英式幽默与美式幽默上课讲义

HumorBritishhumorWhatisBritishhumor?LETMETELLYOU!Outline1、features2、funnyquote3、joke4、representative

featuresPuns双关Nonsense无聊Black

humour黑色幽默Eccentricity无厘头Satire讽刺Self-deprecation自嘲Understatement轻描淡写TheEnglishappeartobeadeeplyseriouspeople.Thisgivesanaddedpiquancy(辛辣,刺激)totheEnglishsenseofhumor.Foritcomesasasurprisetoforeignerstofindthatitexistsatall.Funnyquotesinthepoliticalarena

"Thedifferencebetweenamisfortuneandacalamityisthis:IfGladstonefellintotheThames,itwouldbeamisfortune.Butifsomeonedraggedhimoutagain,thatwouldbeacalamity."BenjaminDisraeli.Ajoke“May

I

borrow

your

record

player

tonight?”

a

man

asked

his

neighbor.

“Sure.

Do

you

want

to

listen

to

some

music?”

“No,”

he

answered.

“Tonight

I

want

to

have

some

peace

and

quiet.”

TheLondonOlympicGamesopeningceremonyHissenseofcomedycomesfromyouandIarelikelytooccurindailylife.Ilikehim..Someinterestingexpreesionblackness

surprised

happyunhappySomefunnypicture!Somefunnypiture!AmericanHumor

letme

tellyouSowhatisAmercianHumor?WhatisthecharacterofAmercianhumor?

ComparetoEnglishhumor,Amercianhumor

ismoreexoteric(开放的).Theirhumormayinvolvesomesensitivetopicssuchasdeath,sex,andterrorism.Theydon'tcareaboutit.SomeAmericanhumorjokshumorsinanswerofphoneMywifeandIcan'tcometothephonerightnow,butifyou'llleaveyournameandnumber,we'llgetbacktoyouassoonaswe'refinished.joksaboutchanginglightbulbsQ:HowmanyYalestudentsdoesittaketochangealightbulb?A:None--NewHavenlooksbetterinthedark.Greatcomedian——CharlesChapinTheresumeofCharlesChapinBirthplace:LondonBirthday:1889/4/16Nationality:TheUKOccupation:actor,director,producer(制片人)Gainedprizes:OscarAwardforlifetimeachievement(奥斯卡终身成就奖),thetenthofAFIthegreatestactorinhundredyears(AFI百年来最伟大的男演员第10名)Thetypicalapparel(外观)bowlerhat（圆顶礼帽）dinnerjacket(小礼服)trapezoidmustache(梯形小胡子)bamboostick(竹手杖)macroceph