Charlie Chaplin
Unit 2
Stage 1,Warming-up Activities
Stage 2,Reading-Centred Activities
Stage 3,After-Reading Activities
Stage 4,Listening-and-Speaking Practice
Warming-up Activities
Group work
Questions for thought and discussion
Background information
Enriching your vocabulary
Comparing the following words
Group work
Go over the preview,the pre-
reading questions and the title
of the text before listening to
the summary of the story and
anticipate what we are going to
read,
Questions for thought and
discussion
Listen to a short passage
carefully and then answer
the following questions.
Background information
Charlie Chaplin,
Charles Spencer Chaplin was born on 16th April
1889 in Walworth,London,and lived a Dickensian
childhood,shared with his brother,Sydney,that
included extreme poverty,workhouses and seeing
his mother's mental decline put her into an
institution,Both his parents,though separated
when he was very young,were music hall artists,
his father quite famously so,But it was his mother
that Charlie idolised and was inspired by during
his visit of the backstage while she performed,to
take up such a career for himself,
Dickens:
Charles Dickens,1812— 1870,an English
novelist,considered by many to be the
greatest one of all,His many famous
books describe life in Victorian England
and show how hard it was,especially for
the poor and for children,They include
The Pickwick Papers,Oliver Twist,A
Christmas Carol,David Copperfield,Great
Expectations and A Tale of Two Cities,
Hollywood:
an area of Los Angeles which is known as
the center of the American film industry,In
terms of geography,Hollywood refers to an
area consisting of the City of West
Hollywood and its vicinity that form part of
the Greater Los Angeles metropolitan area,
It is generally thought that everyone living
in Hollywood is extremely rich,famous,
and concerned with appearances but in fact
many parts of Hollywood today are poor,
dirty and badly cared for,
Mack Sennett:
(1880— 1960) US film producer,born in
Richmond,Quebec,He worked in the theatre
as a comic in burlesque companies,and from
1908 in silent films,He later formed his own
company and hundreds of shorts,establishing
a whole generation of players and a tradition
of knockabout slapstick under the name of
Keystone Komics (1912),and later the
Sennett Bathing Beauties (1920),He received
a Special Academy Award in 1937,
Enriching your vocabulary
Read the sentences carefully
and guess the meaning of the
italicized term in each sentence
according to the context and
your own experiences,
The speech is rich in comic sensitivity,
The children received a greeting card
and a comic for Christmas,
If you‘re a comic and people recognize
you,it means a lot of people are watching
your show,
A lot of Shakespeare‘s plays are comedies,
At last he saw the comedy of the situation
and laughed,
喜剧性连环漫画册喜剧演员喜剧滑稽之处
He used to be a tramp when he was young,
I‘ve tramped the whole town looking for
work,
The elderly woman must have thought I
was a beggar,because she refused to let
me speak to the young ladies,
The poor child was dressed in rags,
I used a piece of rag to dust the wooden
furniture.
乞丐走遍全城叫花子衣衫褴褛抹布
speech met with loud applause,
The audience clapped and cheered when
she stood up to speak,
He was spotted by a scout at the age of 13,
He sent four scouts ahead to take a look
at the bridge,
掌声鼓掌欢呼猎头侦察员
The people in the north have revolted
against the foreign rule and
established their own government,
Troops were called in to put down
the revolt,
Shoes with high heels are no longer
in fashion,
She had developed a blister on one
heel.
造反叛乱鞋跟脚后跟
You must behave (yourself) at the party!
How does your new car behave?
He‘s applied for Chinese nationality.
There are many minority nationalities in
China,
Now that we have made the decision,we
may execute the scheme as previously
agreed,
It now seems certain that the prisoner
will be executed tomorrow,
规规矩矩性能国籍民族实行处死
The money corresponds roughly to the
amount I need for my course,
Who have you been corresponding with in
China?
There has been a decline in the value of the
pound and a corresponding increase in the
strength of the dollar,
He was accused of betraying his country
during the war,
He tried to seem angry,but his smile
betrayed him,
大致够通信相应背叛露了马脚
It was such a relief to hear Glen had been
found safe and well,
For relief of headaches take aspirin,
The rumours being spread about him are
totally untrue,
This proposal will almost certainly spark
another countrywide debate,
The church service is a memorial to those
killed in the war,
宽慰减轻传言引起纪念
We need to cut the article down to 1,000
words,
The days of happiness had gone for good,
careful you don‘t trip up on the step,
He made up some excuse about his
daughter being sick,
He was once wealthy,but now he has
come down in the world,
缩短永远绊倒编造落魄
Most pop music is influenced,to a
greater or lesser degree,by the blues,
You may have difficulty with this
book at first,but you‘ll find it much
easier as you go along,
It‘s cheaper if you book the tickets in
advance.
He eventually found his way into
acting,
多少进行下去提前进入
Vocabulary Comparing
stockings hose sock
ankle foot toe heel hoof paw nail
crude rude coarse offensive
crude raw uncooked
moustache beard
pants trousers levis jeans panskirt
postpone delay suspend put off
doubtful skeptical dubious
undecided uncertain questionable
immense huge colossal vast
enormous gigantic tremendous
titanic monstrous large
immensely very much extremely
extraordinary unusual special
unexpected strange abnormal extra
incident event occurrence accident
rouse wake waken awaken
rouse animate kindle excite provoke
stir stimulate
script playscript tapescript draft
manuscript
pepper cayenne chili paprika
collision clash crash conflict
sunset sunrise
clumsy awkward
cop police policeman
Homework
Learn the new words and
expressions of the text by heart,
Go over the text and try to get
the main idea of the text,
Analyze the structure of the text,
Reading-Centred Activities
1,Global Reading Task
Reading Skills,
Text structure analysis:
2,Detailed Reading Task
Language points
Simulated writing
Summary of the text
Understand the reading skills,
mixture of fact and opinion
–What are facts? And what are
opinions?
Facts are statements that tell
what really happened or really is
the case whereas opinions are
statements of beliefs,judgments,
or feelings,
Some tips for distinguishing facts from
opinions,
1,Test the writer's opinion by asking
whether a different opinion is
possible,
2,Look for words that interpret one's
opinions such as pretty,ugly,
handsome,dangerous,evil,attractive,
well-dressed,good,etc,Other words
say clearly that an opinion will follow;
these are words like I believe,I think,
in my opinion,I feel,I suggest,etc.
Text structure analysis,
In this reading passage the author
introduces us a famous figure —
Charlie Chaplin from different
aspects,
1,the introduction
2,his professional success
3,his emotional life
4,the end of his life story,
Divide the text into 4 parts according to
the main idea given:
Part 1,the introduction
Part 2,his professional success
Part 3,his emotional life
Part 4,the end of his life story
Paragraphs 1 and 2
from Paragraph 3 to Paragraph 6
Paragraphs 7 and 8
Paragraph 9
1,Introduction
Chaplin was from ____________
but a man that created
___________________ of lasting
fame,He won __________ in
many countries and he was
spotted by _____________ of
Hollywood.
a poor family
comic characters
reputation
talent scouts
Charlie Chaplin’s professional
success:
–Charlie Chaplin’s huge success
with his ________.(Para,3)
–Charlie Chaplin’s success with
_____________.(para,4)
–Charlie Chaplin’s secrets of
great _______.(paras 5 & 6)
Tramp
sound movies
comedy
Charlie Chaplin’s emotional life:
–Charlie Chaplin’s emotional
___________ resulted in
________________ and found its
way into his ________________.
–Charlie Chaplin’s stable
____________ in his later years.
collision
personal disaster
comic creation
happiness
Reading-Centred Activities
1,Global Reading Task
Reading Skills,
Text structure analysis:
2,Detailed Reading Task
Language points
Simulated writing
Summary of the text
Charlie Chaplin’s death
–Charlie Chaplin died on
_____________________,A
strange incident after his death
is taken as a ________________
to the world’s most famous
______.
Christmas day 1977
fitting memorial
comic
After-Reading Activities
Vocabulary Exercises
Translating and Writing
Listening and speaking
activities
Talking about the topic
or retelling the text
Listening and speaking
practice in XP center
Unit 2
Stage 1,Warming-up Activities
Stage 2,Reading-Centred Activities
Stage 3,After-Reading Activities
Stage 4,Listening-and-Speaking Practice
Warming-up Activities
Group work
Questions for thought and discussion
Background information
Enriching your vocabulary
Comparing the following words
Group work
Go over the preview,the pre-
reading questions and the title
of the text before listening to
the summary of the story and
anticipate what we are going to
read,
Questions for thought and
discussion
Listen to a short passage
carefully and then answer
the following questions.
Background information
Charlie Chaplin,
Charles Spencer Chaplin was born on 16th April
1889 in Walworth,London,and lived a Dickensian
childhood,shared with his brother,Sydney,that
included extreme poverty,workhouses and seeing
his mother's mental decline put her into an
institution,Both his parents,though separated
when he was very young,were music hall artists,
his father quite famously so,But it was his mother
that Charlie idolised and was inspired by during
his visit of the backstage while she performed,to
take up such a career for himself,
Dickens:
Charles Dickens,1812— 1870,an English
novelist,considered by many to be the
greatest one of all,His many famous
books describe life in Victorian England
and show how hard it was,especially for
the poor and for children,They include
The Pickwick Papers,Oliver Twist,A
Christmas Carol,David Copperfield,Great
Expectations and A Tale of Two Cities,
Hollywood:
an area of Los Angeles which is known as
the center of the American film industry,In
terms of geography,Hollywood refers to an
area consisting of the City of West
Hollywood and its vicinity that form part of
the Greater Los Angeles metropolitan area,
It is generally thought that everyone living
in Hollywood is extremely rich,famous,
and concerned with appearances but in fact
many parts of Hollywood today are poor,
dirty and badly cared for,
Mack Sennett:
(1880— 1960) US film producer,born in
Richmond,Quebec,He worked in the theatre
as a comic in burlesque companies,and from
1908 in silent films,He later formed his own
company and hundreds of shorts,establishing
a whole generation of players and a tradition
of knockabout slapstick under the name of
Keystone Komics (1912),and later the
Sennett Bathing Beauties (1920),He received
a Special Academy Award in 1937,
Enriching your vocabulary
Read the sentences carefully
and guess the meaning of the
italicized term in each sentence
according to the context and
your own experiences,
The speech is rich in comic sensitivity,
The children received a greeting card
and a comic for Christmas,
If you‘re a comic and people recognize
you,it means a lot of people are watching
your show,
A lot of Shakespeare‘s plays are comedies,
At last he saw the comedy of the situation
and laughed,
喜剧性连环漫画册喜剧演员喜剧滑稽之处
He used to be a tramp when he was young,
I‘ve tramped the whole town looking for
work,
The elderly woman must have thought I
was a beggar,because she refused to let
me speak to the young ladies,
The poor child was dressed in rags,
I used a piece of rag to dust the wooden
furniture.
乞丐走遍全城叫花子衣衫褴褛抹布
speech met with loud applause,
The audience clapped and cheered when
she stood up to speak,
He was spotted by a scout at the age of 13,
He sent four scouts ahead to take a look
at the bridge,
掌声鼓掌欢呼猎头侦察员
The people in the north have revolted
against the foreign rule and
established their own government,
Troops were called in to put down
the revolt,
Shoes with high heels are no longer
in fashion,
She had developed a blister on one
heel.
造反叛乱鞋跟脚后跟
You must behave (yourself) at the party!
How does your new car behave?
He‘s applied for Chinese nationality.
There are many minority nationalities in
China,
Now that we have made the decision,we
may execute the scheme as previously
agreed,
It now seems certain that the prisoner
will be executed tomorrow,
规规矩矩性能国籍民族实行处死
The money corresponds roughly to the
amount I need for my course,
Who have you been corresponding with in
China?
There has been a decline in the value of the
pound and a corresponding increase in the
strength of the dollar,
He was accused of betraying his country
during the war,
He tried to seem angry,but his smile
betrayed him,
大致够通信相应背叛露了马脚
It was such a relief to hear Glen had been
found safe and well,
For relief of headaches take aspirin,
The rumours being spread about him are
totally untrue,
This proposal will almost certainly spark
another countrywide debate,
The church service is a memorial to those
killed in the war,
宽慰减轻传言引起纪念
We need to cut the article down to 1,000
words,
The days of happiness had gone for good,
careful you don‘t trip up on the step,
He made up some excuse about his
daughter being sick,
He was once wealthy,but now he has
come down in the world,
缩短永远绊倒编造落魄
Most pop music is influenced,to a
greater or lesser degree,by the blues,
You may have difficulty with this
book at first,but you‘ll find it much
easier as you go along,
It‘s cheaper if you book the tickets in
advance.
He eventually found his way into
acting,
多少进行下去提前进入
Vocabulary Comparing
stockings hose sock
ankle foot toe heel hoof paw nail
crude rude coarse offensive
crude raw uncooked
moustache beard
pants trousers levis jeans panskirt
postpone delay suspend put off
doubtful skeptical dubious
undecided uncertain questionable
immense huge colossal vast
enormous gigantic tremendous
titanic monstrous large
immensely very much extremely
extraordinary unusual special
unexpected strange abnormal extra
incident event occurrence accident
rouse wake waken awaken
rouse animate kindle excite provoke
stir stimulate
script playscript tapescript draft
manuscript
pepper cayenne chili paprika
collision clash crash conflict
sunset sunrise
clumsy awkward
cop police policeman
Homework
Learn the new words and
expressions of the text by heart,
Go over the text and try to get
the main idea of the text,
Analyze the structure of the text,
Reading-Centred Activities
1,Global Reading Task
Reading Skills,
Text structure analysis:
2,Detailed Reading Task
Language points
Simulated writing
Summary of the text
Understand the reading skills,
mixture of fact and opinion
–What are facts? And what are
opinions?
Facts are statements that tell
what really happened or really is
the case whereas opinions are
statements of beliefs,judgments,
or feelings,
Some tips for distinguishing facts from
opinions,
1,Test the writer's opinion by asking
whether a different opinion is
possible,
2,Look for words that interpret one's
opinions such as pretty,ugly,
handsome,dangerous,evil,attractive,
well-dressed,good,etc,Other words
say clearly that an opinion will follow;
these are words like I believe,I think,
in my opinion,I feel,I suggest,etc.
Text structure analysis,
In this reading passage the author
introduces us a famous figure —
Charlie Chaplin from different
aspects,
1,the introduction
2,his professional success
3,his emotional life
4,the end of his life story,
Divide the text into 4 parts according to
the main idea given:
Part 1,the introduction
Part 2,his professional success
Part 3,his emotional life
Part 4,the end of his life story
Paragraphs 1 and 2
from Paragraph 3 to Paragraph 6
Paragraphs 7 and 8
Paragraph 9
1,Introduction
Chaplin was from ____________
but a man that created
___________________ of lasting
fame,He won __________ in
many countries and he was
spotted by _____________ of
Hollywood.
a poor family
comic characters
reputation
talent scouts
Charlie Chaplin’s professional
success:
–Charlie Chaplin’s huge success
with his ________.(Para,3)
–Charlie Chaplin’s success with
_____________.(para,4)
–Charlie Chaplin’s secrets of
great _______.(paras 5 & 6)
Tramp
sound movies
comedy
Charlie Chaplin’s emotional life:
–Charlie Chaplin’s emotional
___________ resulted in
________________ and found its
way into his ________________.
–Charlie Chaplin’s stable
____________ in his later years.
collision
personal disaster
comic creation
happiness
Reading-Centred Activities
1,Global Reading Task
Reading Skills,
Text structure analysis:
2,Detailed Reading Task
Language points
Simulated writing
Summary of the text
Charlie Chaplin’s death
–Charlie Chaplin died on
_____________________,A
strange incident after his death
is taken as a ________________
to the world’s most famous
______.
Christmas day 1977
fitting memorial
comic
After-Reading Activities
Vocabulary Exercises
Translating and Writing
Listening and speaking
activities
Talking about the topic
or retelling the text
Listening and speaking
practice in XP center
