山西省阳泉市荫营中学高中英语复习课件：READING.ppt

1、Life is a comedy to him who thinks and a tragedy to him who feels.对善思考者，人生为喜剧；对凭感觉者，人生为悲剧.zxxkCharlie ChaplinThe comic duo of the 1930s“Laurel and Hardy”.The thin one is called Stan Laurel,the stout one Oliver Hardy.They are funny because they are each others opposites:one fat and one thin;one is cl

2、ever and one is silly etc.z,xx,kAlthough Mr.Rowan Atkinson acts as different comic characters he is most famous around the world as Mr.Bean.Mr.Bean is funny because he makes funny faces,he acts silly,he seems to be quite stupid,and the things he does are strange.Dustin Hoffman in the film Tootsie(19

3、82).In this film Hoffman acts the role of a woman,and many people agree that his performance was so good that you often cant tell the difference.And in the film of course there are all kinds of funny moments.Ma Ji is a well-known artist of crosstalk shows in China.His numerous crosstalk shows always

4、 make his audience shout with laughter.Zx.xkSome other famous comedians in ChinacomediesclownscrosstalkcomediansLaughing Matter1.Funny plays often have charactersthat are stereotypes of nationalities or people doing certain jobs.滑稽戏里常常有某个民族或者某个行业的典型人物形象。1)character n.C(小说、剧本等中的)人物；杰出人物；知名人物。如：Langua

5、ge studyHamlet is the main character in the play.哈姆雷特是剧中的主要人物。He is one of the great characters of the century.他是本世纪的杰出人物之一。此外，character还有“性格，天性；特征，特色”的意思。如：She has a nice character.她的性情很好。He is a man of character.他是个有品格的人。the character of a country 那地方的特色z,xxk2)certain adj.某个；某种；某些。常指尚不明确具体情况或无须明确的

6、某人或某事。只用作定语，People in certain parts of the world still have not enough to eat.世界上某些地方的人们仍然吃不饱。2.The actors make us laugh by making fun of somebodys way of dressing or telling an amusing story.表演者通过取笑某人的着装方式、讲述有趣的故事,引我们发笑。make fun of 取笑；嘲笑。如：fun为不可数名词，意为“乐趣；嬉戏；有趣的事物或人”。如：Itll be fun to go camping.去露营

7、会很好玩。The book is fun to read.这本书读起来很有趣。I feel rather sad because I am oftenmade fun of in public.我感到很伤心，因为我常被人当众取笑。He made fun of the girl because she wore strange shoes.他嘲弄那个女孩子，因为她穿着奇怪的鞋子。3.Today students of English,even ifEnglish is their mother tongue,cannot understand his jokes.今天，学英语的学生，即使英语是他

8、们的母语，也无法理解他的笑话。even if 即使；尽管，意思相当于even though。如：Well go,even if it rains.即使下雨，我们也要走。He will come,even if he is ill.即使病了，他也会来的。Even though it is hard work,I enjoy it.尽管很难，我还是喜欢这件事。该句中listening and thinking about the comedians words是-ing短语作伴随状语，表示与句子谓语同步的动作。如：4.A few minutes later everybody is quiet,l

9、istening and thinking about the comedians words.几分钟后，大家都安静下来，听着台词陷入沉思。The old man sat under a tree,readinga newspaper.老人坐在树下，读着报纸。He was staring,thinking.他在凝视着，思考着。Singing a pop song in a low voice,the girl came into the yard.这姑娘低声哼着流行歌曲，走进了院子。5.Typical for China is the crosstalk show,where a pair o

10、f comedians entertains the audience with word play.中国喜剧的典型是相声，两个滑稽演员通过玩弄辞藻来逗乐观众。这是一个倒装句，其主语是the crosstalk show，typical是形容词作表语。本来的句子语序为:The crosstalk show,where,is typical for China.由于show后面跟一个较长的非限制性定语从句,整个句子结构不平衡,所以把表语和系动词前置。如：Gone forever are the days when Chinese had to use foreign oil.dress up 打

11、扮；装扮；穿上盛装 如：6.They may also dress up a little or act out small sketches in front of the laughing audience.他们还可以稍加打扮，在哈哈大笑的观众面前演出小品。The boy likes dressing up as a policeman.这孩子喜欢装扮成警察。We dressed up for the wedding.我们为参加婚礼而盛装打扮。7.Dating back to the Qin Dynasty(221207BC),the traditional crosstalk shows

12、,or xiangsheng shows,have made people all over China roar with laughter for centuries.传统的相声表演可以追溯到秦朝，已使全中国人笑了千百年。date back to可追溯到；始于时期。有时也用date from。它们多用一般现在时态且不能用于被动语态。如：Their friendship dates back to their college days.他们的友谊可追溯到大学时代。This church dates back to 1256.这座教堂建于1256年。This custom dates from

13、 the seventeenth century.这一习俗在17世纪就存在了。8.Skilled artists make use of all the richness of the spoken language to create a rapid flow of fun.技艺高超的艺术家利用丰富多彩的口语，创造出连绵不断的乐趣。a flow of 一连串的；连续的 如：They destroyed the pipes and cut off the flow of oil.他们破坏了管道，切断了石油供应。They sent us a constant flow ofinformation

14、 from Athens.他们从雅典给我们传来了源源不断的信息。9.To appreciate the jokes of crosstalk artists,listeners have to know very well what the comedians are talking about.要理解并充分欣赏相声演员的笑话，听众必须十分熟悉滑稽演员的说话内容。appreciate vt.欣赏，鉴赏，赏识；体会，明白；感激，感谢。其后可接名词、代词作宾语，如果接动词时，要接动词-ing形式。如:He taught me how to appreciate literary works.他教我

15、如何欣赏文学作品。I really appreciate being invited to their party.我很感激能被邀参加他们的聚会。(1)fluent adj.流利的；流畅的；熟悉的fluently adv.流畅地；熟练地fluency n.U流利；流畅；熟练如:He is fluent in five languages.他熟练掌握5种语言。10.If you are not fluent in Chinese,you will not catch all of it.如果你汉语不够流利，是很难全听懂的。She speaks fluent English.她操一口流利的英语。(2)catch vt.听清楚；听明白；理解。用作此义时,catch与understand/follow同义。如:“Can you catch me?”the teacher asked.老师问道：“能听懂我的话吗？”He didnt catch my point.他没弄明白我的意思。