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新概念英语第三册Lesson29笔记Listen to the tapethen answerthe questionbelow.听录音,然后回答以下问题What isthe basisof sick humourWhether wefind a joke funnyor notlargely dependson werewe havebeen broughtup.The senseofhumour ismysteriously boundup withnational characteristics.A Frenchman,for instance,might find it hardto laugh at a Russian joke.In thesame way,aRussianmight failto seeanythingamusing in ajokewhich wouldmake anEnglishman laughto tears.Most funnystories arebased oncomic situations.In spiteof nationaldifferences,certain funnysituationshave auniversal appeal.No matterwhere youlive,you wouldfinditdifficult nottolaughat,say,Charlie Chaplinsearly films.However,a newtype ofhumour,which stemslargelyfrom theU.S.,has recentlycome intofashion.It iscalledsickhumour.Comedians basetheirjokes ontragic situationlike violentdeath orserious accidents.Many peoplefind thissortof jokedistasteful The following exampleof sickhumour willenable youto judgeforyourself.A manwho hadbroken his right legwas takento hospitala fewweeks beforeChristmas.From themomenthe arrivedthere,he kepton pesteringhis doctorto tellhim when he wouldbe able togo home.He dreadedhaving tospend Christmasin hospital.Though the doctors didhis best,thepatient,s recoverywas slow.On ChristmasDay,the manstill hadhisrightleg inplaster.Hespent amiserable dayin bedthinking ofall thefun hewas missing.Thefollowingday,however,thedoctorconsoled himby tellinghim thathis chancesof beingabletoleave hospitalin timeforNew Yearcelebrations weregood.The good.The mantook heartand,sure enough,on NewYearsEve hewas ableto hobblealong toa party.To compensate for hisunpleasant experiencesin hospital,the mandrank alittle morethan wasgood forhim.In theprocess,he enjoyedhimself thoroughlyandkept tellingeverybody howmuch hehated hospitals.He wasstill mumblingsomething abouthospitalsat theend of the partywhenheslipped on a pieceof iceand brokehis leftleg.参考译文我们觉得一则笑话是否好笑,很大程度取决于我们是在哪儿长大的幽默感与民族有着神秘莫测的联系譬如,法国人听完一则俄国笑话可能很难发笑同样的道理,一则可以令英国人笑出泪来的笑话,俄国人听了可能觉得没有什么可笑之处大部分令人发笑的故事都是根据喜剧情节编写的尽管民族不同,有些滑稽的情节却能产生普遍的效果比如说,不管你生活在哪里,你看查理.卓别林的早期电影很难不发笑然而,近来一种新式幽默流行了起来,这种幽默主要来自美国它被叫作“病态幽默”喜剧演员根据悲剧情节诸如暴死,重大事故等来编造笑话许多人认为这种笑话是低级庸俗的下面是个“病态幽默”的实例,你可据此自己作出判断圣诞节前几周,某人摔断了右腿被送进医院从他进医院那一刻时,他就缠住医生,让医生告诉他什么时候能回家他十分害怕在医院过圣诞尽管医生竭力医治,但病人恢复缓慢圣诞节那天,他的右腿还上着石膏,他在床上郁郁不乐地躺了一天,想着他错过的种种欢乐然而,第二天,医生安慰他说,出院欢度新年的可能性还是很大的,那人听后振作了精神果然,除夕时他可以一痛一拐地去参加晚会了为了补偿住院这一段不愉快的经历,那人喝得稍许多了一点在晚会上他尽情娱乐,一再告诉大家他是多么讨厌医院晚会结束时,他嘴里还在嘟哝着医院的事,突然踩到一块冰上滑倒了,摔断了左腿知识点课本单词
1.largely fla:dsli]ad.在很大程度上
2.comic2koliik]a.喜剧的,可笑的
3.universal[ju:niva:sal]a.普遍的
4.comedian[ka,mi:djon]n.滑稽演员,喜剧演员
5.distasteful[dis,teistful]a.讨厌的
6.pester Vpesto]v.一再要求,纠缠
7.dread[dred]v.惧怕
8.recovery[rikAvari]n.康复
9.plaster fpla:sta]n.熟石膏
10.console[kan,saul]v.安慰,慰问
11.hobble Vhobl]v.痛着腿走
12.compensate[kompenseit]v.补偿
13.mumble[m/jnbl]v.喃喃而语★largely[la:dsli]ad.在很大程度上同义词mostly,greatly,mainly彳列句His successis largelydue tohis ownhard work.他的成功主要是靠他自己的努力Our countryexported largelycorn.我国大规模出口玉米★comic[konik]a.喜剧的,可笑的
1.n.连环图画;喜剧演员read acomic看一本漫画书science fictioncomic科幻连环漫画杂志
2.adj.有趣的;喜剧的comic book滑稽的书comic character喜剧人物例句The endingoftheplay iscomic.此剧的结局是喜剧的I sawthe childreading acomic.我看见那孩子在看一本漫画书★universal Vju:ni,va:sal]a.普遍的almost universal几乎全是如此strikingly universal显然有普遍意义彳列句Overpopulation isauniversal problem.人口过多是全球性的问题★comedian[ka mi:djan]n.滑稽演员,喜剧演员stand-up comedian独角滑稽秀演员彳列句That comedianalways cracksme up.那个喜剧演员总是让我发笑★distasteful[dis,teistful]a.讨厌的dis前缀dis作为前缀时有两种意思,表示不同意,反对或者分开、分离彳列句The medicineis distastefulbut goodfor you.这药虽难吃,但对你身体有好处He willbuy aset oftasteful furniture,他将要买一套雅致的家具★pester Vpesto]v.一再要求,纠缠pester someonewith something麻烦某人做某事・・・pester someoneto dosomething麻烦某人做某事・・・彳列句Don,t pesterme withyour trivialmatters.别拿你那些鸡毛蒜皮的事同我纠缠★dread[dred]v.惧怕dread themoment担心(某事)会发生dread sb./sth.惧怕某事例句The boydreads hisfather.这个孩子畏惧他的父亲I dreadthe dog.我害怕这条狗Tom dreadedhis visitstothedentist.汤姆非常怕看牙医★recovery[rikAvari]n.康复economic recovery经济复苏recovery from从…中恢复过来recovery ofthe stolengoods赃物的追回彳列句The ownerhas offereda rewardfor therecovery ofthe stolengoods.失主已经悬赏寻找被窃物品Will thegovernments policieslead toan economicrecovery政府的政策能使经济复苏吗?★plaster[pla:sta]n.熟石膏plaster cast石膏模型plaster figure石膏像He mixedup someplaster torepair thewall•他和了一些灰泥去补墙He,s gothis legin aplaster cast.他的腿打了石膏★console[kan,soul]v.安慰,慰问console sba greatdeal给某人很大的安慰console perfunctorily敷衍了事地安慰We triedto consoleher whenher dogdied.她的狗死后,我们尽力安慰她They perfunctorilyconsoled himwith afew words.他们敷衍了事地安慰了他几句★hobble[hobl]v,痛着腿走The oldman hobbledalong theroad withthe aidof hisstick.那老汉拄著拐杖一痛一拐地走著I hurtmy foot,and hadto hobblehome.我的脚受了伤,只好一拐一拐地走回家★compensate[kompenseit]v.补偿]
1.compensate for sthNothing cancompensate forlosing myhusband.我失去丈夫的损失是无法弥补的Nothing cancompensatefor the lossof one,s health.失去健康是无法补偿的
2.compensate sbforsth/v-ingThe companycompensated herfortheextra work.公司对她所干的额外工作予以补偿
3.compensate sthwith sthHecompensated hishomely appearancewith greatpersonal charm.他的个人魅力美化了他那其貌不扬的外表I compensatedhis losswith money.我赔偿他的经济损失★mumble fm^mbl]v.喃喃而语mumb le away不停地嘀咕彳列句She mumbledan apologyand left.她嘟嘟嚷嚷地道了歉就走了
1.The taxiis asmall Swiss aeroplane called a Pilatus Porter.这辆“出租汽车”是一架小型瑞士飞机,叫“皮勒特斯•波特”号1taxi加引号是因为它不是一辆真正的出租汽车而是飞机2Swissaeroplane是指瑞士生产的飞机3called aPilatus Porter是个过去分词短语,作aeroplane的定语,在意思上和一个定语从句差不多,即which iscalleda^PilatusPorter一般说来,过去分词短语作定语时要放在所修饰的名词/代词之后,而一个单独的分词作定语时则往往放在所修饰的名词/代词前面It can land on a ploughed field.它可以在耕过的田里降落He landedinadeserted carpark.他降落在了一个废弃的停车场上过去分词ploughed和deserted都位于它们所修饰的名词之前
2.The mostsurprising thingabout it,however,is that it canland anywhere:on snow,water,or evenonaploughed field.然而,最令人惊奇的是它能够在任何地方降落:雪地上,水面上,甚至刚耕过的田里1表示转折的连词however可以位于句首、句末或句中,其意义不变大多数情况下它位于句中,前后用逗号隔开2从句thatitcanlandanywhere在句子中起表语作用,是表语从句,that为引导词,it代指thiswonderful plane3on snow,water,or evenonaploughedfield是anywhere的同位语,举例说明这架飞机可以在哪些地方降落