高中英语人教版2003年高一下08

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[00:00.00]和谐英语学习网 Unit 20
[00:02.90]Humour
[00:04.22]幽默
[00:05.54]Speaking
[00:06.92]说
[00:08.31]A journalist(J) is interviewing a comedian (C) about his new show.
[00:11.43]一个记者正在就一位喜剧演员的新剧目对他进行采访.
[00:14.55]J:What do you think is the most important thing in your job?
[00:17.19]你认为工作中最重要的是什么?
[00:19.83]C:I have to make people laugh,
[00:21.60]我必须让人们笑
[00:23.38]but I also want them to think about our life.
[00:25.60]但是我也想让他们想一想我们的生活.
[00:27.82]J:Are your shows for everybody?
[00:29.74]你们的演出面对所有人吗?
[00:31.66]C:Of course,I would like to reach a wide audience,
[00:34.32]当然,我想赢得广泛的观众,
[00:36.99]though I mostly have adults in mind.
[00:38.87]虽然我内心更多的是考虑成年观众.
[00:40.75]Still,I do not think everybody will find my kind of humour funny.
[00:43.83]然而,我认为不是所有的人都觉得我幽默可笑
[00:46.92]J:How do you make your audience laugh?
[00:48.89]你怎么样使你的观众发笑.
[00:50.86]C:There are many ways to make people laugh.
[00:52.78]有很多方式可以使观众笑.
[00:54.70]Jokes about speaking a foreign language,German for example,always work.
[00:58.12]可以讲外语的笑话,譬如德语,就经常起作用
[01:01.54]My next show will have a part in which I act the role of a scientist,
[01:04.72]在我的下一场演出中,我将演一个科学家,
[01:07.89]the way that a scientist walks and talks.
[01:10.02]要模仿科学家走路和说话的样子.
[01:12.15]J:And how do you make people think about life?
[01:14.33]你怎么样让人们思考生活 ?
[01:16.51]C:In the middle of the show,I plan to sing a song.
[01:18.93]在节目的中间,我将唱一首歌.
[01:21.35]It's a bitter sweet song.It makes people think about life.
[01:24.47]那是一支让人含泪也让人笑的歌.它使人们思考生活.
[01:27.59]I think it's going to be the greatest moment in the show.
[01:29.86]我认为它将成为演出的高潮.
[01:32.13]Reading  Laughing Matter
[01:36.07]阅读  笑的问题
[01:40.00]Comedies are theater plays that make people laugh.
[01:42.64]喜剧是引人发笑的舞台.
[01:45.27]The writers of comedies
[01:47.05]喜剧作家
[01:48.83]often use different techniques to make their audiences laugh.
[01:51.61]常常使用多种手法使观众开怀大笑.
[01:54.39]Cross-dressing men or women often appear on the stage.
[01:57.26]穿着异性服装的男男女女常常出现在舞台上.
[02:00.14]Dustin Hoffman is famous for his role acting as a woman.
[02:02.96]达斯汀.霍夫曼就是以成功地扮演妇女而著名的.
[02:05.78]Funny plays often have characters that are stereotypes of nationalities
[02:09.01]滑稽剧中有些模式化的形象
[02:12.23]or people doing certain jobs.
[02:14.26]或从事某种工作的人物形象.
[02:16.28]The actors make us laugh by making fun of somebody's way of dressing
[02:19.47]演员逗我们笑,靠的是拿别人的着装开玩笑
[02:22.65]or telling an amusing story.
[02:24.68]或是讲个逗乐的故事.
[02:26.70]Acting out stereotypes of people from different countries can be very funny.
[02:29.89]表演老套人们从不同的国家是非常滑稽的
[02:33.08]It often makes people roar with laughter about themselves.
[02:35.76]被取笑的人自己也常常觉得自己可笑.
[02:38.43]It sounds funny to hear foreigners speak with an accent.
[02:41.01]它喜欢带着外国口音有趣的讲话.
[02:43.58]Word play is a way to create fun in comedies.
[02:46.01]喜剧中也会借助于活动来表演,
[02:48.44]Shakespeare's plays made people in the sixteenth century laugh loudly.
[02:51.62]莎士比亚的戏剧使得16世纪的人开怀大笑
[02:54.81]But to us his plays are not very funny
[02:57.18]但对我们而言,并无趣味
[02:59.54]because the meaning of words in English has changed.
[03:01.86]因为英语中的词义已经发生了变化
[03:04.19]Today students of English,even if English is their mother tongue,
[03:07.43]如今,学习英语的学生,即使英语是母语,
[03:10.67]often cannot understand his jokes.
[03:12.80]常常也难以理解莎士比亚的笑话.
[03:14.93]Clowns also make people laugh.
[03:16.81]丑角演员也会使人发笑
[03:18.69]They often act alone or as a pair and make a different kind of fun.
[03:21.97]他们常常独自表演,也可结伴表演,制造也一种别具一格的乐趣.
[03:25.24]Clowns often don't use any words at all.
[03:27.43]丑角演员通常一句话也不说,
[03:29.61]It is their clothes,make-up and the way they walk that makes people laugh.