unit17 lesson3 my favorite comedy 惠安三中 赵丽明. 大独裁者
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Unit17 lesson3
My Favorite Comedy
惠安三中 赵丽明
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
Let’s enjoy a short comedy and then tell me
whether you like it or not?
Reading
Let’s read the comedy Mr. Bean , which was acted by Rowan Atkinson.
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.
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 text1 and answer the questions. You must make some inferences.
1.Why has Mr. Bean gone to a fancy restaurant on this particular day?
2.Does Mr. Bean have many friends? How do you know?
3.Why does Mr. Bean choose the “steak tartare”?
4.Why does Mr. Bean pretend to like the food when the waiters talk to him?
Answers: 1.Because that day was his birthday.From the
second paragraph we know that he has
brought a birthday card with him that he
signs and gives to himself.
2. No. because nobody sent him a birthday card. He could only write it by himself.
3. Because it is the only dish he can pay for. He doesn’t have enough money to order other dishes.
4. 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.
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
Second-reading
1.How do you know that Rowan Atkinson is
not like his famous character Mr. Bean? In
what ways is he different?
2.Did Rowan Atkinson’s parents encourage
him to become an actor? Why or why not?
3.Does Rowan Atkinson like to work with
other talented people? How do you know?
Answers:1.In the first paragraph, there is a sentence: if you think that Rowan Atkinson is anything like his famous creation, then you’re in for a surprise. So we can infer from it that Atkinson is not like his famous character Mr Bean at all. Rowan is very educated and Mr Bean is not. Mr Bean has a little car but Rowan has a vast collection of fast cars.
2.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.Yes. Because when he met a group
of talented people at university, he
realized this could be a career for
him. We can infer from the last
paragraph that he likes to work with
other talented people.
Summary Mr Bean, a world-famous comedy character, often ________ audiences by getting into awkward and absurd
situations. In one show in a restaurant, he ________ to receive a birthday card from somebody
else and then shows it to others __________. But it’s he himself who made the card. Being short of money , he______ the dish called “steak tartare”, which is actuall
y raw hamburger. Although it is __________, he pretends to be ________ with it because he doesn’t w
ant to show his embarrassment. Mr Bean is played by Rowan Atkinson, a well- know
n British actor. He once ________ the same school as Tony Blair.Rowan was a _____ student at Newcastle University, and _________ his Master’s degree in electrical engineering at Oxford. Though he had already shown _________ acting talent at primary school, he didn’t choose it as a career until at university.
Speaking
What do you think of Mr Bean and the actor Rowan Atkinson?