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Humour
Unit 4
Lesson 3
My favourite comedian
Who is he?
What's his nationality?
What's he famous for?
What TV series and films has he acted in?
What do you think of his performance?
His nationality is English.
He is famous for the character
Mr Bean he acted.
He played in TV series and films of Mr Bean.
P14 1
Now, let's read two texts to know
the comedian - Mr Bean.
Read Text 1 quickly to get the main idea of it.
Task 1
Text one is mainly about _____________, an internationally __________ comedy character, and one of his anecdotes (轶事).
Mr Bean
recognised
world famous
Text 1
Read paragraph 1 of Text 1. Tell each other
who Mr Bean is and what is so special about him.
Task 1
∙ Mr Bean is an internationally recognised 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.
Text 1
P14 2
Text 1
Task 2
Read the rest of Text 1 and focus on the two scenes of
Mr Bean at the fancy restaurant.
Underline the verbs or verb phrases that are used to describe Mr Bean's actions. Then take notes using the diagrams below.
Scene 1
is seated at the table
takes out a card
writes a few words
Scene 2
looks at the menu, surprised
takes all the money
out of his wallet
counts it
P16 3
The diagrams show how the text is structured by the verbs or verb phrases that are used to describe Mr Bean's actions.
They show the progression of the scenes.
Check your answers.
Scene 1
is seated at the table
takes out
a card
writes a few words
puts it in an envelope
places it on the table
looks back at the envelope and looks surprised
opens it to find a birthday card
puts it on the table very happily for everyone to see
Scene 2
looks at the menu, surprised
takes all the money out of
his wallet
counts it
puts it in a saucer
looks from the menu to the money with concern
orders “steak tartare”
makes an attempt to eat it
smiles and nods
hides inside the purse of a woman
throws