laughing matter.ppt

* 主讲教师：刘德进 Feng Gong Zhao Benshan Ge You Zhao Lirong and Gong Hanlin Ma Ji Look at the following photos. Do you know who these comedians are ? What makes them funny ? The comic duo of the1930s“Laurel and Hardy.” ( The thin one is called Stan Laurel, while the fat 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. 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. Mr. Bean Dustin Hoffman Dustin Hoffman is funny because he likes cross-dressing. He acts the role of a woman in the film Toosie , and his performance is really good. Read the text fast and answer the question: How many forms of humor are mentioned in the text? What are they? Skimming Four comedy crosstalk comedian clown Laughing Matter Scanning True or false 1.( )Dustin Hoffman is famous for his role acting as a man. 2.( )Some of Shakespeare’s comedies are not so funny for us because we are too silly to understand. 3.( )Clowns often don’t use any words at all. 4.( ) Like clowns, comedian’s clothes are usually very strange. 5.( )Comedians make people laugh, nothing else. 6.( )The traditional crosstalk existed in China more than 2000 years ago . . woman The meaning of words in English has changed not Unlike they also make people think about life F T F T F F listening Comedies make people laugh by Clowns Comedians Crosstalk show men or women Stereotypes of Speak with a foreign accent Make fun of somebody’s way of Use their clothes, and their face Act out a during the show Use 1.Many jokes and Cross-dressing or people nationalities dressing Play with words and make-up the way they walk Body language Play with words funny conversations 2.Dress up or act out small rhythm and rhyming words 4.Tongue twisters 3. 1. 2. 3. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. sketches a