1、Unit 4 HumourLesson 3 My Favourite Comedian北师大版（北师大版（2019） 选择性必修二选择性必修二1_ n. 喜剧演员2_ n. 国籍3_ n. 名誉，名望4_ vt. 遇到5_ vt. 使开心；逗笑6_ vi. 依赖7_ 依赖；信赖comediannationalityreputationencounter amuse relyrely on8_ n. 花瓶9_ n. 女用手提包；女式钱包10_ adj. 当代的11_ n. 影视剧本作家，编剧12_ adv. 主要地；大部分13_ adj. 好笑的，有趣的14_ n. 创造物，作品vasepurs
2、econtemporaryscreenwritermostlyamusingcreation17_ n. 奖学金18_ 寄宿学校19_ vt. 得到，获得20_ vt. 获得，得到21_ 电力（电气）工程学scholarship15_ n. 正相反，恰恰相反16_ adj. 学术的contraryacademicboarding schoolattainobtainelectrical engineering24_ n. 制作人，制片人25_ adv. 很少，难得26_ n. 天才，天赋；天才人物27_ adj. 确信的，信服的producer22_ n. 天资，天赋，才能23_ n. 镜子t
3、alentmirrorrarelygeniusconvincedcomediansomeone whose job is to tell jokes and make people laughbody languagethe gestures, movements and mannerisms that a person or an animal uses to communicate with otherscontemporarybelonging to the present timegeniusa very high level of intelligence, mental skill
4、 or ability, which only a few people haveLook at the photo. Answer the questions.Who is he?Whats he famous for?Whats his nationality?What TV series and films has he acted in?What do you think of his performance?He is Rowan Atkinson.He is English.The character Mr Bean he acted.TV series and films of
5、Mr Bean.Pair Work Read paragraph 1 of Text 1. Tell each other who Mr Bean is and what is so special about him.Mr BeanMr Bean is an internationally recognised comedy character in films and TV series. He has a reputation for constantly encountering awkward situations, which greatly amuses audiences of
6、 all nationalities and cultures. His humour is always made clear through a series of simple and funny acts that rely purely on body language that is universal.Text 1Pair Work Read paragraph 1 of Text 1. Tell each other who Mr Bean is and what is so special about him.Mr Bean is an internationally rec
7、ognised comedy character in films and TV series. He is special because his humour is always made clear through a series of simple and funny acts that rely purely on body language.Read the rest of Text 1 and focus on the two scenes of Mr Bean at the fancy restaurant. Tell what happens to Mr Bean in t
8、he restaurant in a few sentences.One of my favourite episodes was Mr Bean in a fancy restaurant. After being seated at his table, Mr Bean takes out a card, writes a few words on it, puts it in an envelope and places it on the table. After a moment, he looks back at the envelope but this time he look
9、s surprised, as if he did not know it was there. He opens it to find a birthday card and very happily puts it on the table for everyone to see.When he looks at the menu, an astonished look quickly appears on his face. He takes all the money out of his wallet, counts it and puts it in a saucer. He th
10、en looks from the menu to the money with concern until he finds one thing that makes him smile. Then he orders a dish called “steak tartare”. When the dish arrives, he is shocked to discover that “steak tartare” is actually raw hamburger. He makes an attempt to eat it, but it is clear from the look
11、on his face as he is chewing that he finds the taste truly awful. He cannot hide his feelings, except when the waiters ask if everything is all right. When this happens, he smiles and nods, indicating that everything is fine. When the waiters are not looking, however, he busies himself hiding the ra
12、w meat anywhere he can reach the sugar bowl, the tiny flower vase, inside a bread roll and under a plate. He becomes so desperate in the end that he even hides some inside the purse of a woman sitting near him and throws some down the trousers of the restaurants violinist!I like to watch Mr Bean on
13、TV but I wouldnt want to meet someone like him in real life, and I certainly wouldnt want to have dinner with him!Read the rest of Text 1 and focus on the two scenes of Mr Bean at the fancy restaurant. Tell what happens to Mr Bean in the restaurant in a few sentences.Scene 1is seated at is seated at
14、 the tablethe tabletakes out takes out a carda cardwrites a few writes a few wordswordsputs it in an puts it in an envelopeenvelopeplaces it on places it on the tablethe tablelooks back at the looks back at the envelope and envelope and looks surprisedlooks surprisedopens it to find a opens it to fi
15、nd a birthday cardbirthday cardputs it on the table puts it on the table very happily for very happily for everyone to seeeveryone to seeScene 2l o o k a t l o o k a t the menu, the menu, surprisedsurprisedtakes all the takes all the money out of money out of his wallethis walletcounts itcounts itpu
16、ts it in a puts it in a saucersaucerlooks from the menu looks from the menu to the money with to the money with concernconcernorders “steak orders “steak tartare”tartare”m a k e s a n m a k e s a n attempt to eatattempt to eatsmiles and nodssmiles and nodshides inside hides inside the purse of a the
17、 purse of a womanwomanthrows some throws some d o w n t h e d o w n t h e trousers of the trousers of the restaurants restaurants violinistviolinistDescribe what Mr Bean does at the fancy restaurant based on your notes.Read Text 1. Make inferences about Mr Bean and the author. 1 Why does Mr Bean go
18、to a fancy restaurant on this particular day? To celebrate his birthday.2 Does Mr Bean have many friends? How do you know? Mr Bean doesnt have any friends. He goes to the restaurant alone and writes a card to himself but he pretends he receives this card.3 Why does Mr Bean order “steak tartare”? Ste
19、ak tartare is the only dish he could pay for.Read Text 1. Make inferences about Mr Bean and the author. 4 Why does Mr Bean pretend to like the food when the waiters ask him? Because he wants to be elegant.5 Why does the author say that he wouldnt want to meet someone like Mr Bean in real life? Mr Be
20、ans manners are not socially acceptable so it would be embarrassing to sit with him at a dinner table.Act out the two scenes of Mr Bean at the fancy restaurant with one student being the narrator.Read Text 2. Complete the table about Rowan Atkinson. Then introduce him to your partner.Rowan AtkinsonP
21、ersonal informationNationality: Acting careerAt primary school: Date of birth: At university: Occupation: In 1976: EducationAt the age of 13: Peoples commentsAt Newcastle University: At Oxford: The Contemporary ChaplinRowan Atkinson is an English actor, comedian and screenwriter. In Britain, Mr Atki
22、nson is mostly famous for many successful TV shows but internationally we know him best as the awkward, clumsy, but always amusing Mr Bean. If you think that Rowan Atkinson is anything like his famous creation, then you are in for a surprise. On the contrary, he is nothing like Mr Bean.Text 2Read Te
23、xt 2. Complete the table about Rowan Atkinson. Then introduce him to your partner.Rowan was born on 6 January, 1955. He grew up on a farm with his parents and three older brothers. His father was very strict and did not believe in the value of television.Rowan had a very successful academic career.
24、At the age of 13, he was awarded a scholarship to a boarding school. Later, he studied at Newcastle University where he attained the highest marks in his year. At Oxford, he obtained his masters degree in electrical engineering. This may explain why he loves fast cars, of which he has many. When Row
25、an was young, he had a stutter and to make his speech clearer, he began to speak very carefully. This may be why some of his characters have unusual ways of speaking.As early as primary school, Rowan had already shown a talent for acting, but it was only later at university that he decided to become
26、 an actor. A key event occurred one day in 1976 when he was playing around and pulling a face in the mirror. “I discovered my face,” he said later.John Lloyd, who worked as a producer for BBC Television, says that one rarely meets someone with such genius, and that when he worked with Atkinson he be
27、came convinced that Rowan would be more famous than Charlie Chaplin.Read Text 2. Complete the table about Rowan Atkinson. Then introduce him to your partner.Rowan AtkinsonPersonal informationNationality: Date of birth: Occupation: EducationAt the age of 13: At Newcastle University: At Oxford: Britis
28、h6 January, 1955actor, comedian, screenwriterwas awarded a scholarship to a boarding schoolattained the highest marksobtained his masters degree in electrical engineeringRead Text 2. Complete the table about Rowan Atkinson. Then introduce him to your partner.Rowan AtkinsonActing careerAt primary sch
29、ool: At university: In 1976:Peoples commentsshowed a talent for actingdecided to become an actordiscovered his face in the mirrorRowan is such a genius; Rowan would be more famous than Charlie Chaplin.Read the story again and answer the questions.1 From the scenes in the restaurant, what can you inf
30、er about Mr Bean? Find evidence from the text to support your opinion.Mr Bean is an amusing person. His actions are always surprising. You cannot imagine what unexpected behaviour he may do. For example, he hides the raw meat inside the sugar bowl, the tiny flower vase and under a plate. He even hid
31、es some inside the purse of a woman sitting near him and throws some down the trousers of the restaurants violinist.Mr Bean is more nice than wise. He has no friends to celebrate the birthday together, but he writes himself a card and pretends to receive it surprisingly. He is not rich, but goes to
32、an expensive restaurant. He doesnt like steak tartare, but shows the waiter that he likes it and tries to show this by emptying his plate and hiding the dish everywhere.Read the story again and answer the questions.2 Mr Bean is a very popular TV series in Britain. Do you think people like it just fo
33、r fun? Is there any underlying meaning behind this TV series?Mr Bean is popular because the character in it constantly gets into awkward and absurd situations, and his humour is always made clear through a series of simple and funny acts that rely purely on body language, which is universal. Apart f
34、rom fun, people like it because it portrays ordinary peoples life vividly, especially the awkward moments, often with good intentions but bad results. This is true to peoples life as no one is perfect. The meaning behind it might be life is still good despite the imperfections.It is not a simply fun
35、ny TV show. This TV series reveals the hypocrisy of poor people. Mr Bean is poor but he still goes to a fancy restaurant. He can only afford one dish. Even he doesnt like the dish, he pretends to be a rich man and enjoys the dish.Read the story again and answer the questions.3 According to Text 2, w
36、hat makes Rowan Atkinson successful in playing the role of Mr Bean?Good education background, great efforts to overcome his stutter, and talent in acting make Rowan Atkinson successful in playing the role.Put the adverbs into the categories given in the Word Builder. Complete the sentences below wit
37、h the adverbs in the Word Builder.Adverbs Categories of Adverbs AdverbsAdverbs of TimeAdverbs of MannerAdverbs of DegreeAdverbs of Frequency_laterquickly happily truly purelyconstantly rarely later quickly constantly happily truly rarely purelylater quickly constantly happily truly rarely purely1.We
38、 dont like snow so we _ go skiing.2.Shes very worried so she _ asks where her mother is.3.That paining is _ beautiful! Amazing!4.When Helen got her new ballet shoes, she smiled, put them on and danced around _. 5.I could tell, _ by the look on his face, that he was disappointed.6.The rain was pourin
39、g down so we _ ran inside.7.She _ wrote warmly of his delightful words and behaviour.rarelyconstantlytrulyhappilypurelyquicklylaterAdverbs Adverbs modify or tell us more about a verb, an adjective or another adverb.副词用来修饰动词修饰动词、形容词形容词或其他副词其他副词。She speaks softly. (tells us more about the verb “speaks
40、”)She is very beautiful. (tells us the degree of the adjective “beautiful”)She runs extremely fast. (tells us the degree of the adverb “fast”)Adverbs usually answer the questions of how, where, when, how often and to what extent.副词通常表示方式方式、地点地点、时间时间、频率频率和程度程度Types of adverbsWhat it doesExamplesAdver
41、bs of manner方式副词Tell us how something is donehappily, sadly, loudly, softly, quickly, easily, carelesslyAdverbs of place地点副词Tell us where something takes placehere, there, behind, inside, outsideAdverbs of time时间副词Tell us when something takes placeyesterday, tomorrow, soon, immediately, nowAdverbs o
42、f frequency频率副词Tell us how often something is doneseldom, never, often, rarely, always, usually, occasionallyAdverbs of manner tell us how something is done:方式副词方式副词表示一件事情是如何做的是如何做的：Liu sings beautifully. (tells us how Liu sings)The little girl played happily. (tells us how the little girl played)Ad
43、verbs of place tell us where something takes place:地点副词地点副词表示事情发生的地点发生的地点：The party will take place here. (tells us where the party will take place)They ran outside. (tells us where they ran)Adverbs of time tell us when something takes place:时间副词时间副词表示事情发生的时间发生的时间：We saw the film yesterday. (tells u
44、s when we saw the film)They will arrive soon. (tells us when they will arrive)Adverbs of frequency tell us how often something takes place:频率副词频率副词表示事情发生的频率发生的频率：We visit our family often. (tells us how frequently we visit our family)We rarely go to town. (tells us how frequently we go to town)Adverbs of degree tell us to what extent something is done:程度副词程度副词表示事情发展的程度发展的程度：They were very pleased with the results. (tells us to what extent they were pleased)He was absolutely delighted with the outcome. (tells us to what extent he was delighted)Thank You
