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1、Unit3AtasteofEnglishhumour（一）来看看老外们的极致幽默1.—＂You’re not eating your fish,＂ the waitress asked him,＂Anything wrong with it?＂—＂Long time no sea,＂ the customer replied."Longtimenosea"鱼久不见海，肯定不新鲜。而"Longtimenosee"是朋友见面时所用的寒暄语，相当于老朋友久别重逢时说的“好久不见”。Sea与see是同音异形异义词，这位顾客巧妙地
2、运用这一点，指出了鱼不好吃，不新鲜。2.—What weather does mice most dislike?—When it is raining cats and dogs."Catsanddogs"是倾盆大雨的意思。这则幽默取其字面意思，猫狗都从天上掉下来了，老鼠自然不喜欢了。3.SixyearoldLindareturnedimpressedfromherschoolfirstdayatschool.Askedhowshegoton,shereplied:＂Everymorning,weallhavetosi
3、tatourdeskandwhentheteachercallsournames,wehavetoanswer‘prisoner’!＂当老师点名时，学生应该回答"present"。而Linda利用"prisoner"与"present"的相近读音，表达了对学校生活的不满。4.Whenagroupofwomengotonthecar,everyseatwasalreadyoccupied.Theconductornoticedamanwhoseemedtobeasleep,andfearinghemightmisshiss
4、top,henudgedhimandsaid:＂Wakeup,sir!＂＂Iwasn’tasleep,＂themananswered.＂Notasleep?Butyouhadyoureyesclosed.＂＂Iknow.Ijusthatetolookatladiesstandingupbesidemeinacrowdedcar.＂当一群妇女上车之后，车上的座位全都被占满了。售票员注意到一名男子好是睡着了，他担心这个人会坐过站，就用肘轻轻地碰了碰他，说：＂先生，醒醒！＂＂我没有睡着。＂那个男人回答。＂没睡着？可是你眼睛都闭
5、上了呀？＂＂我知道，我只是不愿意看到在拥挤的车上有女士站在我身边而已。＂5.Twobrotherswerelookingatsomebeautifulpaintings.＂Look,＂saidtheelderbrother.＂Hownicethesepaintingsare!＂＂Yes,＂saidtheyounger,＂butinallthesepaintingsthereisonlythemotherandthechildren.Whereisthefather?＂Theelderbrotherthoughtforam
6、omentandthenexplained,＂Obviouslyhewaspaintingthepictures.＂兄弟俩在看一些漂亮的油画。＂看，＂哥哥说，＂这些画多漂亮呀！＂＂是啊，＂弟弟说道，＂可是在所有这些画中，只有妈妈和孩子。那爸爸去哪儿了呢？＂哥哥想了会儿，然后解释道：＂很明显，他当时正在画这些画呗。＂(二)憨豆先生也会老HeisRowanAtkinson’smostcommerciallysuccessfulcreation.However,Mr.Beanisunlikelytoappearonourscr
7、eensagain.Atkinson,56,sayshebelievesheistoooldtoplaythebumblingcharacter. Atkinson—whodescribesMr.Beanas＂achildinagrownman’sbody＂—said:＂Neversaynever,butIjustfeelI’mgettingtoooldforit.I’vealwayslikedMr.Beanasacartoon-likefigure,whodoesn’treallyagemuch.I’vealways
8、seenhimasanagelessandtimelessbeingandI’mclearlynotagelessandtimeless.TheolderIget,IfeelIamlessqualifiedtoplayhim.＂ Mr.BeanfirstblunderedontotelevisioninanITVs
