Unit17lesson3MyFavoriteComedy1.Doyouliketowatchcomedies?Whyorwhynot?2.WhatisyourfavouritefunnymovieorTVprogramme?Why?3.Whoisyourfavouritecomedian?Why?DiscussionLet’senjoyashortcomedyandthentellmewhetheryoulikeitornot?ReadingLet’sreadanothercomedy,Mr.BeanwhichwasactedbyRowanAtkinson.ReadingStrategies1.First,readthetexttogetthegeneralidea.Thenreadthequestionsandusethemtoguideyou.2.Sometimesthingsarenotstatedexplicitlyinthetext.Youneedtomakeinferencesorreadbetweenthelinestounderstandwhatismeant.3.Readthetextagainusinglogictomakeinferences.Readtext1andanswerthequestions.Youmustmakesomeinferences.1.WhyhasMr.Beangonetoafancyrestaurantonthisparticularday?2.DoesMr.Beanhavemanyfriends?Howdoyouknow?3.WhydoesMr.Beanchoosethe“steaktartare”?4.WhydoesMr.Beanpretendtolikethefoodwhenthewaiterstalktohim?1.BecausethatdaywasMr.Bean’sbirthdayandhewantedtoshowtoalotofpeoplethatsomeonereallysenthimacard.Actually,thebirthdaycardwassenttohimbyhimself.Answers:2.No.becausenobodysenthimabirthdaycard.Hecouldonlywriteitbyhimself.3.Becausehedoesn’thaveenoughmoneytoorderotherdishes.4.Becauseifheshowedhisdislikingtothefaceofthewaiter,thewaiterwouldaskhimtoordersomethingelse.Asallofusknow,hecouldnotaffordtoorderotherdishes.Second-reading1.HowdoyouknowthatRowanAtkinsonisnotlikehisfamouscharacterMr.Bean?Inwhatwaysishedifferent?2.DidRowanAtkinson’sparentsencouragehimtobecomeanactor?Whyorwhynot?3.DoesRowanAtkinsonliketoworkwithothertalentedpeople?Howdoyouknow?Answers1.Inthefirstparagraph,thereisasentence:ifyouthinkthatRowanAtkinsonisanythinglikehisfamouscreation,thenyou’reinforasurprise.SowecaninferfromitthatAtkinsonisnotlikehisfamouscharacterMr.Beanatall.2.No.Becausehespenthisearlyyearswithhisfamilyonthefarmwithhismother,threeolderbrothersandhisstrictfather,whodidnotbelieveinthevalueoftelevision.3.Yes.Becausewhenhemetagroupoftalentedpeopleatuniversity,herealizedthiscouldbeacareerforhim.Wecaninferfromthispassagethathelikestoworkwithothertalentedpeople.1.…,thenyouareinforasurprise.Youwillbesurprised.2.AtOxford,heobtainedhisMaster’sdegreeinelectricalengineering.Thismightexplainhisinterestinfastcars,ofwhichhehasavastcollection.WordsandphrasesgothisMaster’s/Bachelor'/Doctor'sdegree.Thatiswhyheissointerestedin…3.Rowan’scareerchangefromanelectricalengineertoafamouscomedianwaspartlyduetosomespeakingproblemshehadinhischildhood.bebecauseof4.Hecompensatedforthisbytalkingverydeliberately.makeupfor…(弥补)intentionally5.Thismayhaveinspiredtheabnormalspeechpatternsofmanyofhischaracters.activated/notnormal6.Althoughhisteacherspredictedacareerinacting,Rowanwasnotconvincedhimself,untilhemetagroupoftalentedpeopleatuniversity,whowereinvolvedintheater,andherealizedthiscouldbeacareerforhim.tellsth.inadvance/suretakepartinsth./participateinsth.7.Itwasoneofthosethingswhichhappenveryrarelyinyourlife,whenyourealizeyouareinthepresenceofgenius.IwasconvincedhewouldbemorefamousthanChaplin.seldom/befacedwithSpeaking:Retellthesecondpassageaccordingthefollowingclues:Whenhewasyoung,he….,who….Hestudiedinthesame....At13,heearned…tostudyina….Laterhestudied…in…university.hewassointerestedin…thathehadavast…of….Therearetworeasonsforhischangeofcareer:thefirst,hehadsomeproblemsin…,sohecompensatedforthisbytalkingintentionally.
