大学校园里的相声名嘴

Li’s strategy works. Several hundred students came to watch his cross talk club and clubs from other universities perform at the convention. The medium-sized hall was so crowded that some students had to stand all the time.
李强的这一策略十分奏效。数百名学生前来观看他的相声社，更有其他高校相声社团在本次大会上的演出。中型礼堂座无虚席，一些学生甚至全程站着观看表演。

“I’m a hardcore fan of Li Qiang. He always makes me laugh when he mercilessly makes fun of those who talk big but act small,” says Cheng Nan, a sophomore student of English at Nanjing University.
“我是李强的铁杆粉丝。他毫不留情地调侃那些只说不做的人时，总是能够逗笑我。”南京大学英语系大二学生程楠（音译）说。

According to Sun Hao, a recent graduate of Southeast University who is also the former president of his university’s cross talk club, sarcasm is a common theme in cross talk for students. “We satirize those who always give empty talk,” he says.
东南大学应届毕业生孙浩（音译）是该校相声社的前社长。他表示，讽刺是校园相声的一个常见主题。“我们会讽刺那些总是说空话的人。”他说。

Eye for detail
发现细节

According to Sun Dunyu, a law major at Nanjing Normal University who is also Li’s cross talk partner, another type of humor students enjoy is based on common but often ignored scenes in student life.
李强的搭档、就读于南京师范大学法学院的孙敦宇表示，另一类颇受学生喜欢的笑料是从那些被忽略的校园日常生活中提取而成的。

“We find that students tend to overlook their own routines. For example, when they’re in a relationship, they make romantic phone calls every day. When we joke that some people spend hundreds on such phone calls every day, it makes students laugh because it sounds absurd. But it really happens sometimes,” the 23-year-old says.
“我们发现学生们常常会忽视自己的日常生活。比如，当他们恋爱时，每天都要煲情人电话粥。当我们打趣说一些人每天都要花上几百块电话费时，学生们都会大笑不止，因为这听起来荒诞滑稽。而这的确是时有发生的事情。”23岁的孙敦宇说。

Though Li was confident their performance would be a success, he didn’t expect it would be so welcomed by students. “It’s a good sign,” he says. “It shows we’re on the right track to popularizing this art form. With more students joining in, performing and enjoying cross talk, the ancient art will rejuvenate on campus.”
尽管李强相信他们的演出会大获成功，但是他并没想到他们的表演会如此受到学生的欢迎。“这是一个好的信号，”他说。“这表明我们走上了振兴相声艺术的正轨。随着校园相声社的不断壮大，越来越多的学生学习和欣赏相声表演，这种古老的艺术将会在校园中重放光彩。”