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1、Lesson29Funnyornot?是否可笑？Listentothetapethenanswerthequestionbelow.听录音，然后回答以下问题。Whatisthebasisof'sick'humour? Whetherwefindajokefunnyornotlargelydependsonwerewehavebeenbroughtup.Thesenseofhumourismysteriouslyboundupwithnationalcharacteristics.AFrenchman,forin
2、stance,mightfindithardtolaughataRussianjoke.Inthesameway,aRussianmightfailtoseeanythingamusinginajokewitchwouldmakeanEnglishmanlaughtotears. Mostfunnystoriesarebasedoncomicsituations.Inspiteofnationaldifferences,certainfunnysituationshaveauniversalappeal.Nom
3、atterwhereyoulive,youwouldfinditdifficultnottolaughat,say,CharlieChaplin'searlyfilms.However,anewtypeofhumour,whichstemslargelyfromtheU.S.,hasrecentlycomeintofashion.Itiscalled'sickhumour'.Comediansbasetheirjokesontragicsituationlikeviolentdeathorseriousaccide
4、nts.ManypeoplefindthissortofjokedistastefulThefollowingexampleof'sickhumour'willenableyoutojudgeforyourself. AmanwhohadbrokenhisrightlegwastakentohospitalafewweeksbeforeChristmas.Fromthemomenthearrivedthere,hekeptonpesteringhisdoctortotellhimwhenhewouldbeabl
5、etogohome.HedreadedhavingtospendChristmasinhospital.Thoughthedoctorsdidhisbest,thepatient'srecoverywasslow.OnChristmasDay,themanstillhadhisrightleginplaster.Hespentamiserabledayinbedthinkingofallthefunhewasmissing.Thefollowingday,however,thedoctorconsoledhimby
6、tellinghimthathischancesofbeingabletoleavehospitalintimeforNewYearcelebrationsweregood.Thegood.Themantookheartand,sureenough,onNewYears'Evehewasabletohobblealongtoaparty.Tocompensateforhisunpleasantexperiencesinhospital,themandrankalittlemorethanwasgoodforhim.
7、Intheprocess,heenjoyedhimselfthoroughlyandkepttellingeverybodyhowmuchhehatedhospitals.Hewasstillmumblingsomethingabouthospitalsattheendofthepartywhenheslippedonapieceoficeandbrokehisleftleg. Newwordsandexpressions生词和短语 largelyadv.在很大程度上 comicadj.喜剧的，可笑的
8、 universaladj.普通的 comediann. 滑稽演员，喜剧演员 distastefuladj.讨厌的 pesterv. 一再要求，纠缠 dreadv. 惧怕 recoveryn. 康复 plastern. 熟石膏 consolev. 安慰，慰问 hobblev. 瘸着腿走
