Reading

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Reading
A master of nonverbal humor
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A quotation from Victor Hugo
Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the
human face.
Your understanding
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• Verbal humor
• funny plays

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Cross talk
???
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• Nonverbal humor

Mr. Bean
mime
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Charlie Chaplin
Little Tramp
Modern Times
The Kid
City Lights
The Gold Rush
The circus
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Reading for detailed information
Charlie Chaplin The Gold Rush
Wanna know more about Charlie Chaplin? Please
read the whole passage and complete the following
table.
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Biography
1889
1977
actor
mime
Little Tramp, The Gold Rush, Modern Times, City
Lights etc.
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Charlie Chaplins costume(??)
a small black hat
He wore a small black hat, very wide trousers,
worn out shoes, a moustache and carried a stick
that he swung in the air as he walked.
a moustache
a stick
very wide trousers
worn out shoes
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Large trousers, worn- out shoes, small round
black hat and a walking stick
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Reading for main ideas
Read the passage and answer the following
questions.
1.(Para.1)Why did people need cheering up?_____
A

• In Britain and America people suffered a lot
  through two world wars and the hard years in
  between.
• Charlie Chaplin was a great master of cheering
  them up.
• People could never feel more content with their
  lives.

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2.(Para.2)What was Charlie Chaplins childhood
like?_________
D

• He was born into a poor acting family.
• He was trained to dance and sing at a very early
  age.
• By his teens, Charlie had become a famous child
  actor through his humor.
• All above.

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3.(Para.3) What was his most popular character,
the little tramp, like?_______

D

• The tramp was a poor, homeless man with a
  moustache and an umbrella.
• Wearing large trousers, worn-out shoes and a
  small round hat, the tramp walked around stiffly.
• He was a social failure but was loved for his
  optimism and great will to overcome all
  difficulties.
• B and C

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4.(Para.4) which of the following is NOT true
with one of Chaplins most famous films, The Gold
Rush ?_________
C

• It is an example of making a sad situation
  entertaining.
• It is a film about poor people rushing to
  California in search of gold.
• The pair of leather shoes boiled for dinner is
  one of the best meals the tramp has ever tasted.

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D
5.(Para.5)What are his achievements?______

• He wrote, directed and produced the films he
  starred in.
• He was given a special Oscar for his outstanding
  work in films.
• He is loved and remembered as a great actor.
• All above.

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Discussion
1. Do you think his poor childhood helped him in
his work? Why?
Yes, because he understood the problems of people
who were very poor.
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2. Why do you think he was so successful?
Because he was a wonderful actor, understood and
sympathized(??) with peoples problems and tried
to cheer them up.
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Consolidation
brightened

• Charlie Chaplin _______________the lives of
• Americans and the British as a great actor.
• He was born in 1889 and his parents were
• poor music hall______________. He learned to sing
• and dance at an early age. He spent his
• _______________looking after his sick mother and
• his brother. By his teens he became one of the
• most popular child ____________in England.
• His ________________character, the little
  tramp,
• became known throughout the world. The character
• was a poor___________ man wearing a ____________,
  large trousers, ____________ shoes and a small
  round black hat.

performers
childhood
actors
charming
moustache
homeless
worn-out
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• He walked about stiffly carrying a ______
  ________. He was a social _______but was loved
  for his optimism and determination to overcome
  all difficulties. In one of his most famous film,
  The Gold Rush, the little tramp and his friends
  havent discovered ______ and lived with cold and
  hunger. They have to boil a pair of ______ shoes
  and the little tramp eats each mouthful with
  great ____________. The acting is so _________
  that it seems as if it is one of the best meals
  he has eaten.

walking
stick
failure
gold
leather
convincing
enjoyment
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• Charlie Chaplin achieved a lot in his
  unique acting. He wrote,_________ and produced
  the films he starred in. In 1972 he was given a
  special Oscar for his ____________work in films.
  He lived in England but spent the last years in
  Switzerland.

directed
outstanding
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Homework

• Find the interesting and useful phrases
  and sentences in the passage.
• finish off the Learning about Language
  exercises.