Unit3Book4AtasteofEnglishHumorPartone:Understandingofthelesson本课选自人民教育出版社出版的普通高中课程标准实验教材，高一年级必修四的第三单元AtasteofEnglishhumour。A.TheanalysisoftheteachingmaterialThepurposeofthisreadingistointroducethelifeandworkofCharlieChaplinandthekindofhumourwecanalllaughat---nonverbalhumour.Thislessonisdesignedasareadinglesson.AccordingtothenewcurriculumstandardsofseniorhighschoolEnglish,studentsareexpectedtoachievetheskillsofa.understandingthemainidea;b.scanningfortheneededinformation;c.graspingthedetails;d.guessingthemeaningofnewwords;e.understandingtheintensionandattitudeoftheauthorandf.understandingthebackgroundandcultureinformation.B.TeachingAims:1.Knowledgeandskillaims:a.Enablestudentstolearnwhathumormeansandwhatisnonverbalhumor.b.Studentsareexpectedtoimprovethereadingskills,ie,skimmingandscanningskillsaswellastranslating,interpretingandwordguessingabilities,whichareexaminedinrecentyearsinNMET.2.Moralcultureaims:Bylearningthepassage,studentswillknowthathumourisparticulartoeachculture.SotheEnlishhumouriscertainlydifferentfromChinesehumour.However,thereisakindofhumourthatmaybeenjoyedbyallcultures---thatisnonverbalhumour.Itisgoodthatwecanalllaughatsomethingtogether.3.Learningmethodsaims:a.self-learningandcooperativelearningmethods;andusesuchkindofabilitytogainanddealwithlanguageinformation.b.developthestudents’questioningspirittoimprovetheirabilityoffinding,analyzingandsolvingproblems.C.Teachingmethods:a.Task-basedLanguageTeaching:Duringthecourse,differenttasksaredesignedforSstocarryout.Whetherandhowtheyfinishthetaskscanreflectonhowmuchinformationtheygraspfromreading.Inreturn,theteachercanadjusthis/herteaching.b.CooperativeLearning:Dividetheclassintosmallteams,eachwithstudentsofdifferentlevelsofability.Everymemberofateamisresponsiblenotonlyforlearningwhatistaughtbutalsoforhelpingteammateslearn,thuscreatinganatmosphereofachievement.D.Importantanddifficultpoints.a.HelpstudentslearnhowtounderstandandenjoyEnglishhumors.b.HelpstudentsknowthedifferencesbetweenEnglishandChineseinhumor.E.Teachingaids:Multi-mediapicturesblackboardPartTwo：Teachingprocedures:Stepone:Lead-inandWarmingup(5mins)Inorderforstudentstogetintothetopicofhumorquicklyandsmoothly,apieceofsketchvideo“Eatingnoodles”byChenPeisiwillbeplayedforthestudents.Question:DoyouknowwhotheChinesecomedianis?(ChenPeisi)Whatmakeshisperformancefunny?(hisbodygestures)ThenshowsomepicturesofCharlieChaplintostudents.Questions:Doyouknowwhoheis?WhatdoyouknowaboutCharleChaplin?Whatdoyouexpecttolearnaboutfromthisreading?(students’answersmayvary)（简评：这一环节的设计将会激发学生对文章中这一话题的兴趣并能引起让学生在短时间内集中精力，这对于学生完成下面的阅读任务很有帮助。）StepTwo:Reading(22mins)FastReading(Skimming)(7mins)Task1:FastReading(3mins)What’sthepassagemainlyabout?A.ThehistoryofEnglishhumor.B.ThefilmsChaplinmade.C.ThelifeandhumorcareerofCharlieChaplinD.TheGoldRushinCalifornia.(Key:C)Task2:Readtosummarizethemainideaofeachparagraghandmatchtheparagraphwithitsmainidea.(4mins)Para1:(E)A.HisachievementsPara2:(C)B.Anexampleofasadsituationthathemadefunny.Para3:(D)C.WhatCharlie’schildhoodwaslike.Para4:(B)D.Whathismostfamouscharacterwaslike.Para5:(A)E.CharlieChaplinbrightenedthepeople’slivesthroughtwoworldwarsandthehardyearsinbetween.Scanning:Readingfordetails(15mins)Task1:Readthepassageagainandthenfill...
