Module 6 Unit17 lesson3

My Favorite Comedy

欧阳白蓉

大独裁者

变相怪杰

1.Do you like to watch comedies? Why or why not?

2. What is your favourite funny movie or TV programme? Why?

3. Who is your favourite comedian? Why?

Discussion

憨豆先生用餐

Let’s enjoy a short comedy and then tell me

whether you like it or not?

Reading Strategies:Making Inferences

1. Sometimes things are not stated explicitly

（ clearly ） in the text. You need to make

inferences to understand what is meant.

2. First, read the text to get the general idea.

Then read the questions and use them to

guide you.

3. Read the text again using logic to make

inferences.

Reading

Let’s read the comedy Mr. Bean , which was acted by Rowan Atkinson.

Read Text1 and match the paragraphs with

the main ideas.

1. Paragraph 1 a. The author’s opinion of Mr Bean

2. Paragraph 2 b. A brief introduction to Mr Bean

3. Paragraph 3 c. Ordering a dish

4. Paragraph 4 d. Celebrating birthday

Read Text2 and match the paragraphs wi

th the main ideas.

1. Paragraph 1 a. Rowan’s education

2. Paragraph 2 b. Rowan’s acting talent

3. Paragraph 3 c. Who plays Mr Bean

4. Paragraph 4 d. Rowan’s career change

Read text1 and answer the questions. You must make some inferences.

1.Why has Mr. Bean gone to a fancy restaurant on this particular day?

Because that day was his birthday. We know that he has brought a birthday card with him that he signs and gives to himself.

2.Does Mr. Bean have many friends? How do you know?

No. because nobody sent him a birthday card. He could only write it by himself.

3. Why does Mr. Bean choose the “steak tartare”?

Because it is the only dish he can pay for. He doesn’t have enough money to order other

dishes.

4.Why does Mr. Bean pretend to like the food when the waiters talk to him?

Because if he showed his disliking to the the waiter, the waiter would ask him to order something else. As all of us know, he could not afford to order other dishes.

Second-reading1.How do you know that Rowan Atkinson is not like his

famous character Mr. Bean? In what ways is he

different?

Rowan is very educated and Mr Bean is not. Mr Bean has an ugly little car but Rowan has a vast collection of fast cars.

2.Did Rowan Atkinson’s parents encourage

him to become an actor? Why or why not?

No. Because he spent his early years with

his family on the farm with his mother,three

older brothers and his strict father, who did not believe in the value of television.

3.Does Rowan Atkinson like to work with

other talented people? How do you know?

Yes. Because when he met a group of tal

ented people at university, he realized th

is could be a career for him.

Summary Mr Bean, a world-famous comedy character, often amuses audiences by getting into __________________ situations. In one show in a restaurant, he ________ to r

eceive a birthday card from somebody else and then shows it to others __________. But it’s he himself who made the card. Being _____________ , he orders the dish called “steak tartare”, which is actually raw hamburger.

____________as it is, he pretends to ________________ it because he doesn’t want to expose his _______________.

Mr Bean is played by Rowan Atkinson, a well- known British actor. He once attended the same school as Tony Blair. Rowan was a _____ student at Newcastle University, and obtained his Master’s degree in ____________________at Oxford. Although he had already shown ____________________at primary school, he didn’t choose it as a career until at university.

awkward and absurd

short of money

Disgusting be satisfied withembarrassment

electrical engineeringadmirable acting talent

Speaking

What do you think of Mr Bean and the actor Rowan Atkinson?