Unit1Laughoutloud!Developingideas课件高中英语选择性

SB1U1Laughoutloud!Period5DevelopingideasBytheendofthisclas,youwillbeableto：1.acquirethemainideaandthestructureofthepassage;2.getthespecificinformation,understandthewisdomofcelebritiesandlearnthepositiveattitudetolifefromthem;3.formapositiveattitudetowardslife.Haveyoueverseenthisfilm?Activity1:GettingtoknowtwohumourouswritersTheyareadaptedfomMarkTwain’sgreatworks.

HaveyoueverwatchedthisTVseries?Activity1:GettingtoknowtwohumourouswritersThereexistdifferentversionsofit.ItisadaptedfromLinYutang’snovel.LinYutangwasaChinesewriterwhocouldwritebothinChineseandEnglish.Mark

Twain

(1835-1910)was

an

Americanwriter,

humorist,lecturerandadventurer,whoacquired

international

famefor

histravel

narratives,in

particular

The

InnocentsAbroad,

andfor

hisadventurestories

ofboyhood,

such

as

The

Adventuresof

TomSawyer

and

Adventures

of

HuckleberryFinn.

Heis

regarded

as

one

of

NorthAmerica’s

best

and

most

beloved

writersdue

to

his

wit

and

satire.

Whatelsedoyouknowabouthim?Lin

Yutang

(1895--1976)

was

a

Chinesewriter,

translator,

linguist,

philosopher

andinventor.

His

informal

but

sophisticated

styleof

writing,

in

both

Chinese

and

English,made

him

one

of

the

most

influential

writersof

his

generation.

Hismostfamous

worksinclude

My

Country

and

My

People

andThe

Importance

of

Living.

He’s

also

knownas

a

wiseandwitty

populariser

of

Chinesephilosophy

and

the

Chinese

way

of

life.Whatelsedoyouknowabouthim?Whatdidtheyhaveincommon?narrativen.记叙文[ˈnærətɪv]

satiren.讽刺;讽刺作品[ˈsætaɪə(r)]sophisticatedadj.复杂的，老练的，见多识广的，在行的，水平高的，先进的[səˈfɪstɪkeɪtɪd]

popularisern.大众化的人，普及化,普及者，倡导[ˈpɒpjələraɪzə]FactsaboutMarkTwainNationality:Job:Famousworks:Achievements:Americawriter;humorist;lecturer(演讲家);adventurer(冒险家)TheInnocentsAbroad《傻子出国记》;TheAdventuresofTomSawyer《汤姆·索亚历险记》;AdventuresofHuckleberryFinn《哈克贝利·费恩历险记》Acquiredinternationalfameforhistravelnarratives;regardedasoneofNorthAmerica'sbestandmostbelovedwritersduetohiswit(机智)andsatire(讽刺).FactsaboutLinYutangNationality:Job:Famousworks:Achievements:Chinawriter;translator(翻译家);linguist(语言学家);philosopher(哲学家);inventorMyCountryandMyPeople

《吾国与吾民》;TheimportanceofLiving

《生活的艺术》Hisinformal(非正式的)butsophisticated(复杂的)styleofwritingmadehimoneofthemostinfluential(有影响力的)writersofhisgeneration;knownasawise(有智慧的)andwitty(机智的)populariser(普及者)ofChinesephilosophyandtheChinesewayoflife.Theybothhadasenseofhumour.Theywerehumorous.LinYutang(1895–1976)AChinese

writer,translator,linguist&philosopherMarkTwain(1835–1910)AnAmericanwriter,humorist,lecturer&adventurerAwiseandwittypopulariser说话风趣的通俗作家travelnarratives&

adventurestoriesof

boyhood“LincolnoftheAmericanLiteraryHistory”

“美国文学史上的林肯”Para.1Readthepassagecarefullyandtrytofindoutthestructure.TheImportanceofHumourHumourhasbeenanessentialpartofhumanbehaviourforthousandsofyears.

Thereiscomedyinthetexts

ofAncientGreece,andmedievalwritingsarefilledwithjokes.Whilethesesamejokesmightnotbeasfunnytousnowastheywerethen,theirauthorsunderstoodthathumourcouldnotonlyentertainbutalsothrownewlightonsensitiveoremotive

issues.Thetitleindictesthemaintopicofthewholepassage.Thefirstsentenceservesasthemainideaofpara.1.Thelastsentenceisusedtointroducethenextparagraph.Para.2Closertomoderntimes,someone

whoisrememberedforhisabilitytocombinehumourwithmoreseriousmessagesisAmericanwriter,MarkTwain.Twain'sparticularstyleofwritingisfunnyandoftenmischievous.Forexample,inhisclassicnovelTheAdventuresofTomSauyer,hefamouslysays,“Writingiseasy.Allyouhavetodoiscrossoutthewrongwords.”Butheisequallywellknownforhiswittyremarksinhiseverydayinteractionswithpeople.Forinstance,whileonalecturingtouroftheUnitedStates,Twainwentintoabarber'sshoptogetahaircutandashave.Thebarber,notrecognisinghim,askedifhehadatickettothelecture.WhenTwainrepliedthathedidn't,thebarbertoldhimthatifhewantedtogototheeventhewouldhavetostand,astherewerenoseatsleftinthetheatre.Twain'sresponsewas,"That'sjustmyluck.Ialwayshavetostandwhenthatfellowlectures!"ThisparagraphusesexamplestoshowhumourplaysanimportantroleinMarkTwain’sworksandhislife.Forexample,Forinstance,Para.3LikeTwain,butontheothersideoftheworld,LinYutangwassoontobecomefamousforhisuniquebrandofhumour.Awell-knownbilingualwriter,LinbroughttheconceptofhumourtomodernChineseliterature.In1924,hecreativelyborrowed“youmo”fromAncientChineseasthetranslationfortheEnglishword“humour”.“Youmo”issillbeingusedinthiswaytoday.ThisparagraphintroducesLinYutanasamasterofhumourontheothersideoftheworld.Para.4Lin’squickwithelpedmakehimfamousasamasterofhumour.Once,havingbeeninvitedtodinneratauniversity,hewasputonthespotwhenthepresident

suddenly

askedhimtogiveaspeech.Thinkingonhisfeet,LinstartedtotellastoryaboutacruelRomanemperorwhotriedtofeedamantowildanimals.Firstcamealion.Themanwhisperedsomethinginthelion’sear,afterwhichthelionshookitsheadandwalkedawayunhappily.Thenalongcameatiger.Again,themanwhisperedinthetiger’sear.Thetigerlookedshockedandhurriedaway.“Whatdidyousaytomyanimals?”saidtheemperor,astonished.“Itoldthemtheyhadtomakeaspeechaftereatingmefordinner.”Lin’saudienceroaredwithlaughter.Withthislittlejoke,Linwasabletomakepeoplelaugh,whilegentlytellingoffthepresident.HumouralsoplaysanimportantroleinLin’sworksandhislife.Para.5BothTwainandLinunderstoodthathumourisn'tjustaboutlaughter,butisawayoflifeandatoolthatcanbeusedtoilluminatetheworld.Linevencreatedanequationtoexplainthisconcept:Reality＋Dreams＋Humour=Wisdom.Livingandworkingwithotherscansometimesbecomplicated,andhumourmakesthiseasier.Sharingjokesandlaughingtogethercanbringindividualsandevencommunitiestogether.Indeed,somemayargue

thatourneedforhumourisalmostasgreatasourneedforwaterandair.InthewordsofMarkTwain,“Humorismankind'sgreatestblessing”.Theconclusionofthepassage:Humourhasbeenanessentialpartofhumanlifeallovertheworld.structureofthepassagethegeneralintroductionoftheimportanceofhumor(P1)MarkTwain&hishumor(P2)LinYutang&hishumor(P3-4)conclusion:What’shumor(p5)Afterreading:Task1.Organiseinformationfromthepassageandcompletethediagram.human

behaviourentertain

sensitive

or

emotive

issuescombine

humourserious

messages

funny

and

often

mischievousHe

borrowed

"youmo"

from

Ancient

Chineseas

the

translation

for

the

Englishword"humour".amasterofhumour

The

Adventures

of

Tom

Sawyer

"That’s

just

my

luck.

I

always

have

to

standwhen

that

fellow

lectures!"

He

told

a

story

about

a

cruel

Romanemperor

who

tried

to

feed

a

man

to

wildanimals

during

the

dinner

at

a

university.way

of

lifeilluminate

the

worldEveryonelivesinreality.Inreality,onemustpursuedr