Unit 1 Laughter is good for you
billy crystal is one of the stand-up comedians who have become famous as television and film actors later on in life. his 6_________ with all age groups and his ability to 7_________ people all over the world prove that stand-up can be enjoyed by everyone.
doctors have been 8_________ the effect stand-up and other forms of comedy have on people. they have discovered that people who laugh a lot live longer. this agrees with the english saying
“9_________ is the best 10_________”.
answers
1 humorous 2 observes 3 comedians 4 bodies 5 impression
6 popularity 7 amuse 8 researching 9 laughter 10 medicine
2 translate the following sentences into english.
1 有一種非常出名，深受人們喜愛的喜劇形式叫做單口喜劇。
2 單口喜劇演員可以拿某一觀眾開玩笑，也可以根據(jù)觀眾的反應(yīng)隨機應(yīng)變說不同的笑話。
3 觀眾只能看見他站在那里兩片嘴唇動個不停。
4 克里斯托放棄了講事先準(zhǔn)備好的笑話，即興編了一個。
5 克里斯托深受各年齡斷人群的喜愛，他有能力讓世人感到開心，這證明單口喜劇能被所有人欣賞。
sample answers
1 one of the most well-known and well-loved types of comedy is called stand-up.
2 a stand-up comedian may make fun of an audience member, or he or she might decide to tell different jokes in response to the reactions of an audience.
3 the audience could only see him standing there moving his lips.
4 instead of telling the joke he had planned, crystal made up a new one.
5 crystal’s popularity with all age groups and his ability to amuse people all over the world prove that stand-up can be enjoyed by everyone.
3句型轉(zhuǎn)換：
1. he or she might decide to tell different jokes to respond to the reactions of an audience.
he or she might decide to tell different jokes ______ ______ to the reactions of an audience.
2. one such person is billy crystal.
such______ person is billy crystal.
3. instead of telling the joke he had planned, he made up a new one.
he didn’t tell the joke he had planned._______ he made up a new one.
he didn’t tell the joke he had planned _______made up a new one.
4. he hopes to follow the way that other famous comedians usually do.
he hopes to follow _____ _____ _____ of other famous comedians.
5. doctors have been researching what stand-up and other forms of comedy affect us.
doctors have been researching what______ stand-up and other forms of comedy have_____ us.