His own life was not that easy.
Q: Can you find out the facts to support the idea?
Acting family: He was born in an acting family whose income was often uncertain.
Early training: He was taught to sing as soon as he could speak and dance as soon as he could walk.
Unfortunately, his father died, leaving the family even worse off.
Hard childhood: Charlie spent his childhood looking after his sick mother and his brother.
Q: Do you think his poor childhood helped him in work? Why?
Q: Why was Charlie Chaplin and the little tramp popular at that time?
Q: What did Charlie Chapin’s performance bring to the audience during the hard days?
设计意图：学生通过对这一环节的学习，增强了对文本的概括提炼能力，也体验了阅读过程中的分析、推理和评价等需要深入思维的阅读策略。
Step 5: understand the great achievements of Chaplin (para. 1 &5)
T: what great achievements did Chaplin achieve in his lifetime?
T: In a word, he is a master of nonverbal humor and brings people laughter. Up to now, we have learned a lot about Charlie Chaplin, who is a master of nonverbal humor. Can you summarize different aspects in describing Chaplin as a master?
设计意图：训练学生对人物的评价，引导学生的英语思维能力以及释义能力。
Step 6: Draw out the outline of the text
Q:Can you summarize the main idea of each paragraph and understand the title from different aspects?
Para. 1: Chaplin’s popularity
Para. 2: Chaplin’s childhood
Para. 3: Chaplin’s famous film character
Para. 4: An example of Chaplin’s film
Para. 5: His achievements
Q: Why is Charlie Chaplin considered as a “master”?
His astonishing training (para. 2)
His entertaining performance (para.2 )
His charming character (para. 3)
His convincing acting (para. 4)
His outstanding work (para. 5)
“形容词+名词”这样的形式来解读master一词，即高度概括文章的内容，同时又让学生体验了文章的主要内容可用“提炼名词”和“提炼形容词”来表达。
Step 7: imitate the quotation:
T: Now we’ve found out why Chaplin is considered a master of nonverbal humor. And humor can bring us laughter. Just as Victor Hugo once said, “Laugher is the sun that drives winter from the human face.” I think this can be the exact comment for Chaplin’s great contributions to the society. As a saying goes, “Happiness shows up for those who cry, those who hurt, those who have searched and those who have tried, for only they can appreciate the importance of people who have touched their lives.”
Can you imitate the sentence pattern and create a similar sentence to show the true meaning of happiness?
Laugher is the sun that drives winter from the human face. –Victor Hugo
Laughter is __________ that _____________.
laughter的含义，明白“苦难中的笑声”含义。开放性的仿写设计让学生可以借着这个简单的定语从句句型自由发挥。
