《新视野英语》（英文版）Unit 2 Charlie Chaplin

Unit 2 Charlie Chaplin

Charlie Chaplin Unit 2

Stage 1: Warming-up Activities Stage 2: Reading-Centred Activities 2 Stage 3: After-Reading Activities Stage 4: Listening-and-Speaking Practice

Stage 1: Warming-up Activities Stage 2: Reading-Centred Activities Stage 3: After-Reading Activities Stage 4: Listening-and-Speaking Practice

o Warming-up Activities Group work t Questions for thought and discussion Background information +o Enriching your vocabulary Comparing the following words

Warming-up Activities Group work Questions for thought and discussion Background information Enriching your vocabulary Comparing the following words

Group work Go over the preview, the pre reading questions and the title of the text before listening to the summary of the story and anticipate what we are going to read

Group work Go over the preview, the pre￾reading questions and the title of the text before listening to the summary of the story and anticipate what we are going to read

1 Questions for thought and discussion Listen to a short passage carefully and then answer the following questions

Questions for thought and discussion Listen to a short passage carefully and then answer the following questions

a Background information Charlie chaplin: Charles Spencer chaplin was born on 16th April 1889 in Walworth. London. and lived a dickensian childhood, shared with his brother, Sydney, that included extreme poverty, workhouses and seeing his mother's mental decline put her into an institution. Both his parents, though separated when he was very young, were music hall artists, his father quite famously so. But it was his mother that Charlie idolised and was inspired by during his visit of the backstage while she performed, to take up such a career for himself

Background information • Charlie Chaplin: Charles Spencer Chaplin was born on 16th April 1889 in Walworth, London, and lived a Dickensian childhood, shared with his brother, Sydney, that included extreme poverty, workhouses and seeing his mother's mental decline put her into an institution. Both his parents, though separated when he was very young, were music hall artists, his father quite famously so. But it was his mother that Charlie idolised and was inspired by during his visit of the backstage while she performed, to take up such a career for himself

Dickens Charles dickens, 1812-1870, an English novelist, considered by many to be the greatest one of all. His many famous books describe life in Victorian England and show how hard it waS, especially for the poor and for children. They include The pickwick Papers, Oliver Twist, A Christmas carol, David Copperfield, Great Expectations and a Tale of Two Cities

• Dickens: Charles Dickens, 1812—1870, an English novelist, considered by many to be the greatest one of all. His many famous books describe life in Victorian England and show how hard it was, especially for the poor and for children. They include The Pickwick Papers, Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, David Copperfield, Great Expectations and A Tale of Two Cities

Hollywood an area of Los angeles which is known as the center of the american film industrv. In terms of geography, Hollywood refers to an area consisting of the City of West Hollywood and its vicinity that form part of the greater Los Angeles metropolitan area. It is generally thought that everyone living in Hollywood is extremely rich, famous, and concerned with appearances but in fact many parts of Hollywood today are poor, dirty and badly cared for

• Hollywood: an area of Los Angeles which is known as the center of the American film industry. In terms of geography, Hollywood refers to an area consisting of the City of West Hollywood and its vicinity that form part of the Greater Los Angeles metropolitan area. It is generally thought that everyone living in Hollywood is extremely rich, famous, and concerned with appearances but in fact many parts of Hollywood today are poor, dirty and badly cared for

Mack sennett. (1880-1960)US film producer, born in Richmond, Quebec. He worked in the theatre as a comic in burlesque companies, and from 1908 in silent films. He later formed his own company and hundreds of shorts, establishing a whole generation of players and a tradition of knocka bout slapstick under the name of Keystone Komics(1912), and later the Sennett Bathing Beauties(1920). He received a Special Academy Award in 1937

• Mack Sennett: (1880—1960) US film producer, born in Richmond, Quebec. He worked in the theatre as a comic in burlesque companies, and from 1908 in silent films. He later formed his own company and hundreds of shorts, establishing a whole generation of players and a tradition of knockabout slapstick under the name of Keystone Komics (1912), and later the Sennett Bathing Beauties (1920). He received a Special Academy Award in 1937

1i Enriching your vocabulary Read the sentences carefull and guess the meaning of the italicized term in each sentence according to the context and your own experiences

Enriching your vocabulary Read the sentences carefully and guess the meaning of the italicized term in each sentence according to the context and your own experiences