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Lesson3 My favorite Comedy
Reading
The second period
寿县安丰高中高二英语教研组
My Favorite Comedy
(1)
Mr. Bean Rowan Atkinson
(2)
• narrate briefly Rowan Atkinson’s life experience;
• tell the difference between Rowan Atkinson’s
characteristics and Mr. Bean’s;
• use some adverbs correctly.
Objectives
At the end of this lesson, you’ll be able to
Read Para. 1 and answer
1.Can you find the words used to describe Mr. Bean? What are they?dizzy, awkward, clumsy, amusing.
No. “If you think that Rowan Atkinson is anything like his famous creation, then you are in for a surprise.”
2. Are Rowan Atkinson and Mr. Bean similar in personality? How do you know?
Example:
Is Liu Xiang anything like his father?
If you believe the coming exam is easy, then you will surely be in for a surprise.
Read the rest of the text and
answer the questions.
Read to understand
Questions for Paragraph 2
1. How many people are there in Rowan’s family?
2. Was Rowan a good student? How do you know?
3. Did his parents encourage him to become an actor? How do you know?
Questions for Para. 3 & 4
1.What helped Rowan become a famous comedian?
2. Was Rowan convinced that he would become an actor before he entered university?
3. Does Rowan like to work with talented people?
Read to understand
1.Rowan’s change to a comedian was partly due to his speaking problems. He compensated for this by talking deliberately.
2. It was one of those things which happen very rarely in your life, when you realize you are in the presence of genius. I was convinced he would be more famous than Chaplin.
Examples
I was not able to arrive at school yesterday due to my broken leg.
How can I compensate for what I have lost?
We can hardly remain calm when we are in the presence of an earthquake.
What you said convinced me of her success in future.
Personal Fact File of Rowan Atkinson
Name: Rowan Atkinson Birth: Jan.6, 1955Birthplace: County Durham, BritainPresent Career: Comedian Special Interests: Collecting fast carsEducation Background: Attended Durham Choristers School.Earned a scholarship to a boarding school at 13.Studied at Newcastle University.Obtained his Master’s degree at Oxford.Reason for Career Change:Partly due to some speaking problems.Events in Career Change:Convinced himself of the career after meeting a group of talented people at university.Realized his performing talent when pulling faces in the mirror one day.
1.He constantly gets into awkward and absurd situations.
2. The humor is …and funny acts that rely purely on body language, which is...
3. He opens it…. And delightedly puts it on the table for everyone to see.
4. When he looks at …, an astonished look swiftly appears on his face.
Find the adverbs
5. But it is clear …that he finds the taste truly disgusting.
6. Rowan’s change was partly due to his speaking problems. He compensated for this by talking deliberately.
7. It was one of those things which happen very rarely in your life.
Find the adverbs
方式方式 频率频率 程度程度
deliberately
delightedly
swiftly
constantly
rarely
partly
purely
truly
Put them in 3 groups
7 Answers
1. partly 2. rarely
3. constantly 4. deliberately
5. truly 6. delightedly
7. purely 8. swiftly
Read to understand
Mr. Bean: dizzy, awkward, clumsy, amusing
Rowan Atkinson: intelligent,
hardworking,
serious, relaxed…
Homework
1. Read the text and memorize the new words
2. P76---1, 2, 3 !