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Unit 17   Laughter

Lesson 3 My Favourite Comedy

                                                                                      舞阳二高   马艳玲

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Learning aims

After this class, you are supposed to:

1. get the main idea and the structure of the passage;

2. learn a new reading strategy—making inferences;

3. express your own opinion about Mr. Bean .

Learning important and difficult points

1. How to make inferences

2. How to express one's opinion about somebody

Self-test

1. Translate the following words into Chinese.

1）purely adv.                

2）seal vt.              

3）saucer n.                    

4）raw adj.              

5）desperate adj.             

2. Fill in the blanks.

1）comedy n.喜剧 →             n.喜剧演员

2）universe n.宇宙 →           adj. 通用的，普遍的

3）astonish vt. 使惊讶 →         adj.惊讶的 →        adj.令人惊讶的

4）disgust vt. 使厌恶的 →           adj.令人厌恶的

5）part n. 部分 →          adv.一定程度上，部分地

3. Translate the phrases into English.

1）国际上公认的                   

2）不管，不顾                      

3）依赖，依靠                      

4）做出尝试                        

5）忙着做某事                      

4. Complete the sentences according to the text.

1）He constantly                 awkward and absurd situations, which greatly amuses audiences                  their nationality or culture.

他常常陷入笨拙和可笑的情景之中，观众的民族和文化背景尽管各异，却都会被逗得开怀大笑。

2）The humour is always made clear through              simple and funny acts that      purely     body language, which is universal.

这种幽默总是通过一系列简单而可笑的、人人都能看懂的纯粹的肢体语言让观众理解。

3）He becomes      desperate in the end        he even hides some inside the purse of a woman sitting near him.

最后，他不顾一切了，甚至将一些肉塞进坐在他旁边的一位女士的钱包里。

Learning procedure:

Step 1: Lead-in

1. Do you like to watch comedies? Why?

2. Can you name a few comedians?

Step 2 Fast reading

1. Skimming: try to get the main idea of text1.

It's about         (who) and one of his         (what).

2. Scanning: match the topics with the paragraphs.

Para. 1               A. A brief introduction of Mr. Bean.

Para. 2＆3            B. The writer's opinion of Mr. Bean.

Para. 4               C. A funny story about Mr. Bean

Step 3 Detailed reading

1. Learn to make inferences through a micro-lecture.

Passage 1

At a small bus station, a man is hungry and he wants to buy some cakes. It is raining hard. He doesn’t want to go out in the rain. He sees a boy, “Come here, boy!” he cries, “Do you know how much the cakes are?” The boy says yes. He gives the boy four dollars and asks him to buy two cakes. “One is for you and one is for me.” Three minutes later, the boy comes back. He’s eating a cake. He gives the man two dollars and says, “There is only one cake left.”

(    ) How much are they if we buy five cakes?

A. Five dollars   B. Four dollars   C. Ten dollars  D. Fifteen dollars

Passage 2

Mary says, "I like playing the piano because it makes me have a lot of different feelings—sadness, excitement, happiness and so on. I like playing difficult pieces, especially those that my teacher says I shouldn't."

(   ) What Mary said in the paragraph tells us that    .

A. Mary likes challenge

B. Mary doesn't like challenge

C. Mary is afraid of challenge

D. Mary hates challenge

Making inferences

Choose the best answers according to the text.

1) The reason why Mr. Bean went into a restaurant was that       .

A. it was his birthday that day

B. he was having a party

C. he often ate there

2) He put the birthday card on the table for everyone to see because he wanted people to think        .

A. he himself wrote the card

B. someone else sent him the card

C. he gave the card to one of his friends

3) Mr. Bean finally chose "steak tartare" because       .

A. he hadn't eaten this kind of food before

B. it was the only dish he could pay for

C. he liked it very much

4) What can we infer from the passage?

A. Mr. Bean is very clever.

B. Mr. Bean has a lot of money.

C. Mr. Bean has few friends.

2. Read para.1 and decide True or False.

1) Mr. Bean is an internationally recognized comedy character. (  )

2) Mr. Bean's funny acts rely on words, which is universal. (  )

3. Read para.2 and retell this scene according to the verbs below.

takes out……writes……seals……places……looks……opens……puts……

4. Read para. 3 and fill in the blanks.

Mr. Bean           the menu in astonishment. He             all the money,       it and puts it in a saucer. He        a dish, which is actually raw hamburger. He                   to eat it but finds the taste disgusting. He cannot hide his feeling and       himself hiding the raw meat anywhere he can reach.

Step 4 Discussing

1. What's the author's opinion about Mr. Bean?

2. What do you think of Mr. Bean?

(You can use the sample below to help you.)

Every coin has two sides. Some people like Mr. Bean because he is…… He always…… Besides, he is……(cute, polite, positive, optimistic, childish, funny, humorous, smart, clever)

But some people don’t like him because they think he is…… In addition, he is……(crazy, stupid, foolish, absurd, ridiculous, impolite, lonely)   

In my opinion, I like/ don’t like Mr. Bean because I think……

Step 5 Homework

Write down your opinion about Mr. Bean with some supporting information in the text.

Congratulations on finishing the task!