1、Ofcourse,thereisadifferencebetweenlaughingoffaserioussituationandlaughingoffthefearthatresults.Thefirefighterwasdoingthelatter,statesRizzo,theauthorofBecomingaHumorBeing,andsoshouldwe.“Ifthereisanythingwehavelearntfrom911,itshowpreciouslifereallyis,”Rizzosays.“Wehavetosendamessagethatourspiritwontdi
2、e.Oneimportantthingthatunitesusisourabilitytolaugh.”阅读短文,判断正(T)误(F)1Thewriterusestheexamplesofthecomedianandthefirefightertoshowlaughterisagoodwaytogetridofpainandfear.(T)2WecaninferfromthepassagethatSteveRizzoisasoldier.(F)3Theunderlinedword“futile”inthefirstparagraphmeans“useless”(T)4Fromthepassag
3、e,wecanknowthatAmericansarereallyinspiredafter911.(F)Period OneWelcome to the unit & ReadingPre-reading匹配左边的单词与右边的汉语意思第一组1weekly A(同一事物)不同种类;多种样式2stage B取笑;揶揄;戏弄3tease C每周的4previous D先前的,以往的5variety E舞台;阶段,时期答案1.C2.E3.B4.D5.A第二组6comedy A单口喜剧7stand-up B风格;方式;样式8style C表现9behave D喜剧10visual E视觉的答案6.D7
4、.A8.B9.C10.E第三组11hammer A喜爱,钟爱12trip B表演,演出;表现,业绩13performance C技术的;技能的14affection D绊,(使)绊倒15technical E敲,捶打答案11.E12.D13.B14.A15.C第四组16perform A逗笑,逗乐;提供(消遣),(使)娱乐17little-known B大叫,嚎叫18howl C哀悼,忧伤19amuse D鲜为人知的20mourn E演出,表演;做,履行;工作,运转答案16.E17.D18.B19.A20.C1Whatsthemainideaofthepassage?AWhatisstand-
5、upandwhypeopleloveit.BPeoplearealwaysenjoyinglaughing.CThecomediantellsusahumorousstory.DTheimportanceoflaughter.答案A2Whatstheauthorsmainpurposebywritingthispassage?ATointroducestand-upcomedytous.BTomakeusknowaboutfamouscomedianslikeBobHopeandGeorgeBurns.CTotellpeoplethatlaughteristhebestmedicine.DTo
6、helpuslearnhowtoperformstand-upcomedy.答案C1Howmanytypesofstand-uparementionedinthetext?AOne. BTwo.CThree. DFour.2Whatdoesastand-upcomedianusuallydowhileperforming?AThecomedianisrightthereinfrontoftheaudienceandmaytalkdirectlytoaudiencemembers.BAstand-upcomedianmaymakefunofanaudiencemember.CThecomedia
7、nmightdecidetotelldifferentjokesinresponsetothereactionsoftheaudience.DAlloftheabove.答案D3WhichofthestatementsisTRUEaboutBillyCrystal?AHeisahost,anactorandalecturer.BHeisexpectedtolivelongerthanBobHope.CHeisacontinuoussourceofamusementtopeople.DHealwaysbringsatoothbrushonstagetobeautifyhisteeth.4Afte
8、rreadingthefifthparagraph,readerscanknowthatcomediansareexpectedto.Aperformstand-upBhavenoplanstostopworkCenjoyaverylonglifeDworktilltheendoftheirlives5Whatsthemeaningofthesentence“Laughteristhebestmedicine”?ALaughteristhebestkindofmedicine.BLaughterisgoodforyourhealth.CLaughterisbetterthanmedicine.
9、DLaughterisakindofmedicine.答案BAfterreadingthepassage,pleasefillinthefollowingblanks.An1.introductiontostand-upStand-upisakindofcomedythatisdoneonastagebyacomediantalkingstraighttoaudiencemembers.Typesofstand-upcomedySomecomedianstelljokesaboutpeoples2.behaviour(s)oraboutdailylife.Othercomediansrelyo
10、n3.visualhumour.Thiskindofabsurdhumourisnotveryfunnyifyouonlylistenanddont4.watchthecomediansperformance.Thelastkindofcomediantriesto5.impresstheaudiencebyactingorspeakinglikeawell-knownpersoninordertomakefunofthatperson.AfamouscomedianBillyCrystalhashostedtheAcademyAwardsninetimes.Onereason6.whyheb
11、ecomessofamousisthatheisveryquickthinkingandisoftenableto7.thinkofnewjokesaboutthepeopleandthings8.aroundhim.Heispopularwithallagegroupsandiscapableof9.amusingpeopleallovertheworld.Laughterisgoodforyourhealth!Those10.laughingalotlivelonger.Laughinghelpsyourbodystayhealthyandcanhelpyoufightpain.1Astand-upcomedianmayteaseanaudiencemember,ormightdecidetotelldifferentjokesdependinguponhowtheaudiencereactedtohisorherpreviousjokes.句式分析自主翻译单口喜剧演员可以拿某一位观众开玩笑,也可以根据观众对之前的玩笑的反应随机应变,讲各种不同的笑话。2
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