高考英语一轮复习 Unit 3 A taste of English humour话题（含解析）新人教版必修4.doc

unit 3 a taste of english humour（一）来看看老外们的极致幽默1. yourenoteatingyourfish,thewaitressaskedhim,anythingwrongwithit? longtimenosea,thecustomerreplied.long time no sea鱼久不见海，肯定不新鲜。而long time no see是朋友见面时所用的寒暄语，相当于老朋友久别重逢时说的“好久不见”。sea与see是同音异形异义词，这位顾客巧妙地运用这一点，指出了鱼不好吃，不新鲜。2. whatweatherdoesmicemostdislike?whenitisrainingcatsanddogs.cats and dogs是倾盆大雨的意思。这则幽默取其字面意思，猫狗都从天上掉下来了，老鼠自然不喜欢了。 3. six year old linda returned impressed from her school first day at school. asked how she got on, she replied: every morning, we all have to sit at our desk and when the teacher calls our names, we have to answer prisoner !当老师点名时，学生应该回答present。而linda利用prisoner与present的相近读音，表达了对学校生活的不满。 4. when a group of women got on the car, every seat was already occupied. the conductor noticed a man who seemed to be asleep, and fearing he might miss his stop, he nudged him and said: wake up, sir!i wasnt asleep, the man answered.not asleep? but you had your eyes closed.i know. i just hate to look at ladies standing up beside me in a crowded car.当一群妇女上车之后，车上的座位全都被占满了。售票员注意到一名男子好是睡着了，他担心这个人会坐过站，就用肘轻轻地碰了碰他，说：先生，醒醒！我没有睡着。那个男人回答。没睡着？可是你眼睛都闭上了呀？我知道，我只是不愿意看到在拥挤的车上有女士站在我身边而已。5. two brothers were looking at some beautiful paintings.look, said the elder brother. how nice these paintings are!yes, said the younger, but in all these paintings there is only the mother and the children. where is the father?the elder brother thought for a moment and then explained, obviously he was painting the pictures.兄弟俩在看一些漂亮的油画。看，哥哥说，这些画多漂亮呀！是啊，弟弟说道，可是在所有这些画中，只有妈妈和孩子。那爸爸去哪儿了呢？哥哥想了会儿，然后解释道：很明显，他当时正在画这些画呗。(二)憨豆先生也会老he is rowan atkinsons most commercially successful creation. however, mr. bean is unlikely to appear on our screens again. atkinson, 56, says he believes he is too old to play the bumbling character. atkinson who describes mr. bean as a child in a grown mans body said:never say never, but i just feel im getting too old for it. ive always liked mr. bean as a cartoon-like figure, who doesnt really age much. ive always seen him as an ageless and timeless being and im clearly not ageless and timeless. the older i get, i feel i am less qualified to play him.mr. bean first blundered on to television in an itv series.despite the derision of some critics, the program proved a huge ratings success, with viewing figures of more than 18 million. the two films, bean: the ultimate disaster movie in 1997 and mr. beans holiday four year ago, earned 305 million worldwide.据英国每日邮报9月6日报道，憨豆先生是罗温艾金森创造的最成功的商业作品，但是，这一角色可能不会再出现在我们的荧幕上了。 56岁的艾金森说，他觉得自己年龄太大，难以继续扮演这个傻里傻气的角色了。艾金森把憨豆先生称为带有孩子气的成年人，他说：不能把话说死，但是我确实老了，不适合这个角色了。一直以来我都很喜欢这个像漫画形象一样的角色，他永远不会变老。在我眼中，憨豆是永恒不老的存在，但我本人却是会变老消亡的。年龄越大，我对扮演憨豆就越感