高中英語必修4-Unit3-A-taste-of-English-humour-warming-up

AtasteofEnglishhumourWhatishumour?Humourissomewords

thatmeansmakingotherslaugh.Ifsomeoneoftenmakesotherslaugh,Wesayheishumourous;Wecallhimahumourist.

Lookatthefollowingpictures.Whichpicturecanmakeyoulaugh?WarmingupDoyoufeelmylove?Iwanttolosemyweight.

I’mdrivingatahighspeed.Doyoufeelfunny?

Howmanykindsofhumourdoyouknowabout?Canyounamesomepeoplethatyouthinkarehumorous?tonguetwister繞口令crosstalk相聲Kindsofhumourfunnystoriescomedy喜劇mime啞劇sketch小品jokesChinesehumourists

sketch小品crosstalkTwoormorespeakersmakemanyjokesandfunnyconversation.(funnystories)MarkTwainwasthepopularandhumourousAmericanauthor.馬克吐溫一次乘車外出，火車開得很慢。當(dāng)查票員過來查票時，馬克吐溫遞給他一張兒童票。查票員調(diào)侃道：“我還真沒看出您還是個孩子呢！”馬克吐溫答復(fù)：“現(xiàn)在我已經(jīng)不是孩子了，但我買票上車時還是個孩子哩?！瘪R克吐溫收到一封信.這是一位青年人寫來的,他想向馬克吐溫請教成為大作家的訣竅.信中說:"聽說魚含大量的磷質(zhì),而磷是有利于腦子的.看來要成為一個大作家,一定要吃很多魚吧?但不知道你究竟吃的什么魚,又吃了多少呢?"馬克吐溫回信說:"看來,你得吃一條鯨才行."joke一次馬克吐溫應(yīng)邀赴宴。席間，他對一位貴婦說：“夫人，你太美麗了！”不料那婦人卻說：“先生，可是遺憾得很，我不能用同樣的話答復(fù)你。”頭腦靈敏，言辭犀利的馬克·吐溫笑著答復(fù)：“那沒關(guān)系，你也可以像我一樣說假話?！被斓榜R克·吐溫有一次因?yàn)榭床粦T國會議員在國會通過某個法案，因此在報紙上刊登了一個廣告，上面寫著：“國會議員有一半是混蛋?！眻蠹堃毁u出，許多抗議隨之而來，這些國會議員可不認(rèn)為自己是混蛋，紛紛要求馬克吐溫更正。馬克吐溫于是又刊登了一個更正：“我錯了，國會議員，有一半不是混蛋?！币馑寄敲磁c原來相同。jokeCustomer:What’sthatfly(蒼蠅)doinginmysoup?Waiter:Swimming,Ithink!jokePoliceman:Whydidyouhavetobreakintothesameshopthreetimes?Thief:Well,Istoleadressfromthatshopbutmywifedidn'tlikeit.SoIhadtogobackandchangeittwice!Teacher:YousaythatJohnJoneshasacoldandcannotcometoschooltoday.WhoamIspeakingto?Voice:Oh,thisismyfather.jokeMrBean(憨豆先生)

MrBeanCharlieChaplinAMasterofNonverbalHumourCharlieChaplinHeisoneofthemostfamoushumouriststhatcanmakeotherslaughallthetime.Hewasagreatsilentmoviestar.ModernTimes,TheLittleTramp,TheGoldRush,CityLightarehismasterpieces.asmallroundblackhatawalkingstick

largetrousers

worn-outshoesTheLittleTrampwasa____and________person.

TheLittleTrampItwasknownandlovedbymanypeoplearoundtheworld.poorhomelessConclusion

Humouriseverywhereinourdailylife.Iho