Unit3

AtasteofEnglishhumour

教材背景鏈接名言佳句Hewholaughslastlaughsbest.—WalterScott誰笑到最終，誰就笑得最美。——司各特·W第1頁Agoodlaughissunshineinahouse.—WilliamMakepeaceThackeray令人愉快歡笑是房間里陽光。——薩克雷·W·MHumoriseverywhere.Wecannotlivewithoutit.幽默無處不在，生活需要幽默。第2頁類文觀賞《憨豆先生》——英國BBC招牌電視喜劇劇名，也是該劇主角名字。英國喜劇泰斗羅溫·艾金森(RowanAtkinson)飾演憨豆先生，同時也是該劇制片及編劇之一。大家可千萬別小看這顆“豆豆”，他在英國可是號稱有1850萬觀眾，在其它語系地域也是赫赫有名。他幽默內斂、充滿日常驚奇和對生活情趣觸覺，已沖破語言障礙，有望成為卓別林之后幽默大師。第3頁Youmusthaveseenthismansomewhere—funny-looking，alwaysinajacketandaredtie.Heseldomtalksbutalwaysactshumourously.Whoishe?Yes，heisthewell-knownMr.Bean.第4頁Mr.BeanisthemaincharacterintheBritishcomedytelevisionseries(系列節目)ofthesamename.ItwaswrittenbyRowanAtkinson,RobinDriscoll,RichardCurtisandBenElton.Thefirstepisodewasshownon1stJanuary1990anditsfinalepisodeGood

night,第5頁Mr.Beanwasshownon31stOctober1995.Duringitsfive-yearrun,theseriesgainedalargeaudienceintheUKandthroughouttheworld.Peoplearemostamusedbytheantics(滑稽動作)ofMr.Bean—achildinagrownman’sbody.第6頁Mr.Beanoftenseemsshortofworldly(善于處事)experience.Theprogramusuallyfeatureshisattempts(努力)tocompletewhatwouldnormallybeconsideredsimpletasks,suchasgoingswimmingortakinganexam.Butheisquitecleverindealingwiththeproblemspresentedtohimeachtime,suchaschangingintohisswimsuitatthebeach第7頁withoutremovinghispantsfirst,andsoon.Thehumourlargelycomesfromhisoriginalsolutionstoanyproblemandhistotaldisregardforotherswhensolvingthem.TheroleofMr.BeanisplayedbyRowanAtkinson—anOxfordUniversitygraduate.AtkinsonisconsideredtobeagreatcomedianinthestyleofCharlieChaplin.第8頁Questions：Readthepassageandtellthefollowingstatementstrue(T)orfalse(F)．1.Mr.BeanisthemaincharacterintheAmericancomedytelevisionseries.(

)2.Mr.Beani