Unit 1 Laugh out loud! Developing ideas 课件-2023-2024学年高中英语外研版（2019）选择性必修第一册

Laugh out loud ! -developing ideas Book 4 Unit 1 Who are the authors of these four books? pre - reading Lin Yutang (1895-1976) was a Chinese writer, translator, linguist, philosopher and inventor. His informal but sophisticated(复杂的) style of writing, in both Chinese and English, made him one of the most influential writers of his generation. His most famous works include My Country and My People and The Importance of Living. He’s also known as a wise and witty populariser(普及者) of Chinese philosophy and the Chinese way of life. Mark Twain (1835-1910) was an American writer, humorist, lecturer and adventurer, who acquired international fame for his travel narratives, in particular The Innocents Abroad, and for his adventure stories of boyhood, such as The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. He is regarded as one of North America’s best and most beloved（深受喜爱的） writers due to his wit and satire（讽刺作品）. What do they have in common? Both of the two writers have their unique brand of humour. What is humour? pre - reading Read the passage and learn more about the humour of Mark Twain and Lin Yutang. Find out Mark Twain and Lin’s attitude towards humour. A . Favorable B . Critical C . Doubtful D . Neutral while - reading The Impor tance of Humour What is the text type (genre) of the passage? A . narrative B . exposition C . argumentation D . autobiography while - reading The Impor tance of Humour to explain, introduce… to tell a story to argue/defend to tell one’s lifetime experiences An essay Main body: Introduction: Conclusion Two world masters of humour Para. 1 Para. 2-4 Para. 5 Read for the structure The functions of humour while - reading Para. 1 1 Humour has been an essential part of human behaviour for thousands of years. There is comedy in the texts of Ancient Greece, and medieval writings are filled with jokes. While these same jokes might not be as funny to us now as they were then, their authors und