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　　Book 4  Unit 3  A taste of English humour
　　Reading  A master of nonverbal humour
　　Teaching aims:
　　1 To enrich vocabulary;
　　2 To have a basic knowledge of types of humour and humour masters;
　　3 To further develop reading skills, including skimming, scanning, word-guessing and so on.
　　Teaching materials:
　　Textbooltimedia facilities.
　　Teaching procedure:
　　Step 1 Warming-up
　　To watch the videos of humour masters, through which to know about types of humour and humour masters.
　　Step 2 Pre-reading  
　　To review types of humour and know more about Charlie Chaplin.
　　Step 3 Reading
　　Task1    To listen to the tape and check whether the following sentences are “True or False”(from the learning guide for students);
　　Task2    To skim the passage to complete the notes about Charlie Chaplin(from textbook: page 19, exercise 1);  
　　Task3  To scan the passage and fill in the blanks to have a further understanding(from the learning guide for students);
　　Task4  To discuss the questions about Charlie Chaplin(from textbook: page 19,excersice 3).
　　Step 4 Summary and homework
　　Summary
　　Charlie Chaplin, a master of nonverbal humour, said: “To truly laugh, you must be able to tar pain, and play with it!”
　　Homework
　　1 To review what has been learnt in this class and choose one type of humour to write a short passage about it;
　　2 To map a dialogue for The Gold Rush and act it in groups of two.
　　Book 4  Unit 3  Reading  A master of nonverbal humour
　　Learning guide for students
　　1 Listen to the tape and check whether the following sentences are “True or False”.
　　True  False
　　1.Charlie Chaplin said, “Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.”  □     □
　　2.Charlie Chaplin’s own life was not easy.                                    □     □
　　3.The little tramp was Charlie Chaplin’s brother.                               □     □
　　4.The Gold Rush is one of Charlie Chaplin’s most famous films.                   □    □
　　5.In 1972, Charlie Chaplin was given a special Oscar for his outstanding work in films. □    □
　　2 Use the information in the passage to complete the notes about Charlie Chaplin.
　　Born:                                                            
　　Job:                                                             
　　Famous character:                                                  
　　Costume:                                                         
　　Type of acting:                                                     
　　Died:                                                             
　　3 Fill in the blanks to have a further understanding.
　　Nobody has been able to do better than Charlie Chaplin in making people laugh. He made people laugh when they felt depressed, so they could feel more         with their lives. He was born in a poor family and his father died, leaving the family even                . He had to look after his sick mother and brother and became one of the most popular child         in England.
　　As time went by, he began making films and his        character, the little tramp, became known            the world. The tramp was a poor and         man with a moustache, who wore large trousers,         shoes and a small round black hat. He was so funny in all of his films throughout his life. Chaplin wrote,        , and produced the films he starred in. As a result, he received many awards for his        work in films.
　　4 In pairs discuss these questions about Charlie Chaplin.
　　1.Do you think his poor childhood helped him in his work? Why?