book iv unit 2 section a charlie chaplin tan xiaochun college of foreign studies
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Section A
Charlie Chaplin
Tan Xiaochun
College of Foreign Studies
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Objectives of Section A
Learn more about related background Learn more about related background information about Charlie Chaplin and his lifeinformation about Charlie Chaplin and his life;
Grasp the main idea and structure of the text;Grasp the main idea and structure of the text; Understand the important words, phrases and Understand the important words, phrases and
sentence patterns in the text;sentence patterns in the text; Be able to conduct text-based written and oral Be able to conduct text-based written and oral
practices.practices.
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Pre-class Task Checking
Text Understanding Summary
Difficult Sentences Writing Words and Phrases
Post-class Tasks
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Text Understanding
Structure of the TextPart I (Paras. 1-2): A general introduction to
Charlie Chaplin Part II (Paras. 3-6) : Charlie Chaplin’s artistic
achievement Part III (Para. 7-8): Charlie Chaplin’s emotional
lifePart IV (Para. 9): Incident after Charlie
Chaplin’s death
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Detailed Understanding Biography of Charlie Chaplin
Part I. General Introduction
Place of birth: _______________________A poor area of south London
Parents: ___________________________________Mother — temporarily declared mad
Fame: a Hollywood comic star 1. __________________________ __________________________ 2. __________________________ _____________
Receiving permanent fame for the comic character of The Tramp.
Winning reputation in other countries.
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Part II. Artistic Achievement
In the time of silent moviesThe huge success: ___________The Tramp
In the time of sound moviesThe success: e.g. ______________ Modern Times
immensely talented man; the urge to explore and extend histalent
Secrets of great successWhy? __________________________ __________________________ ______
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Special features of The Tramp:
Critics towards The Tramp:
famous comic beggar: sport tiny …a character revolted against authority …
To many English people — too crude; didn’t all that English; not how the English behaved
1. The Tramp
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Specialties about his singing:
Language: __________Nonsense
Effect of his singing:
To Chaplin:_______________________ _________
Help to bring about his huge success
2. Modern Times
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Secrets of great success:Immensely talented man;The urge to explore and extend his talent
Evidences:His script —In his great comedy —
Not written in advance
Physical senses / physical transformation:Lifeless objects other kinds of objects
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3. Gold Rush
Boots were boiled and their soles eaten with salt and pepper like prime cuts of fish (the nails being removedlike fish bones).
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Part III. Emotional Life
Chaplin’s emotional collision:
need to be loved & fear of being betrayed
Personal disaster;The collision found its way into his comic creations.
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City Lights
Chaplin’s need to be loved.
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Difficult Sentences
Main structure: might have v-ed: used to say that something was possible in the past, but it did not in fact happen
Paraphrase:
1. Dickens might have created Charlie Chaplin’s childhood.
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2. Sad to say, many English people in the 1920s and 1930s thought Chaplin’s Tramp a bit, well, “crude”.
sad to say: 遗憾的是；很遗憾
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Words and Phrases1. cut down
Meaning: to reduce
cut down
for
sth.to sizeon
sth.
Collocation
e.g.
• She cut the old stockings down for ankle sock.• I have to cut my essay down to 2000 words.• You should cut down on fatty foods.
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3. crude a.
Meaning: rude; ①
• He’s always telling crude jokes..
② in its natural state
• crude oil 原油
e.g.e.g.
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4. trip it up
• 李伸出脚把约翰绊倒了。
• Lee stuck out his foot and tripped John up.
Translation
Key
• Usually she was careful, but once she tripped up by a plot.
• 她一向谨慎，但有一次还是中了圈套。
Meaning: to cause sb. to fall or nearly fall over; force someone to make a mistake by tricking them
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5. all that
Meaning: very; particularly
• 事情并不那么顺利。• He wasn’t all that older than we were.
• Things aren’t all that good.
• 他并不比我们年纪大多少。
Translation
Key
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6. sport v. Meaning: to wear or show publicly and sometimes proudly
Back in the 1960s he sported bell-bottomtrousers, platform heels and hair downpast his shoulders.
Translation回顾 20世纪 60年代，他那时穿着喇叭裤、木屐式坡形 高跟鞋、蓄着过肩的长发。
e.g.
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8. come down in the world
Meaning: to have less money and a worse social position than one had before
她感到她的确已经穷困潦倒了。
She felt she had really come down in the world..
Translation
Key
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9. rouse v.
Meaning: to make sb. very angry, excited, interested; to make sb. wake up;
arouse 唤醒 arise 出现
She was sleeping so soundly that I couldn’t rouse her.
e.g.
辨析
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10. find one’s way
Meaning: to arrive or get somewhere after some time
• Rivers find their way into the sea.• 据说多媒体将很快进入家用市场。
• 条条江河通大海。• It’s said that multimedia will soon find its way into the home market.
Translation
Key
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11. relief n.
Meaning: the easing of a burden or distress
What a relief! I pass the exam finally!
release 释放，放开
v. relieve
e.g.
辨析辨析
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12. find … in sb.
Meaning: to discover that sb. has certain qualities
Who is your idol? What did you find in him/her?
Use It
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13. unfounded a. Meaning: not based on fact
What would you like to react to the unfounded rumors( 谣言 ) to you?
Use It
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Summary
Chaplin is a great comic not only for his own mother country but more for the world. Chaplin’s Tramp was considered a little _____ and thought that he had too much of an eye for the ladies and that his clothes gave him an __________ more like an Italian waiter than anything else. He resisted making a ______ movie until 1936 when he made up a _________ language which sounded like no known nationality. Chaplin achieved great success because he was an immensely _______ man and the kind of comic who used his _______ senses to invent his art as he went along.
crudeappearance
talkingnonsense
talentedphysical
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However, the _______ between the need to be loved and the fear of being _______ resulted in disaster in his ________ life which was shown in his movies. Eventually, life gave Chaplin the stable _________, that is, his marriage with Oona O’Neil. Chaplin died on _________ Day 1977.
collisionbetrayed
happinessemotional
Christmas
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Writing
Structured WritingStructured Writing
One of the writing techniques is to
present specific details first, then
come to a general statement or a
conclusion based on the details.
Sample Section A Para8
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Writing Task:
Write your own paragraph, with specific details to a general statement or a conclusion.
Topic:Famous people shoulder more responsibilities.
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Post-class Task
Idea Sharing:
To know more about Charlie Chaplin, the best way is to watch his films.
Choose one or more Chaplin’s filmsand enjoy his show.
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Written Tasks:
1) Finish the Exercises on the textbook: Vocabulary, Collocation; Word Building, Sentence Structure; Translation, Cloze;
2) Write a passage with the given topic.
