内容正文:
Unit 4 Humour
Lesson 3 My Favourite Comedian
Enjoy and Share
What do you think of his performance?
funny, awkward, amusing
simple/ easy to understand
mostly rely on body language
Who is he?
What else do you know about him?
Read and Explore
Read carefully about para.1 of text 1 .
Who is Mr. Bean? What is so special about him?
Mr Bean is an internationally recognised comedy character in films and TV series. He has a reputation for constantly encountering awkward situations, which greatly amuses audiences of all nationalities and cultures.
world famous
always experiencing embarrassing situations
is famous for
Skim text 1 and get the structure of the text.
Introduction of Mr Bean.
The examples of his performance.
The writer’s opinion about Mr. Bean.
Para 1
Para 2&3
Para 4
Read and Explore
5
Read para2. and find all the verbs or verb phrases used to describe Mr Bean’s actions.
Read and Explore
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
Read and infer
1 Why does Mr Bean go to a fancy restaurant on this particular day?
To celebrate his birthday.
2 Does Mr Bean have many friends? How do you know?
Mr Bean doesn’t have any friends. He goes to the restaurant alone and writes a card to himself but he pretends he receives this card.
According to scene 1, Make inferences about Mr Bean.
look 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
smiles and nods
hides inside the purse of a woman
throws some down the trousers of the restaurant’s violinist
Read and Explore
Read para3. and find all the verbs or verb phrases used to describe Mr Bean’s actions.
Read and infer
3. Why does Mr Bean order “steak tartare”?
Steak ta