speak and dance as soon as he could walk. Such _____(train) was common in acting ____(family) at this time, ____(especial) when the family income was often uncertain. ______(fortunate) 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, through his humour, become one of the most popular child ____(act)in England. He could mime and act the fool _____(do) ordinary everyday tasks. No one was ever bored _____(watch) him -his subtle acting made everything _______(entertain).
_____ time went by, he began making _____(film). He grew more and more popular as his ____(charm) character, the little tramp, became known throughout the world. The tramp, a poor, homeless man ____ a moustache, wore large ______(trouser), worn-out shoes and a small round black hat. He walked around stilly carrying a ____(walk) stick. This character was a social failure but was loved for his optimism and _____(determine) to overcome all difficulties. He was the underdog _____ was kind even when others were unkind _____ him.
How did the little tramp make a sad situation entertaining? Here is ____example from one of his most famous ______(film), The Gold Rush. It is the mid-nineteenth century and gold has just ______(discover)in California. Like so many others, the little tramp and his friend have rushed there in search ____ gold, but without success. Instead they are hiding ___ a small hut on the edge of a mountain during a snowstorm with nothing _____. They are so hungry ____ they try boiling a pair of leather shoes for their dinner.
Charlie first picks out the laces and eats them as if they were spaghetti. Then
he cuts off the leather top of the shoe as if it were ___ finest steak. Finally he tries cutting and _____(chew) the bottom of the shoe. He eats each _____(mouth) with great enjoyment. The acting is so convincing that it makes you believe that it is one of the best ____(meal) he has ever tasted! Charlie Chaplin wrote, _____(direct)and produced the films he starred in. In 1972 he was given a special Oscar for his outstanding work in films. He lived in England and the USA but spent his last years _____ Switzerland, ____ he was buried in 1977. He is loved and ______(remember) as a great actor who could inspire people with great confidence.
维克多·雨果曾说，“笑是阳光，驱走人们脸上的冬天”，到现在为止还没有人做的比查利卓别林更好。

他点亮了美国和英国人在两次世界大战和之间的艰苦岁月里的生活。

他使人们在沮丧的时候微笑，所以他们对生活感到更满足。

然后查利卓别林自己的生活并不容易!他于1889年出生在一个贫困的家庭。

你可能会感到惊奇因为他几乎在会走路的时候就开始说话和跳舞。

这样的训练在当时的家庭非常普遍，尤其是这个家庭的收入不定的时候。

不幸的是他的父亲去世了，整个家庭的状况更糟了，所以查利在童年时期就要照顾生病的母亲和弟弟。

在他十几岁时，查利，通过他的幽默，成为英国最受欢迎的儿童演员之一，他能表演出做日常生活的愚者。

看他的时候没有人会感到无聊--他精妙的表演使每个人都很开心。

随着时间的流逝，他开始演电影。

由于他迷人的性格，小流浪汉的样子，他变得越来越受欢迎。

那个流浪汉，是个留着胡子的贫穷，无家可归的人，穿着大裤子，破旧的鞋子和一个黑色的小圆帽，走路的时候手里拿着一根手杖。

这个角色是个社会生活中的失败者，但由于他所演绎的乐观的坚定而被喜爱。

他是个对人友好的人，即使别人对他不好。

他是如何让这个悲剧的局面变得快乐的呢?从他最著名的电影之一，淘金，举一个例子。

19世纪中叶，人们刚刚在加利福尼亚发现了金子。

像其他人一样，他和他的朋友一起去那儿寻找黄金，但没有成功。

在暴风雪中，们只能躲在山边的一间小屋里没东西吃。

他们是如此的饥饿以至于尝试煮一双皮鞋来充饥。

查利首先挑出鞋带，就像吃意大利面条一样。

然后他切断皮革鞋面仿佛是最好的牛排。

最后，他试图切割和嚼鞋的底部。

他以一种享受的态度吃着每一口。

这场表演如此有说服力以至于你相信他吃的东西是他所吃过的最好吃的东西。

查利卓别林编写、导演和制作他主演的电影。

由于在电影中出色的工作，在1972年他被授予奥斯卡奖。

他生活在英国和美国，但在瑞士度过了他的晚年。

1977年他被埋葬在那里。

作为伟大的演员。

他能以极大的自信鼓舞别人的演员，为此他被我们喜爱和铭记。