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HumorAa

circus

clownLeading

inWho

can

say

something

aboutcomedians?Comedians

are

people,

especiallyprofessional

entertainers,

who

ljokes

or

do

amusing

things

to

makepeople

laugh

and

think.

Look

at

thepictures

.

Do

you

know

who

thesecomedians

are?

What

make

themfunny

to

you?The

comic

duoof

the1930s”Laurel

and

Hardy.”

(

The

thinone

is

called

Stan

Laurel,

whilethestout

oneis

calledOliverHardy.)

They

are

funny

becausethey

are

each

other’s

opposites:one

fat

and

one

thin;

one

iscleverandone

issilly

etc.Mr

Bean.

Although

MrRowan

Atkinson

acts

asdifferent

comic

characters

heis

most

famous

around

theworld

as

Mr

Bean.

Mr

Beanis

funny

because

he

makesfunny

faces,

he

acts

silly,

heseems

to

be

quite

stupid,

andthe

things

he

does

are

strange.Mr Rowan

Atkinson(Mr

Bean)Dustin

Hoffman3:

Dustin

Hoffman

in

the

filmTootsie

(1982).

In

this

filmHoffman

acts

the

role

of

awoman,

and

many

peopleagreethat

his

performance

was

sogood

that

you

oftencan’t

lthe

difference.

But

in

the

filmof

cause

there

are

all

kindsoffunny

moments.Ma

Ji

is

a

well

–known

artist

ofcrosstalk

shows

inChina.

His

numerouscrosstalk

shows

alwaysmake

hisaudience

roarwith

laughter.!.

Do

you

know

any

comedians

who

arefunny?2.Have

you

seen

any

of

the

comediansor

programs?

What

do

you

think

ofthem?I

have

seen

somefi of

Laurel

and

Hardy

andI

think

that

they

are

very

funny.I

findMrBe ways

very

funny.

I

don’tthinkI

eversawthiscomedian.

Iamnot

sure

if

I

would

like

it.

I

once

heard

Hou

Yaowen

on

the

radio

and

Ihad

to

laugh

so

much

that

my

stomach

hurt

andI

had

tears

in

my

eyes.Other

comic

duos

are

for

example,

Abbott

andCos lo,

French

and

Saunders,

Wallace

&Gromit

or

Beavis

and

Butthead.Other

comedians

acting

as

clowns

are

forexample, Chaplin,

Buster

Keaton

orAustin

Powers.Other

famous

comedians

who

dressed

up

aswomen

are

for

example,

Dame

Edna(Australia),

Milton

Berle

(USA)

and

EddyIzzard

(UK).Other

famous

crosstalk

artists

are

Jiang

Kun,Hou

Yuewen,

Feng

Gong,

Tang

Jiezhong,

etc.Read

the

passage

fast

andthenanswer

the

following

questions:2.What

is

the

text

about?What

is

the

text

about?1,The

title

is

a

bit

of

a

puzzle

to

me

and

thereare

no

other

clues

to

find

out

what

the

text

isabout.

I

suppose

it

will

be

about

something

tolaugh

about.2,If

it’s

about

laughing

or

humour,

it

can

beabout

jokes

or

funny

storied.Read

the

text

again

,

try

to

divide

the

text

into

severalparts

and

find

out

the

main

idea

of

each

part:Part

2:Part

3:Part

1:

ComediesClownsComediansPart

4:

CrosstalkListen

to

the

passage

and

readit

again

then

finish

thefollowing:How

long

hasthetradition

ofcrosstalk

existedinChina?The

tradition

of

crosstalk

has

existedin

Chinaformore

than

2000

years.Give

three

examples

of

techniques

that

writers

ofcomedies

often

use

tomake

peoplelaugh.Cross-dressing

stereotypes

Word

play

3

Whyare

someofShakespeare’s

comediesnot

sofunny

forus?Someof

Shakespeare’splays

are

not

sofunny

for

usbecause

wedon’t

understand

the

language

and

word

play

thatShakespeareused.4

Can

you

describe

a

clown

inyour

own

words?Whatdoes

aclownlooklike?A

clown

is

afunny

,usually

dressed

up

inclothesof

verybrightcolours,

suchasredandyellow.

Theyoftenwear

abigcoloured

wig(假发).Their

face

is

covered

with

white

make-up,andtheir

mouth

and

eyes

are

made

to

look

very

bigusing

red

and

other

coloured

make-up.Clownsoften

have

a

bigred

nose.

Alloftheir

clothes,including

theirshoes

areusually

over-sized.5

.Is

the

show

of

a

comedian

more

like

thatofa

clown

or

a

comedy?Explain

your

answer.The

showof

a

comedianismore

likea

comedythanlike

aclown.

Acomedian

doesn’t

wear

anyofthefunny

clothes

and

make-up

of

clowns.

The

humourof

clowns

is

often

very

silly.

Clowns

often

don’tspeak

at

all.

Their

jokes

are

almost

all

bodylanguage,

mime,

andsilly

thingslike

fallingdown.Thecomedian,on

theotherhanduses

alltherichness

ofthe

language

to

create

fun,

just

asincomedies.

In

fact,

comedians

often

act

out

littlesketcheswhi ake

us

think

of

acting

on

the

stageincomedy.Complete

the

following

chart:matterLaughing

Comedy

ClownComedianfeatureWayfunctionTheatre

play Act

alone

oras

apairWork

aloneor

as

a

pairCrosstalkshowWord

playby

apairMake

fun

ofdressing

way;story;

Play

onwordsNo

words;

Body

languageclothes &

face;

nol

an

amusing make

up;

make-up

;playway

they with

words;walkJokes

and

funny

conver-sations

;Dress-upsmallsketchesMakeaudiencelaughHelpforgetproblems

for

awhileRoar

withlaughterThinkabout

lifeDiscussion(group

work)pare

Western

and

Chinesecomedy

shows.

What

do

they

haveincommon?

How

are

they

different?2.How

to

make

people

laugh?Pay

attention

to

the

following

sentences:1.Theirtalk

includes

rhythm

and

rhyming

words

as

well

as

tongue

twisters,

which

often

make

the

audience

applaud.他不仅会说英语而且还会说日语.He

can

speak

Japanese

as

well

as

English简以及 父母亲正度假.Jane

aswell

asher

parents

istaking

a

holiday

inChina.实验的确结果很不错,慌这出乎 的意料.The

result

of

the

experiment

was

very

good,

which

we

hadn’t

expect他很少准时完成自己的工作,这经常使得他的很生气.

He

seldomfinisheshis

workon

time,

which

always

makes

his

boss

ver

ry.2.Skilled

artists

make

use

of

all

the

richness

of

the

spokenlanguage

to

create

a

rapid

flow

of

fun.你最好更加充分利用好你的业余时间.You’d

better

make

better

use

of

your

spare

time.的 时间应该充分利用起来为期末考试做准备.Our

free

time

should

be

madefull

use

of to

get

ready

for

the

finalexam.3.Today

students

of

English,

even

if

English

is

their

mothertongue,

often

cannot

understand

his

jokes.即使我是一路走着去,我也要到那儿.Even

if

I

have

to

walk

all

the

way,

I’ll

get

there.Perhaps

that

is

the

reason

why

few

foreigners

know

aboutthis

Chinese

artform.请告诉我为什么现在如此多的青少年喜欢流行歌曲.Please l

me

the

reason

why

so

many

teenagers

love

popular

songsnowadays.你有什么特殊的原因不能来吗?Is

there

any

particular

reasonwhy

you

can’t

come?What

comedians

have

in

common

with

the

players

in

acomedy

is

their

way

of

playing

with

words.我与他没有共同之处.I

haven’t

a

thing

in

common

with

him.out

of

the

common

异乎寻常,不平常他没有发现异乎寻常的事.He

had

noticednothing

out

of

thecommon.How

to

make

people

laugh?Be

different.与众不同.Don’t

take

the

Mick.力戒乏味.Laugh

at

yourself.嘲笑自己.Include

people.群众路线.Don’t

overdo

private

jokes.适度隐私.Don’t

be

“funny”all

the

time.

“滑稽”有度.Choose

your

moment

carefully.把握时机.Do

be

unexpected.出乎意料.Don’t

be

ajackass.不出洋相.Know

your

audience.了解观众.Moral

lessons:Humour

has

its

background

of

seriousness.幽默必须以严肃为背景.

(Beerbohm

英.

博姆)Life

is

a

comedy

to

him

who

thinks

and

a

tragedy

tohim

who

feels. (English

proverb)对于认为是喜剧的人,人生便是喜剧;对于觉得人生是悲剧的人,人生便是悲剧.The

test

of

real

comedianis

whether

you

laugh

athim

before

he

opens

his

mouth.测试一个真正的喜剧演员时,可能在他开口之前,看你对他笑不笑.(George

Nathan .美作家)Useful

expressionsA

theatre

play

,

make…laugh, use

differenttechniques,

appear

in

the

stage,

be

famous

foracting

as

a woman

,

a

funny

play,

bestereotypes

of

nationalities

,do

a

certain

job,make

fun

of

others, l

an

amusing

story,

actoutstereotypes

of

people,

roar

with

laughter,

soundfunny,

speak

with

a

foreign

accent,

play

onwords

create

fun,

laugh

loudly,

act

alone,aa

pair,

make

a

different

kind

of

fun,

befunny

forchildren,

forget

one’s

problem,

make

theaudience

applaud,

fully

appreciate

the

jokes

ofcross

talk

artists, know

about

an

art

form:Re l

the

text

using

about

100

words.

(Try

to

use

theAttributive

Clause.)She

went

on

working

though

itwas

already

very

dark.They

stopped

talking

and

beganto

listen

to

the

teacher

attentively.We

regret

arriving(=havingarrived)

so

late.V-ing

form

used

as

attribute

and

objectcomplement.现在分词与过去分词2①定语：单个的分词应放在被修饰的名词之前作前置定语，如：Touching

story

/

leadingcadres

/

shining

example

/

coming

week

/

skilled

worker/

armed

forces

/

boiled

water

/

ed

breadH

1.

He

is

a

promising

young

man.

Barking

dogsseldom

bite. His

is

a

pressing

problem.S2.Soon

our

respected

and

beloved

leaders

entered

thebanquet

hall.②

分词短语放在被修饰的名词之后作后置定语，在意义上也相当于一个定语从句，如：Who

is