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Unit 20 Homour (2 )
Comedians are people,
who tell jokes or do
amusing things to make
people laugh and think.
Do you anything about them?
What makes them funny?
The comic duo of the 1930s
“Laurel and Hardy.” (The thin
one is called Stan Laurel, while
the stout one is called Oliver
Hardy.) They are funny because
they are each other’s opposites:
one fat and one thin; one is
clever and one is silly etc.
Do you anything about him? What
makes him funny?
Mr Bean. Although 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.
Look at the photo. Do you
know the person?
Dustin Hoffman
Dustin Hoffman in the
film Tootsie(1982). In this
film Hoffman acts the role
of a woman, and many
people agree that his
performance was so good
that you often can’t tell
the difference. But in the
film of course there are all
kinds of funny moments.
Do you know him?
Ma Ji is a well-known artist of crosstalk shows
in China. His humerous crosstalk shows
always make his audience roar with laughter.
Feng Gong
Charlie Chaplin
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When we are talking about humor,
what word can you think of ?
clown
comedy
humor
cross-talk
word play
humor
comedian
joke
tongue twister
Reading:
1. Why is Dustin Hoffman so famous?
A. He is famous for his works.
B. He is famous for his foreign accent.
C. He is famous for his role acting as a woman.
D. He is good at playing on words.
2. What does a “sketch” mean in the text?
A. a rough, quickly made drawing
B. general outline
C. short, humorous play
D. a piece of writing
3. Comedians and players in a comedy are similar in ____ .
A. their way of playing with words
B. Clothes
C. cross-dressing way
D. Foreign accent
1. How long has the tradition of crosstalk existed in
China?
The tradition of crosstalk has existed in China
for more than 2,000 years.
2. Give three examples of techniques that writers
of comedies often use to make people laugh.
1. cross-dressing 2. stereotypes 3. word play
3. Why are some of Shakespeare’s comedies not so
funny for us?
Because we don’t understand the language and
word play that Shakespeare used.
4. Can you describe a clown in your own
words? What does a clown look like?
A clown is a funny person, usually
dressed up in wide clothes of very
bright colours, such as red and yellow.
They often wear a big coloured wig.
Their face is covered with white makeup, and their mouth and eyes are made
to look very big using red and other
coloured make-up. Clowns often have a
big red nose. All of their clothes,
including their shoes are usually oversized.
5. Is the show of a comedian more like
that of a clown or a comedy? Explain
your answer.
The show of a comedian is more like a
comedy than like a clown. A comedian
doesn’t wear any of the funny clothes
and make-up of clowns. The humour of
clowns is often very silly. Clowns often
don’t speak at all. Their jokes are almost
all body language, and silly things like
falling down. The comedian, on the
other hand uses all the richness of the
language to create fun, just as in
comedies. In fact, comedians often act
out little sketches which make us think
of acting on the stage in comedy.
Useful expression
1.a theatre play/ make…laugh/ use different techniques
2.be famous for acting as a woman/ a funny play
3. be stereotypes of nationalities/ do a certain job
4. make fun of others/ tell an amusing story
5.act out stereotypes of people/ roar with laughter
6. sound funny/ speak with a foreign accent
7. play on words/ create fun/ laugh loudly/ act alone
8. act as a pair/ make a different kind of fun
9. be funny for children/ forget one’s problem
10. at least/ for a short moment/ work alone
11. be important in one’s show/ use the make-up
12.act out a situation/ during the show
13. have… in common with…/ a play in a comedy
14. play with words/ think about life/ a skilled artist
15. at one moment in a show/ hear… laughing
16. a few minutes later/ be typical for China
17.a crosstalk show/ a pair of comedians
18.entertain the audience with word play
19.make jokes and conversations/ dress up a little
20.act out small sketches/ in front of the laughing audience
21. have a long tradition of this kind of comedy
22.date back to the Qin dynasty/ for centuries
23. make use of all the richness of the spoken language
24. create a rapid flow of fun/make the audience applaud
25. fully appreciate the jokes of crosstalk artists
26. be fluent in Chinese