a taste of english課件2

1、,A taste of English humour,Unit 3,,,,牽 手 課 堂,The Significance of a Good Sense of HumourThe story goes that a certain court jester(宮廷小丑) went too far one day and insulted his king.The king became very angry and he senten

2、ced the jester to death.His court prayed the king to have mercy on the man who had served him well for so many years.After a time,the king relented only enough to give the jester his choice as to how he would like to die

3、.The jester replied,“If it’s all the same to you,my Lord,I’d like to die of old age.”Certainly in this case,a good sense of humour saved the man’s life.,,It’s true for us as well.We may not be faced with a situation wher

4、e our wit will save us from death,but our sense of humour and the ability to laugh at things has proven health benefits that extend and improve our quality of life.,Norman Cousins,in his book Anatomy of An Illness,wrote

5、about how he cured himself of cancer by laughing a good part of each day.He rented films of comedies and watched them for hours on end in his hospital room.He had nothing to lose since he’d been diagnosed(診斷) as terminal

6、.His “experiment” turned out to be a classic example of the healing powers of laughter.If it worked for Cousins with a life﹣threatening illness,it can work for us to improve and protect our good health.We should laugh o

7、ften and heartily.It’s good for our body.Besides,life’s too important to be taken seriously.Question:What’s the function of humor and laughter?,Section Ⅰ　Warming Up and Reading,,,,,欄目導(dǎo)航,,,,,,,,Ⅰ.Read the text and match

8、 the main idea with each paragraph.Paragraph 1:( ) A.What his most famous character was like?Paragraph 2:( ) B.Why people needed cheering up?Paragraph 3:( )

9、 C.What his childhood was like？Paragraph 4:( ) D.His achievements.Paragraph 5:( ) E.An example of a sad situation that he made funny.,B,C,A,E,D,Ⅱ .Scan the text and choose the

10、best answer according to the text.1.What’s the passage mainly about?A.The history of English humour.B.The films Chaplin made.C.The humour Chaplin made in his films.D.The Gold Rush in California.答案：C,2.Why was he ta

11、ught to sing and dance at such an early age?A.Because he had a great talent for singing and dancing.B.Because he had a great interest in them.C.Because he had made up his mind to become an actor.D.Because he had to r

12、eceive training to support his family.答案：D3.How did he spend his childhood?A.Receiving good education.B.Looking after his sick mother and his brother.C.Enjoying a wealthy and happy family life.D.Having no one to ac

13、company him.答案：B,4.Why did people love the character of the little tramp?A.Because he was a social failure.B.Because he looked ridiculous.C.Because he walked in a funny way.D.Because he had optimism and determinatio

14、n to overcome all difficulties.答案：D5.Why do we believe it is one of the best meals Charlie has ever tasted?A.Because the food is the most delicious.B.Because we are very hungry.C.Because he eats the shoes happily.

15、D.Because the shoes are very beautiful.答案：C,Ⅲ.Complete the following passage with the words in brackets in their proper forms or the words from the text.Charlie Chaplin was a humorous actor, who astonished us with humo

16、rous feelings he inspired in us. Born in poverty, he became famous for a particular form of acting in entertaining silent movies. He was 1. _____ attractive and charming character, being well known throughout the world.

17、He played a poor and 2. _______ (home) person, wearing large trousers and 3. ________ (carry) a walking stick. The character, a social failure in the movies, 4. __________(love) by all the people. By overcoming difficult

18、ies, by being kind to people unkind to 5. ______ , by making a sad situation entertaining, and by eating a boiled shoe, Charlie Chaplin made people happy and 6. ______ (excite).,an,homeless,carrying,was loved,him,excite

19、d,7._______ he used in the film The Gold Rush was non﹣verbal humour as well. In the 19th century, in search of gold, people rushed to Alaska where gold 8.____________(discover), panning for gold, washing gold from water

20、 in a pan of water, and hoping to pick up gold, 9._____most of them were not fortunate enough to pick up any. Charlie Chaplin produced, directed, and wrote the movies that he starred in. He was given a special Oscar in 1

21、972 10. ______ his lifetime outstanding work of bringing humour to us all.,What,was discovered,but,for,Point 　content (1)adj.［作表語］ 感到滿足的；滿意的,考點一　單詞點擊,be/feel content(with sth.)對……感到滿足be content to do sth.愿意做某事,(2)n.［

22、C/U］ 滿足；內(nèi)容；目錄；含量；所容納之物,to one’s heart’s content 盡情地；心滿意足地,(3) vt.使?jié)M足,content oneself with sth.滿足于……,contented adj.(通常放在名詞之前作定語) 滿意的，愜意的，滿足的 a contented smile 愜意的笑容,單句語法填空。(1)In the 1980s she ______________(content)

23、 to focus on academic research and serve as the mother of two sons and the wife of a British academic at Oxford. 解析：句意：二十世紀八十年代，她身為英籍牛津教授的妻子，生有兩子，專注于學(xué)術(shù)研究。(2)Well content _______the present payment, the businessman is r

24、eady to keep on dealing with us. 解析：句意：對于目前的報酬非常滿意，那個商人準備和我們保持業(yè)務(wù)往來。,was content,with,單句改錯。(3)He is an easily content person, so he is always optimistic and happy.解析：句意：他是一個很容易滿足的人，所以他一直很樂觀，也很快樂。,contented,Point 　asto

25、nish v.使(某人)驚詫，驚訝,(1) astonished adj.感到驚訝的；吃驚的 be astonished at/by sth.因/對……感到驚訝 to do sth.對做某事感到驚訝 that 感到驚訝(2)astonishing adj.使人驚訝的；

26、驚人的(3) astonishment n.［U］驚訝；驚奇 in astonishment 驚訝地 to one’s astonishment令某人驚訝的是(4)astonishingly adv.使人驚訝地；驚人地,,,,Point 　entertain vt.& vi.使歡樂；款待,entertain sb.to sth. 宴客；款待某人(尤指在自己家中)en

27、tertain sb.with sth./by doing sth. 用某物/通過做某事使某人歡樂,(1) entertaining adj.使人愉快的；有趣的 a most entertaining guest 很風(fēng)趣的客人(2)entertainment n.娛樂；款待(3)entertainer n.(娛樂節(jié)目的)表演者；藝人,,單句語法填空。(1)At the last celebration

28、, she as well as her friends________________(entertain) with all kinds of delicious food. 解析：句意：在上次的慶祝會上，她和她的朋友以各種美味食品被款待。(2)Then it becomes an________________(entertain) centre, allowing you to watch any video and d

29、ownload any program.解析：句意：之后它就成為了一個娛樂中心，可以隨意看各種視頻、下載各種程序。,was entertained,entertainment,單句改錯。(3)He had planned to entertain his friends with dinner, but he was really so busy then that he himself had no time to have me

30、als.解析：句意：他本計劃設(shè)晚宴招待他的朋友們，但他當時真的太忙，以至于他自己都沒有時間吃飯。(4)After dinner, the native people have been used to be entertained with Beijing Opera and cool tea.解析：句意：晚飯后，當?shù)厝艘恢绷?xí)慣于聽聽京戲喝喝涼茶消遣。,to,being,Point 　convince vt.使(某人)相信；

31、說服(某人),,convince sb.of sth./that﹣clause使某人相信某事convince sb.to do sth.= persuade sb.to do sth.說服某人做某事be convinced of…/that… 堅信……；確信……,conviction n.確信，堅定的信仰；說服，信服；定罪convincing adj.令人信服的；有說服力的,單句語法填空。(1)No one has com

32、e up with a _____________(convince) explanation of why the dinosaurs died out.(2)______________(convince) of his honesty and determination, the director of our company decided to invest in his new company.,,convincing,

33、Convinced,(3)Only after we saw several pictures of his family had we convinced that he was really the grandson of the former foreign minister.解析：句意：只有看了他的幾張家庭照片之后，我們才相信他真的是前任外交大臣的孫子。,were,Point 　direct(1)vt.& vi

34、. 導(dǎo)演；指示；指揮,direct…at/towards sb./sth. 把……指向某人/事direct sb.to a place 指引某人到某處direct sb.to do sth. 指示/命令某人做某事direct(that)sb./sth.(should)do/be done 指示/命令某人做/某事被做,單句語法填空。(1)Their thought and action have played a great

35、role in _________(direct) human events to right values. 解析：句意：他們的思想和行為在指引人類大事件到正確的價值觀上扮演著重要的地位。(2)With Jack __________(direct) me, I had no difficulty in finding the manager’s house. 解析：句意：有了杰克給我引路，我毫不費力地找到了經(jīng)理的家。,dir

36、ecting,directing,,單句改錯。(3)Our university was founded in October 1951 and is a key institution of higher learning direct under the Ministry of Education.解析：句意：我們大學(xué)始建于1951年十月，是教育部管轄的重點高等學(xué)府。,directly,Point 　particular(

37、1)adj.特別的；特殊的；挑剔的，吹毛求疵的,be particular about/over sth. 對……挑剔/講究in particular=particularly 尤其；特別,particularly adv.尤其；特別地；特殊地,⑤Children particularly would burst into laughter at his behaviour.尤其是孩子們看到他的行為會大笑不止。,單句語法填空。(1

38、)If you really want something ____ particular, keep taking action and refuse the alternatives until you get it! 解析：句意：如果你真的特別想要什么東西，保持你的行動并且拒絕替代品，直到你得到它。(2)______________(particular) about food left him in lack of nut

39、rition and he was weaker and weaker.(3)We are ____________(particular) grateful to him for his timely help.解析：句意：我們特別感謝他的及時幫助。,in,Being particular,particularly,考點二　短語詮釋,up to now = so far/by now/until now到目前為止(通常與現(xiàn)在完成時

40、連用),①As Victor Hugo once said,“Laugher is the sun that drives winter from the human face”,and up to now nobody has been able to do this better than Charlie Chaplin.(教材P18)正如維克多·雨果曾說過的，“笑聲是驅(qū)逐人們面孔上的冬天的一輪太陽”，直到現(xiàn)在在這方面也

41、沒人能夠比查理·卓別林做得更好。 ②So far the work has been easy but things may change.到目前為止,這工作很容易,但情況可能有變化。,單句語法填空。(1)Up to now, great changes______________(take) place in our hometown and people are enjoying a good policy. 解析

42、：句意：到目前為止，我們家鄉(xiāng)已經(jīng)發(fā)生了巨大的變化，人們正在享受著好政策帶來的好處。 單句改錯。(2)─How is your math teacher all these days?─I’ve no idea. But it is said that up to now he recovered from his serious illness.,have taken,∧has,badly off的比較級：wo

43、rse off 境況更差badly off的反義詞：well off 過得很好；富有的well off的比較級：better off 境況更好,單句語法填空。(1)We shouldn’t complain about being poor because many families are _______(badly) off. (2)___________________(badly) off, the man was ea

44、ger to apply for the job with a famous company.單句改錯。(3)Of all my former classmates, Henry has been worse off because of his attitude to life over these years.,worse,Having been badly,worst,pick up(vt.)撿起；讓某人搭車；繼續(xù)；便宜地買

45、到；接收(節(jié)目)；無意中學(xué)會(vi.)(情況)好轉(zhuǎn)；(身體)逐漸恢復(fù),單句語法填空。(1)She_____________(pick) out from dozens of applicants for the job. 解析：句意：她從大批求職者中被選中承擔(dān)這項工作。(2)He is careful to pick _____ some new ties to give as Christmas presents to hi

46、s friends. 解析：句意：他正在小心地挑選一些新領(lǐng)帶，作為圣誕禮物送給他的朋友們。,was picked,out,cut down 砍倒；削減cut in 插嘴；強行超車cut out 剪除；刪除cut up 切碎；(為某事)傷心，難受,單句語法填空。(1)When the whole area was cut ______by the flood, the government sent food there by

47、helicopter.(2)He had a finger cut _____while he was working on the machine and shouted with pain. 解析：句意：他在操作機器的時候把一個手指給切掉了，痛得大叫。,off,off,單句改錯。(3)According to the report, a tree after another is cut down and

48、 many species are dying out in the primitive rainforest. 解析：句意：據(jù)報道，樹正一棵棵地被砍下，原始雨林中有很多物種就要滅絕了。,∧being,Point 5 star in 主演；擔(dān)任主角,star sb.(in sth.)使某人擔(dān)任主角；由某人主演,單句語法填空。(1)It was John Denver who we heard __________

49、_(star) in a new love movie, which made a big hit at the end of the year.解析：句意：我們聽說那部年底大獲成功的新愛情電影是約翰·丹沃主演的。單句改錯。(2)The actor devoted himself to star in his first film and even had no time to date with his girlfri

50、end.解析：句意：這位演員把全部身心投入到他主演的第一部電影中，甚至沒有時間跟女朋友約會。,starring,starring,考點三　句型歸納,not that…but (that)… 意為“不是因為……，而是因為……”，“不是……而是……” 用于肯定一個原因，否定另一個原因，或者肯定一個判斷，否定另一個判斷。,單句語法填空。(1)Not _____ there is no beauty in the world, but th

51、at you pay a blind eye to it usually.(2)It’s not that these couples lost themselves in the marriage, ____ that they grew in it. 解析：句意：并不是說這些夫妻在婚姻中失去了自己，而是他們自我成長了。,that,but,(1)The woman manager would never forgive the g

52、uy, for he _____________(rob) her of her purse by the time she took a job with this company. 解析：句意：這個女經(jīng)理永遠不會原諒這個人，因為在來這個公司上班之前他搶了她的錢包。(2)By the time the fire men arrived, the fire ______________(put) out by the nearby

53、citizens. 單句改錯。(3)By the time the young lady is set free, the police have surrounded the office block.,had robbed,had been put,∧will,單句語法填空。(1)Mr.Smith felt much annoyed with so many problems__________(r

54、emain) to be solved. (2)With the new machine ____________(test), I couldn’t hear clearly what they were talking about. (3)With all the tickets _________(sell) out, we had to wait for the next weeks show.,remaining,bei

55、ng tested,sold,單句改錯。(4)They spent a 7﹣day trip in Hong Kong and then went back with all the money run out. (5)With two exams worry about, I have to work really hard this weekend.,running,∧to,,制作者：狀元橋,適用對象：高一