uint 2 charlie chaplin

1、42UNIT TWOCharlie Chaplin42Warming Up42Sample 1He is a famous Hollywood star in the era of silent movie and brought laughter to millions. In most of his films, he is a man with theWarming Upa worn-out bowler hattiny mustachesa tail coathuge pants oversized leather shoes a bamboo cane a funny walk42C

2、an you name some of his movies? Modern Times（摩登时代） Great Dictator（大独裁者） The Tramp(流浪者) The Pawnbroker（当铺老板） The Gold Rush（淘金者） 42his famous films:(silent films):“Gold Rush”(1925)淘金记 “City Lights”(1931)城市之光 “Modern Times”(1936)摩登时代(talking films):“ The Great Dictator”(1940)大独裁者“Monsieur Verdoux”(1947

3、)凡尔杜先生 “A King in New York”(1957) 纽约王“A Countess from Hong Kong”(1966)香港女伯爵42 42I. Structure AnalysisI. Structure AnalysisText StudyStructure AnalysisPart I (Paras. 1-2)A general introduction to Charlie ChaplinPart II (Paras. 3-6)Charlie Chaplins artistic achievementPart III (Para. 7-8)Charlie Chapl

4、ins emotional lifePart IV (Para. 9)Incident after Charlie Chaplins death42Biography of Charlie ChaplinII.II. UnderstandingUnderstandingText StudyUnderstanding42Part I. General IntroductionPart I. General IntroductionPlace of birth: _Parents: _Fame: a Hollywood comic star 1. _ _ _ 2. _ _Winning reput

5、ation in other countries.A poor area of south LondonMother temporarily declared madReceiving permanent fame for the comic character of The Tramp.Text StudyUnderstanding42Part II. Artistic AchievementPart II. Artistic AchievementIn the time of silent moviesThe huge success: _The TrampIn the time of s

6、ound moviesThe success: e.g. _ Modern TimesSecrets of great successWhy? _ _ _immensely talented man; the urge to explore and extend histalentText StudyUnderstanding42Special features of The Tramp:Critics towards The Tramp:famous comic beggar: sport tiny a character revolted against authority To many

7、 English people too crude; didnt all that English; not how the English behaved 1. The Tramp Text StudyUnderstanding42Specialties about his singing:Language: _NonsenseEffect of his singing:To Chaplin:_ _ Help to bring about his huge success 2. Modern Times Text StudyUnderstanding42Secrets of great su

8、ccess:Immensely talented man;The urge to explore and extend his talentEvidences:His script In his great comedy Not written in advance Physical senses / physical transformation:Lifeless objects other kinds of objectsText StudyUnderstanding423. Gold RushBoots were boiled and their soles eaten with sal

9、t and pepper like prime cuts of fish (the nails being removedlike fish bones).Text StudyUnderstanding42Gold Rush42Part III. Emotional LifePart III. Emotional LifeChaplins emotional collision:need to be loved & fear of being betrayedPersonal disaster;The collision found its way into his comic cre

10、ations.Text StudyUnderstanding42Text StudyUnderstandingCity LightsChaplins need to be loved.42Chaplins fear of being betrayed can be found in this film in which Chaplin acted as a wife killer.Monsieur Verdoux Text StudyUnderstanding42Monsieur Verdoux 42Stable happiness in his later years;Oona ONeil

11、gave him the love he needed.Chaplins In love with Oona ONeilPart III. Emotional LifePart III. Emotional LifeText StudyUnderstanding42Why this marriage is called the “stable happiness”?Because: There is a 37 years age difference between them. Oonas stability and affection spanned this age difference.

12、 She was well-prepared for the battle.Text StudyUnderstanding42Part IV. Incident after Chaplins DeathPart IV. Incident after Chaplins DeathTime: _On Christmas Day 1977.The strange incident after his death: _His body was stolen and held for money.Text StudyUnderstanding42Unit twoText analysis42 He wo

13、re his mothers old red stockings cut down for ankle socks. wear; wore; worn He wore his mothers old red stockings cut down for ankle socks. 他穿的短袜是从妈妈的红色长袜上剪下来的。42ankle socksankle socksstockingsstockings42 His mother was declared mad. His mother was temporarily declared mad. 他的妈妈一度被诊断为精神失常。42 Charles

14、 Dickens ( 7 February 1812 9 June 1870) was an English writer, generally considered to be the greatest novelist of the Victorian period During his lifetime Dickens works enjoyed unprecedented popularity and fame, and they remain popular today. 4242 Dickens might have created Charlie Chaplins childho

15、od. may/might have done 狄更斯或许能创作出查理卓别林的童年故事42They might have chosen anyone for the job, but they picked me.might have + V-edused to say that sth. was possible in the past, but we know that it did not in fact happene.g.15. Dickens might have created Charlie Chaplins childhood(1)他们也许可以选择其他任何人做这工作，可是他们

16、选择了我。42 But only Charlie Chaplin could have created the great comic character of the Tramp, the great comic character of the Tramp, the little man in rags who gave his creator permanent fame. But only Charlie Chaplin could have created the great comic character of the Tramp, the little man in rags w

17、ho gave his creator permanent fame. 但只有查理卓别林才能塑造出了不起的喜剧角色“流浪汉”，这个使其创作者声名永驻的衣衫褴褛的小人物。421. 使某人声名永驻使某人声名永驻在任期间的清正廉洁使他在人民心中声名永驻。在任期间的清正廉洁使他在人民心中声名永驻。Honesty and uprightness during his tenure of office gave him permanent fame in the minds of the people.上一页上一页使某人声名永驻使某人声名永驻 to give sb. permanent fame (L.

18、4)42 Other countries have provided more applause (and profit) Other countries France, Italy, Spain, even Japan have provided more applause (and profit) where Chaplin is concerned than the land of his birth. 就卓别林而言，其他国家，如法国、意大利、西班牙，甚至日本，都比他的出生地给予了他更多的掌声（和更多的收益）。422. 给予某人掌声和收益 to provide applause and

19、profit where sb. is concerned (L. 6)我们的社会应给予伸张正义者更多的掌声和我们的社会应给予伸张正义者更多的掌声和奖励。奖励。 Our society should provide more applause and reward where the upholders of justice are concerned.上一页上一页42 Chaplin quit Britain for good in 1913 for good: for ever 两国之间没有永恒的友谊 This time shes leaving for good. 42 Chaplin

20、quit Britain for good in 1913 Chaplin quit Britain for good in 1913 when he journeyed to America with a group of performers to do his comedy act on the stage, Chaplin quit Britain for good in 1913 when he journeyed to America with a group of performers to do his comedy act on the stage, where talent

21、 scouts recruited him to work for Mack Sennett, (the king of Hollywood comedy films.) 在1913年，卓别林永久地离开了英国，与一些演员一起启程到美国进行舞台喜剧表演。在那里，他被星探招募到好莱坞喜剧片之王麦克塞纳特的旗下工作。42 Mack Sennett, Hollywood42 Sad to say, many English people thought Chaplins Tramp a bit crude. Sad to say, many English people in the 1920s an

22、d 1930s thought Chaplins Tramp a bit, well, crude.不幸的是不幸的是/令人遗憾的是令人遗憾的是，20世纪二、三十年代的很多英国人认为卓别林的“流浪汉”多少有点“粗俗”。42 crude a. 粗鲁的，粗俗的; Hes always telling crude jokes 天然的，未加工的 crude oil 原油Words and ExpressionsWord Using 42 the working-class audiences were more likely to clap for a character who revolted ag

23、ainst authority, using his wicked little cane to trip it up, or aiming the heel of his boot for a well-placed kick at its broad rear. 反抗反抗/反感反感 revolt against sth./sb.42trip it up 绊倒；（使）出错 He was tripped up by a passer-by.Words and ExpressionsWord Using 他被一个过路的人绊倒了。过路的人绊倒了。 42 Certainly middle-class

24、 audiences did; 中产阶级当然这样认为。 the working-class audiences were more likely to clap for a character who revolted against authority, using his wicked little cane to trip it up, or aiming the heel of his boot for a well-placed kick at its broad rear. 劳动阶层反倒更有可能为这样一个反抗权势的角色拍手喝彩：他以顽皮的小拐杖使绊子，或用皮靴后跟对准权势者肥大的臀

25、部踢一下。42 All the same, Chaplins comic beggar didnt seem all that English or even working-class. 尽管如此，卓别林的滑稽乞丐形象并不那么像英国人，甚至也不像劳动阶级的人。42all that very; 非常事情并不那么顺利。He wasnt all that older than we were.Things arent all that good.他并不比我们年纪大多少。Words and ExpressionsWord Using 42 English tramps didnt sport tin

26、y moustaches, huge pants or tail coats: European leaders and Italian waiters wore things like that. sport v.引人注目地穿戴；炫耀引人注目地穿戴；炫耀 英国流浪者并不留小胡子，也不穿肥大的裤子或燕尾服：欧洲的领导人和意大利的侍者才那样穿戴。42 Then again, the Tramps quick eye for a pretty girl had a coarse way about it that was considered, well, not quite nice by En

27、glish audiencesthats how foreigners behaved, wasnt it? 另外，“流浪汉”瞟着漂亮女孩的眼神也有些粗俗，被英国观众认为不太正派只有外国人才那样，不是吗？ 42 behave v. 1) 举动，表现，循规蹈矩 behave well / badly表现良好表现良好/ 糟糕糟糕 You must behave (yourself) at the party! 在晚会上你得规规矩矩的。 2) （机器等）运转，（事物）作出反应 How does your new car behave? 你的新车性能怎么样？42 But for over half o

28、f his screen career, Chaplin had no screen voice to confirm his British nationality. 而在卓别林大半的银幕生涯中，银幕上的他是不出声的，也就无从证明他是英国人。42 Indeed, it was a headache for Chaplin when he could no longer resist the talking movies and had to find the right voice for his Tramp. 事实上，当卓别林再也无法抵制有声电影，不得不为他的“流浪汉”寻找“合适的声音”时

29、，他确实很头疼。42 He postponed that day as long as possible: In Modern Times in 1936, the first film in which he was heard as a singing waiter, he made up a nonsense language which sounded like no known nationality. 他尽可能地推迟那一天的到来：在 1936 的摩登时代里，他第一次在影片里发声唱歌。在片中，他扮演一名侍者，满口胡言乱语，听起来不像任何国家的语言。42 He later said h

30、e imagined the Tramp to be a college-educated gentleman whod come down in the world. 后来他说，他想象中的“流浪汉”是一位受过大学教育，但已经没落的绅士。42 落魄，潦倒落魄，潦倒 to come down in the world (L. 29)他过去很富有，但如今已经落魄了。他过去很富有，但如今已经落魄了。He was once wealthy, but now he has come down in the world. 42 But if hed been able to speak with an e

31、ducated accent in those early short comedies, its doubtful if he would have achieved world fame. 但假如他在早期那些短小的喜剧电影中能操一口受教育人的口音，那么他是否会闻名世界就难说了42 And the English would have been sure to find it odd. No one was certain whether Chaplin did it on purpose but this helped to bring about his huge success. 有意

32、做某事 do sth. on purpose 而英国人也肯定会觉得这很“古怪”。没有人知道卓别林这么干是不是有意的，但这促使他获得了巨大的成功。42 He was an immensely talented man, determined to a degree unusual even in the ranks of Hollywood stars. to a / some degree有些，稍微；在某种程度上 他是一个才能非凡的人，他的决心之大甚至在好莱坞明星中也十分少见。42 His huge fame gave him the freedom and, more importantly

33、, the money to be his own master. 他的巨大名声为他带来了自由，更重要的是带来了财富，他因此得以成为自己的主人。42 He already had the urge to explore and extend a talent He already had the urge to explore and extend a talent (he discovered in himself as he went along.) to have the urge/a deep need to do sth 有一种要做有一种要做的欲望的欲望 在事业发展之初，他就感到一种

34、冲动要去发掘并扩展自己身上所显露的天才。42 It cant be me. Is that possible? How extraordinary, is how he greeted the first sight of himself as the Tramp on the screen. 当他第一次在银幕上看到自己扮演的“流浪汉”时，他说：“这不可能是我。那可能吗？瞧这角色多么与众不同啊！”42 But that shock roused his imagination. 这种震惊唤起了他的想象。42 Chaplin didnt have his jokes written into a

35、 script in advance; have written into a script把把写成文字写成文字 卓别林并没有把他的笑料事先写成文字。 he was the kind of comic who used his physical senses to invent his art as he went along. 他是那种边表演边根据感觉去创造艺术的喜剧演员。42 Lifeless objects especially helped Chaplin make contact with himself as an artist. 没有生命的物体特别有助于卓别林发挥自己艺术家的天赋

36、。42 He turned them into other kinds of objects. 他将这些物体想象成其他东西。42 Thus, a broken alarm clock (in the movie The Pawnbroker) became a sick patient (undergoing surgery); boots were boiled (in his film The Gold Rush )and their soles eaten with salt and pepper like prime cuts of fish (the nails being remo

37、ved like fish bones). 因此，在当铺老板中，一个坏闹钟变成了正在接受手术的“病人”；在淘金记中，靴子被放在锅里煮，靴底被蘸着盐和胡椒吃掉，就像上好的鱼片一样（鞋钉就像鱼骨那样被剔除）。42 This physical transformation is surely the secret of Chaplins great comedy. This physical transformation, plus the skill with which he executed it again and again, is surely the secret of Chaplin

38、s great comedy . 这种对事物的转化，以及他一次又一次做出这种转化的技巧，正是卓别林伟大喜剧的奥秘所在。42 execute v. 1) 实施，执行，履行 The plan was good but was poorly executed. 计划很好，但执行得很糟糕。 2) 将处以死刑 She was executed for murder. 她因谋杀罪被处死。42 He also had a deep need to be lovedand a corresponding fear of being betrayed. 他也深切地渴望被爱，同时也害怕遭到背叛。42 The tw

39、o were hard to combine the collision between them resulted in disaster. The two were hard to combine and sometimesas in his early marriages the collision between them resulted in disaster. 这两者很难结合在一起，有时这种冲突导致了灾难，就像他早期的几次婚姻那样。42 Yet even this painfully-bought self-knowledge found its way into his com

40、ic creations. painfully-bought self-knowledge 以沉重的代价换来的自知之明以沉重的代价换来的自知之明 然而即使是这种以沉重代价换来的自知之明也在他的喜剧创作中得到了表现。42 find ones way to arrive or get somewhere after some timeRivers find their way into the sea.据说多媒体将很快进入家用市场。 条条江河通大海。 Its said that multimedia will soon find its way into the home market.Words

41、 and ExpressionsWord Using 42 The Tramp never loses his faith in the flower girl; while the other side of Chaplin makes Monsieur Verdoux, the French wife killer, into a symbol of hatred for women . The Tramp never loses his faith in the flower girl wholl be waiting to walk into the sunset with him;

42、while the other side of Chaplin makes Monsieur Verdoux, the French wife killer, into a symbol of hatred for women. “流浪汉”始终没有失去对卖花女的信心，相信她正等待着与自己共同走进夕阳之中；而卓别林的另一面使他的凡尔杜先生，一个杀了妻子的法国人，成为了仇恨女人的象征。42 Its a relief to know that Its a relief to know that life eventually gave Charlie Chaplin the stability an

43、d happiness Its a relief to know that life eventually gave Charlie Chaplin the stability and happiness it had earlier denied him. 令人宽慰的是，生活最终把卓别林先前没能获得的稳定和幸福给了他。42 In Oona ONeill Chaplin, he found a partner whose stability and affection spanned the 37 years age difference between them that had seeme

44、d so threatening, that when the official who was marrying them in 1942, turned to the beautiful girl of 17 whod given notice of their wedding date and said, Notes to the TextFocus Study Structure Analysis of the Sentence 42In Oona ONeill Chaplin, he found a partner whose stability and affection span

45、ned the 37 years age difference between them Findin someone: discover that someone has certain qualities我们发现他是一个有音乐天赋的人我们发现他是一个有音乐天赋的人 We have found in him a man of music talent我们发现她是一位风趣而智慧的女士我们发现她是一位风趣而智慧的女士 We have found in her a woman of wit and intelligence42he found a partner whose stability a

46、ge difference between them that had seemed so that when the official turned to the beautiful girl of 17 and said , who was marrying them in 1942 whod given notice of their wedding dateNotes to the TextFocus Study 42 In Oona ONeill Chaplin, he found a partner Chaplin, then 54, had cautiously waited outside. a partner whose stability and affection spanned the 37 years age difference between them, which had seemed so threatening, that when the official (who was marrying them in 1942) turned to the beautiful girl of 17 (whod given notice of their weddi