1、Unit 3,A taste of English humour,学习目标展示,背景知识链接,导语：卓别林，一位英国喜剧演员及反战人士，后来也成为一名非常出色的导演。他奠定了现代喜剧电影的基础。 About the year 1900，a darkhaired boy named Charlie Chaplin was often seen waiting outside the back entrances of London theatres.He looked thin.He was hoping to get work in show business.He could sing an
2、d dance，and above all，he knew how to make people laugh.But he couldnt get work and therefore wandered about the city streets.Sometimes he was sent away to a home for children who had no parents.,But twenty years later，this same Chaplin became the greatest，bestknown，and bestloved comedian in the worl
3、d.Any regular visitor to the cinema must have seen some of Charlie Chaplins films.People everywhere have sat and laughed at them until the tears ran down their faces.Even people who dont understand English can enjoy his films，because they are mostly silent.It isnt what he says that makes us laugh.Hi
4、s comedy doesnt depend upon words or language.It depends upon little actions which mean the thing to people all over the world.Acting out without words，of common human situations plays an important part in the dances and plays in many countries.Its a kind of the world language.,Chaplin lived most of
5、 his life in America and died in Switzerland on Christmas Day,1977，at the age of eightyeight.There was sadness all over the world at the news of his death. Notes It isnt what he says that makes us laugh. 译文：不是他说的话让我们大笑。 分析：本句是强调句，对句子的主语进行强调。what he says是主语从句。,Task 1. When was Chaplin born？( no more than 3 words) In 1889. 2Why was Chaplin often seen waiting outside London theatres？(no more than 10 words) Because he needed a job in show business. 3What does Chaplins comedy depend on？(no more than 10 words) Action，a kind of the world language.,
