Text Study
Notes to the Text
Words and Expressions
Idea Sharing
Writing
Structure Analysis
Understanding
Summary
Reproduction
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Text Study—Structure Analysis
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I. Structure Analysis
Part 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 life
Part IV (Para. 7-8)
Incident after Charlie Chaplin’s death
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Text Study—Understanding
II. Understanding
Biography of Charlie Chaplin
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Text Study—Understanding
Part I. General Introduction
A poor area of south London
Place of birth: _______________________
Parents:
Mother — temporarily declared mad
___________________________________
Fame: a Hollywood comic star
1. __________________________
Receiving permanent fame for
__________________________
the comic character of The
________
Tramp.
2. __________________________
Winning reputation in other
_____________
countries.
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Text Study—Understanding
Part II. Artistic Achievement
In the time of silent movies
The huge success: ___________
The Tramp
In the time of sound movies
The success: e.g. ______________
Modern Times
Secrets of great success
immensely talented man; the
Why? __________________________
urge to explore and extend his
__________________________
talent
______
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Text Study—Understanding
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1. The Tramp
Special features of The Tramp:
famous comic beggar: sport
tiny …
a character revolted against
authority …
Critics towards The Tramp:
To many English people
— too crude; didn’t all that English; not how the
English behaved
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The Tramp
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Text Study—Understanding
2. Modern Times
Specialties about his singing:
Nonsense
Language: __________
Effect of his singing:
To Chaplin:_______________________
Help to bring about his huge
_________
success
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Text Study—Understanding
Secrets of great success:
Immensely talented man;
The urge to explore and extend his talent
Evidences:
His script — Not written in advance
In his great comedy —
Physical senses / physical transformation:
Lifeless objects
other kinds of objects
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Text Study—Understanding
3. Gold Rush
Boots were boiled and their soles
eaten with salt and pepper like prime
cuts of fish (the nails being removed
like fish bones).
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Gold Rush
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Text Study—Understanding
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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Text Study—Understanding
City Lights
Chaplin’s need to be loved.
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City Lights
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Text Study—Understanding
Monsieur Verdoux
Chaplin’s fear of being betrayed can be
found in this film in which Chaplin acted
as a wife killer.
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Text Study—Understanding
Part III. Emotional Life
Chaplin’s In love with Oona O’Neil
Stable happiness in his later years;
Oona O’Neil gave him the love he needed.
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Text Study—Understanding
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Why this marriage is called the “stable
happiness”?
Because:
• There is a 37 years age difference
between them.
• Oona’s stability and affection spanned
this age difference.
• She was well-prepared for the battle.
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Text Study—Summary
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III. Summary
Chaplin is a great comic not only for his own mother country
but more for the world. Chaplin’s Tramp was considered a
crude and thought that he had too much of an eye for
little _____
appearance
the ladies and that his clothes gave him an __________
more like an Italian waiter than anything else. He resisted
talking movie until 1936 when he made up a
making a ______
nonsense language which sounded like no known
_________
nationality. Chaplin achieved great success because he
talented man and the kind of comic who
was an immensely _______
used his _______
physical senses to invent his art as he went along.
(To be continued)
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Text Study—Summary
collision between the need to be loved
However, the _______
and the fear of being _______
betrayed resulted in disaster in
his ________
emotional life which was shown in his movies.
Eventually, life gave Chaplin the stable _________,
happiness
that is, his marriage with Oona O’Neil. Chaplin died on
_________ Day 1977.
Christmas
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Text Study—Reproduction
IV. Reproduction
An Exhibition of Charlie
Chaplin’s Artistry and Life
Class Set-up
Class Activity
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Text Study—Reproduction
 Class Set-up
The students will be divided into several groups to
participate in the exhibition of Charlie Chaplin’s Artistry
and Life including the 4 parts mentioned in the text.
Every group will get its own part by drawing lots (抽签)
and set up its booth (展位) in the classroom.
Necessary pictures or film clips or music are allowed to
make the exhibition better.
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Text Study—Reproduction
 Class Activity
Every group has 2 exhibitors to introduce the exhibited
part and answer the questions from visitors, while the
rest members of each group will act as visitors to view
and raise questions about other groups’ display. After
the exhibition, one representative from each group will
report their own job, then the whole class will choose
the best exhibitor.
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Active Expressions
Focus Study
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Notes to the Text—Active Expressions
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I. Active Expressions
In English, you may find some expressions
formed by very common words, but they
are active and powerful.
e.g.
• What’s on at the cinema tonight?
• 今晚电影院上演什么？
• What’s he up to? 他忙什么呢？
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Notes to the Text—Active Expressions
Find out the active expressions:
1. Chaplin quit Britain for good in 1913…
2. …he made up a nonsense language…
3. Chaplin didn’t have his jokes written into a
script in advance...
4. The Tramp never loses his faith in the flower
girl...
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Notes to the Text—Active Expressions
Active Expressions
1. quit: go away or leave; give up or resign
from a position
2. for good: for ever
3. make up: to invent an excuse, fact, or story
4. in advance: beforehand; earlier
5. lose faith in: lose one’s trust or confidence
in someone or something
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Notes to the Text—Active Expressions
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Translation
1. 他愤然离开房间。
2. 我没有意识到她将永远离开我了。
3. 整件事都是她编造出来吓她父母的。
4. 你应该提早预订那场音乐会的票。
5. 我们再也不相信他了。
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Notes to the Text—Active Expressions
Key
1. He quit the room angrily.
2. I hardly realized she was leaving me for good.
3. She made the whole story up to shock her
parents.
4. You should book tickets for the concert well in
advance.
5. We’ve lost faith in him.
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Notes to the Text—Active Expressions
More Practice
1. 别对我大喊大叫，我不干了！
2. 我希望他们永远不要回来。
3. 不要为此编理由了。
4. 请把贵公司行程电邮给我，以便我预先安排。
5. 自从考试不及格，他对自己的能力失去了信心。
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Notes to the Text—Active Expressions
Key
1. Don’t shout at me. I quit!
2. I hope they’ve gone for good this time!
3. Don’t make an excuse for that.
4. Please e-mail me your plan so that I can
arrange in advance.
5. He have lost faith in his ability since he failed
in the exam.
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Notes to the Text—Focus Study
II. Focus Study
1. Dickens might have created Charlie Chaplin’s
childhood.
might have v-ed: used to say that something
was possible in the past, but it did not in fact
happen
Practice
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Notes to the Text—Focus Study
Translation
• If I’d have known the film was about the
World War II, I might have gone to see it.
• 这个计划可能很容易失败，但事实上却大
大成功了。
Key
• 如果我早知道那部电影是有关二战的，就可能
会去看了。
• The plan might easily have gone wrong, but
in fact it was a great success.
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Notes to the Text—Focus Study
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
Practice
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Notes to the Text—Focus Study
Translation
• 遗憾的是，她没有允许我们做这件事。
• Sad to say, the engagement was declared off.
Key
• Sad to say, she hasn’t given us permission to do it.
• 遗憾的是婚约已被宣布解除。
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Notes to the Text—Focus Study
3. In Oona O’Neill Chaplin, he found a partner whose stability
and affection spanned the 37 years age difference
between them that had seemed so threatening, that when
the official who was marrying them in 1942, turned to the
beautiful girl of 17 who’d given notice of their wedding date
and said, …
Structure Analysis of the Sentence
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Notes to the Text—Focus Study
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① he found a partner
② whose stability … age difference between them
③ that had seemed so … that …
④ when the official … turned to the beautiful girl of 17 … and
said ,…
⑤ who was marrying
them in 1942
⑤ who’d given notice of
their wedding date
Word Using
Glossary
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Words and Expressions—Word Using
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I. Word Using
1. cut down
to reduce
Collocation
for sth.
cut down
to size
on
e.g.
sth.
• 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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2. applause
① n. clapping of hands; praise, commendation
② v. to clap hands; praise sb. / sth.
Translation
• The audience broke into applause.
• The decision to save the company has
been warmly applauded.
Key
• 观众爆发出一阵掌声。
• 这项拯救公司的决议得到嘉许。
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3. crude a.
① rude; ② in its natural state
e.g.
• He’s always telling crude jokes.
• crude oil 原油
辨析
• crude rubber 天然橡胶
• native iron 生铁
• raw cotton 原棉
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4. trip it up
to cause sb. to fall or nearly fall over;
force someone to make a mistake by tricking them
Translation
• 李伸出脚把约翰绊倒了。
• Usually she was careful, but once she
tripped up by a plot.
Key
• Lee stuck out his foot and tripped John up.
• 她一向谨慎，但有一次还是中了圈套。
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5. all that
very; particularly
Translation
• 事情并不那么顺利。
• He wasn’t all that older than we were.
Key
• Things aren’t all that good.
• 他并不比我们年纪大多少。
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6. sport v.
to wear or show publicly and sometimes proudly
e.g.
Back in the 1960s he sported bell-bottom
trousers, platform heels and hair down
past his shoulders.
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。
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7. behave v.
to act; to conduct (oneself) properly
Translation
• Behave yourself!
• 你不觉得他近来举动十分古怪吗？
Key
• 放规矩点！
• Don’t you think that he has been behaving
very strangely recently?
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8. come down in the world
to have less money and a worse social position
than one had before
Translation
She felt she had really come down in
the world.
Key
她感到她的确已经穷困潦倒了。
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9. rouse v.
to make sb. very angry, excited, interested;
to make sb. wake up;
e.g.
She was sleeping so soundly that I couldn’t
rouse her.
辨析
arouse 唤醒
arise 出现
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10. find one’s way
to arrive or get somewhere after some time
Translation
• 条条江河通大海。
• It’s said that multimedia will soon
find its way into the home market.
Key
• Rivers find their way into the sea.
• 据说多媒体将很快进入家用市场。
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11. relief n.
the easing of a burden or distress
e.g.
What a relief! I pass the exam finally!
辨析
v. relieve
release 释放，放开
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12. find … in sb.
to discover that sb. has certain qualities
Use It
Who is your idol?
What did you find in him/her?
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13. unfounded a.
not based on fact
Use It
What would you like to react to the
unfounded rumors(谣言) to you?
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Words and Expressions—Glossary
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II. Glossary
comedy
act
喜剧
talent scout
星探
audience
观众
character/role
角色
talking movie
有声电影
script
剧本
表演,演出
Imitation Show
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Idea sharing
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Imitation Show
Type：Group Activity
Instructions:
Choose any one clip of Charlie Chaplin’s
films (silent or talking ones), imitate the
performance and show it to your
classmates.
Tips：Students may choose the clips
shown on class or go to More Choices.
Structured Writing
Practical Writing
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Structured Writing
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I. Structured Writing
A General Statement Supported by Details
A general statement (G.S.)
Detail 1
Sample
Detail 2
Detail 3
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Structured Writing
1. A Sample
G.S. Lifeless objects especially helped Chaplin
make “contact” with himself as an artist. He
turned them into other kinds of objects.
D1 Thus, a broken alarm clock in the movie
The Pawnbroker became a “sick” patient
undergoing surgery; boots were boiled in D2
his film The Gold Rush and their soles
eaten with salt and pepper like prime cuts
of fish (the nails being 45 removed like fish
bones).
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2. Your task
Write a short composition with a general
statement and its corresponding supporting
details.
Topic:
The Hazards of Movie-going
Sample
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Structured Writing
Sample
Although I love movies, I’ve found that there are
drawbacks to movie-going. One problem is just
the inconvenience of it all. It can take me long
time to drive to the theater and find a parking
spot. Another problem is my lack of self-control
at the theater. I often stuff myself with unhealthy
calorie-laden snacks for the limited choices. The
worst problem is some of the other movie-goers.
Kids run up and down the aisle. It’s noisy and
messy in the theater. All in all, I would rather
stay home and watch TV comfortably.
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II. Practical Writing
Graduation Certificate (毕业证书)
Features:
1. With the signature of the president of
the university; Begins with “I hereby
certify that…”
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2. With the words:
“成绩合格”, “修业期满”, “准予毕业”
pass all the examinations
“成绩合格” fulfill all the requirements prescribed
by the Department
“修业期满”
“准予毕业”
Complete the four years’ courses
was allowed to graduate
graduated from the university
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Sample 1
毕业证书
学生 赵虎君，性别 男，上海市人，一九八五年
五月二日生，二零零四年九月至二零零八年七月
在本校计算机科学工程系计算机及应用专业四年
制本科就读，修业期满，成绩合格，准予毕业。
学校印
章
上海交通大学
校 长
(签名)
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Sample 1
GRADUATION CERTIFICATE
I hereby certify that Zhao Hujun, male, born on May 2, 1985,
was a student of the computer application major of the
Department of Computer Science & Engineering and, having
completed the four years’ courses from September 2004 to July
2008 and fulfilled all the requirements prescribed by the
Department, graduated from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in
July 2008.
STAMP
(Signature)
President
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
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Sample 2
毕业证书
学生陈松系浙江省宁
波市人，现年二十四
岁，于二零零四年九
月入本校外国语言文
学系英语专业，学习
四年，按教学计划完
成全部学业，成绩合
格，准予毕业。
第0364号
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北京师范大学
校长
公章
(签名)
二零零八年七月一日
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Sample 2
Graduation Certificate
NO.0364
I hereby certify that Chen Song, aged
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24, a student from Ningbo, Zhejiang
Province, who was admitted to the
English Program of the Department
of Foreign Languages and Literature, Beijing Normal University
(signature)
2004, has completed the four years’
Chancellor
courses and, having satisfied all the
stamp
requirements set by the syllabus,
graduated from Beijing Normal
Date: July 1, 2008
University.
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Your Task
Write a graduation certificate for yourself
in English.
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