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1、Stand-up for your health!Types of stand-upA Famous ComedianLaughter is good for your health!Four typesBilly CrystalintroductionWhat is the article about?stand-up comedy. After starting as a stand-up comedian, what did Billy Crystal go on to do later in life?He went on to act in films.What is laughte

2、r good for?Our health. Guessing the meaning of new words When reading a text that contains many new words, try not to look up each of them. Instead, try to guess the meaning of these words from the context. Often, the writer will give the meaning of difficult or technical vocabulary in the sentences

3、 around it. For example (line 2) The way a word is used may also give you some ideas of the meaning. For example (line 28)Exercise C1 (T or F)1, Visual humor can be boring when you cannot see what the comedian is doing. (lines 11-13)T2, One comedian did not lose any weight even though he had been do

4、ing a lot of physical exercise for a month. (lines 14-15)F3, People usually laugh at comedians doing impressions because they do not like the person being made fun of. (lines 21-22)F4, The old actors speech at the Academy Awards was like a silent film because there was no sound. (lines 37-42)T5, Bob

5、 Hope and George Burns lived for a long time probably because they laughed a lot. (line 53)TExercise C2 1, Where is stand-up comedy usually done? On a stage (line 3) 2, How might a stand-up comedian decide what jokes to tell?Depending upon how the audience reacted to his or her previous jokes (line5

6、)3, How many types of stand-up are mentioned?Four types4, When did Billy Crystal begin practicing stand-up?When he was a child5,What is one reason Billy Crystal has become so famous?He is very quick thinking, and is often to come up with new jokes about the people and things around him.6, Who were B

7、ob Hope and George Burns?Two famous comedians.7, What does your brain do when you laugh?It sends chemicals around your body that are good for you.8, What is the English saying about laughter mentioned in the text?Laughter is the best medicine.Exercise D 1,tease g 2 behave d 3 visual f 4 academy b 5,

8、 technical a 6, howl c 7, amuse e 1, People have always enjoyed laughing, and there has always been humour. 人們從來愛笑, 幽默一直存在。 enjoy+n/doing 喜愛(做)某事 there has always been there be 句型的現(xiàn)在完成形式句型的現(xiàn)在完成形式 2, Stand-up is a kind of comedy that is done on a stage by a comedian talking straight to audience membe

9、r. 單口喜劇是一種舞臺(tái)劇，由一個(gè)演員表演，演員與觀眾直接交流。 that 引導(dǎo)定語從句，修飾先行詞 comedy talking straight to audience member 做comedian的后置定語。 3, A stand-up comedian may tease an audience member, or might decide to tell different jokes depending upon how the audience reacted to his or her previous jokes. depend on/upon 依靠；信賴；決定于依靠；

10、信賴；決定于 (line 5) How much it costs depends upon how much you buy. react to作出反應(yīng)作出反應(yīng); 回應(yīng)回應(yīng) (line 5) 4, There are a variety of different styles of stand-up comedy 單口喜劇有很多不同的類型 a variety of 不同種類的，各種各樣的 eg: The island has a wide variety of wildlife 這個(gè)島嶼有多種多樣的野生動(dòng)植物。 various a.不同的，各種各樣的；多方面的 5, For example,

11、 they may talk about how people act when they queue up, or they may ask why it only rains when you forget your umbrella. queue up 排隊(duì)排隊(duì) = line up(美國(guó)人常用美國(guó)人常用) (line 10) 6, Other comedians rely on visual humour. rely on 依靠，依賴；信賴，指望 (line 11) If you can rely on someone to work well or to behave as you w

12、ant them to, you can trust them to do this.信賴 7, Their humour may be inspired by objects. be inspired by 被被所激發(fā)所激發(fā) (line 12) 8, Another comedian pointed to a video tennis game and says, Ive been playing tennis every day for a month. I dont understand why I am not losing weight! point to 指向指向 (line 14

13、) （1）句中Ive been playing tennis every day for a month. 使用了現(xiàn)在完成進(jìn)行時(shí)，表示動(dòng)作從過去開始一直持續(xù)到現(xiàn)在，且可能繼續(xù)下去 （2）句中understand后接一個(gè)由why引導(dǎo)的 賓語從句 9, The last kind of comedian does impressionshe or she will act or speak like a well-known person in order to make fun of that person. impression n 印象，感覺；印記，壓痕 (line 19) impress

14、vt.給以深刻的印象，使銘記；印，壓印 well- known adj .眾所周知的，著名的 (line 20) little- known adj, 鮮為人知的 (line 30) 10, while this kind of humour may sound cruel, it usually only works if both the comedian and the audience have affection for or admire the person being made fun of. 這種幽默聽起來可能有點(diǎn)刻薄，但通常只有當(dāng)喜劇演員和觀眾都喜歡或者崇拜這個(gè)被取笑的對(duì)象

15、時(shí)，這種幽默才奏效 sound cruel 聽起來有些殘酷/刻薄 (line 21) work 在這里的意思為“起作用/奏效” have affection for 喜愛，鐘愛 tell jokes about (line 3) make jokes about (line 13) make fun of (line 22) come up with new jokes about (line 35) play jokes on 開的玩笑 play tricks on捉弄,開玩笑 句中while引導(dǎo)一個(gè)讓步狀語從句，have affection for 和admire的賓語是person,分詞

16、短語being made fun of 作the person 的定語 11, Only a few stand-up comedians have become famous as television and film performance later on in life. One such person is Billy crystal. 只有為數(shù)不多的單口喜劇演員在隨后的生涯中成為走紅的影視明星。一個(gè)成功的例子就是比利克里斯托。 a few 一些 后接可數(shù)名詞 Few 幾乎沒有 后接可數(shù)名詞 a little 一些 后接不可數(shù)名詞 little 幾乎沒有 后接不可數(shù)名詞 （1）短語

17、later on 的意思是“后來，過些時(shí)候”。 Later on, he got a job as a consultant. 后來他找了一份咨詢師的工作 （2）句中such 為形容詞，意思是“那樣的，這樣的，如此的”。當(dāng)它與數(shù)詞或者不定代詞any, some, all ,no等連用時(shí)，常置于它們之后，但與不定冠詞連用時(shí)，則置于不定冠詞之前。 There is no such thing as a free lunch. 天下沒有免費(fèi)的午餐 You gave me such a fright! 你嚇了我一跳！ 12, like other stand-up comedians who have

18、 gone on to act in films, Crystal still enjoys stand-up. 和其他轉(zhuǎn)向電影表演的單口喜劇演員樣，克里斯托現(xiàn)在依然熱愛單口喜劇。 If you go on to do something, you do it after you have done something else. go on to do sth.接著做某事 go on doing sth.繼續(xù)做某事 go on 發(fā)生，進(jìn)行 13, Each time, he performs his stand-up routine in front of millions of peopl

19、e when the show is broadcast live on TV. 每次主持奧斯卡頒獎(jiǎng)典禮的時(shí)候，他都會(huì)通過電視直播在數(shù)百萬觀眾面前表演他的單口喜劇 in front of 在在前面前面 (line 29) in the front of 在什么的前部在什么的前部 14, he says it is because when he started practicing stand-up as a child, he told himself jokes while standing in front of the mirror, brushing his teeth. 他說，這是

20、因?yàn)閺男r(shí)候開始練習(xí)單口喜劇的時(shí)候，他就習(xí)慣于站在鏡子面前，邊刷牙邊對(duì)自己說笑話! While standing in front of the mirror, brushing his teeth 后面的分詞是現(xiàn)在分詞做時(shí)間狀語。 15, One reason Crystal has become so famous is that he is very quick thinking, and is often able to come up with new jokes about the people and things around him. 克里斯托之所以如此出名， 原因之一就是他

21、思維異常敏捷，常常能就身邊的人或事即興編出笑話來。 16, They could only see him standing there moving his lips. 大家只能看見他站在那里，兩片嘴唇動(dòng)個(gè)不停。 see sb +do/doing 看見某人做/正在做 句中moving his lips是v-ing做伴隨狀語。 17, instead of telling the joke he had planned, Crystal made up a new one. 克里斯托干脆放棄了事先準(zhǔn)備好的笑話，即興編了一個(gè)笑話。 make up 編造，虛構(gòu)；組成；化妝 be made up o

22、f 由組成 consist of sth 由組成 instead of 代替 18, you can expect to hear a lot more from Billy Crystalhe has no plans to stop making films, or to stop telling jokes. He hopes to follow in the footsteps of other famous comedians, such as Bob Hope and George Burns, who lived to be 100 years old and kept working until nearly the end of their lives. 你可以期待聽到比利克里斯托表演更多的單口喜劇他尚無停止電影表演的打算，也沒有停止講笑話的想法。他希望效仿鮑勃霍普和喬治伯恩斯等單口喜劇明星，這兩位著名演員都活到了一百歲，而且生命不息、工作不止。 19, Doctors have been researching what effect stand-up and other forms of