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1、Reference for Teaching一、异域风情1.Charlie ChaplinCharlie Chaplin was born on April 16,1889 in London.His father was an entertainer and although not one of the big names.He was doing very well.His mother Hannah was also an entertainer,a wonderful mimic.She had a sweet,charming voice.While they were not r
2、ich,the music hall provided the Chaplins with a comfortable living.Unfortunately,happy life didnt last long.Fathers alcoholism was slowly,but surely destroying his marriage.Finally it ended in divorce,but Hannah was strong.Without her,Charlie Chaplin would have become just one more child lost in the
3、 poverty of Victorian London.Somehow she managed to keep Charlie and his brother Sydney clean,warm and clothed.She would sit at the window watching the passers-by and guess their characters from the way they looked and behaved,making up stories to delight Charlie and Sydney.Charlie took in her skill
4、s and went on using them all his life.Charlie had always believed,even in the worst times,that was something special locked away inside him.He took his courage and went to see one of the top theatrical agents.With no experience at all,he was being offered the little part of Billythe pageboy in a new
5、 production of Sherlock Holmes opened on July 27,1903 at the enormous Pavilion Theatre.Charlie seemed to change overnight.It was as if he had found the thing he was meant to do.In 1910,when karno set off on its yearly American tour,one of the best pantomine artists had ever seen him.They had reached
6、 Philadelphia when a telegram arrived and Charlie was offered the chance to replace a star in the keystone film company.Cinema was born in the same year as Charlie thought people still believed it was a passing fad,and would never replace live shows.He was kept hanging about for several weeks and he
7、 used the time to watch and to learn.He was determined to master this new medium.It offered him the chance of money and successand it would set him free from the noises of live audience.Charlies first film,shown in February 1914 was called “Making a living”.Though it didnt satisfy Charlie,the public
8、 liked it.After that he had made ten films and he had learned a lot.The public loved him and distributors were demanding more and more.Chaplin films.In an incredibly short time,Charlie had become a very important man is motion picture2.About JokesWhat is it that makes people laugh?More than two thou
9、sand years ago the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle defined humous as the pleasure that results from a feeling of triumph by showing were better than someone else in a certain way.According to Aristotle and many other philosophers,all jokes depend mainly on showing inferiority in another person o
10、r group of personsthat is,putting it clearly,on showing that they are not as good as we are.Jokes raise our good opinion of ourselves chiefly someone elses expense.By showing how much better than other people we are is only one reason we like jokes.Someone may also use a joke to express their anger
11、or their cruelty or any other kind of action that is not acceptable to us.We feel free to laugh when we hear about someone slipping on a banana skin.The joke lets us express those attitudes which are usually unacceptable to society.This is probably the reason why some of the jokes,especially those i
12、nvolving cruelty or sex,are so poplular with certain people.In addition,all jokes depend on our enjoy ment of laughing at something that is strange and out of place because its different from things which are happening around it.The same situation can be either sad or pleasant,depending entirely on
13、how strange and out of place it is.If a girl in a bathing-dress falls into a swimming pool,we dont laugh because nothing unusual has happened.But if a man in smart suit falls in,the situation is at once unusual in a pleasant way and we laugh.A good joke-teller will always try to build up a situation
14、 in which one thing is expected until something unexpected suddenly happdened,and so we laugh.二、知识归纳(一)with的用法归纳(1)表示“和一起”。He is going to study English with me.他要和我一起学英语。He is staying with his uncle.他和他叔叔住在一起。(2)表示“一致；同意，同情”。As to this point I cannot agree with you.关于这点我不能同意你。(3)表示“与同时或同向，随着”。With t
15、hese words he went out.他说完这些话就出去了。His earings increased with his power.他的收入随着他的能力而增加。(4)表示“用材料覆盖、填充、装饰、供应等”。Fill the glass with wine.把杯子倒满酒。We are well provided with food and clothing.我们吃得好，穿得好。(5)表示工具、媒介，作“用，以”解，with在此种用法中可用于主动语态和被动语态的句子中。I dry my hand and face with a towel.我用毛巾擦干手和脸。(6)表示“具有、附有”之意
16、，相当于“having”。There was a box with a lid on the desk.桌上有一只附有盖子的盒子。(7)表示“带在身上”，多用在bring,carry,have,take等动词之后。I have no money with me.我身上没有带钱。(8)表示关系，作“关于；对于而言，在某人眼里”。It is a custom with the Chinese.那是关于中国人的习惯。How are things with you?你的近况如何？(9)表示“状态”。with在此种用法中，后面常与一抽象名词连用，形成一副词短语，其中大部分可等于一副词。He can read French with ease.他能轻易地读法文。He swam across the river with difficulty.
