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v. 速寫，草擬
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Reading Laughing Matter
閱讀 笑的問題
Comedies are theater plays that make people laugh.
喜劇是引人發(fā)笑的舞臺(tái)。
The writers of comedies often use different techniques to make their audiences laugh.
喜劇作家常常使用多種手法使觀眾開懷大笑。
Cross-dressing men or women often appear on the stage.
穿著異性服裝的男男女女常常出現(xiàn)在舞臺(tái)上。
Dustin Hoffman is famous for his role acting as a woman.
達(dá)斯汀。霍夫曼就是以成功地扮演婦女而著名的。
Funny plays often have characters that are stereotypes of nationalities
滑稽劇中有些模式化的形象
or people doing certain jobs.
或從事某種工作的人物形象。
The actors make us laugh by making fun of somebody's way of dressing
演員逗我們笑，靠的是拿別人的著裝開玩笑
or telling an amusing story.
或是講個(gè)逗樂的故事。
Acting out stereotypes of people from different countries can be very funny.
表演老套人們從不同的國(guó)家是非常滑稽的
It often makes people roar with laughter about themselves.
被取笑的人自己也常常覺得自己可笑。
It sounds funny to hear foreigners speak with an accent.
它喜歡帶著外國(guó)口音有趣的講話。
Word play is a way to create fun in comedies.
喜劇中也會(huì)借助于活動(dòng)來表演。
Shakespeare's plays made people in the sixteenth century laugh loudly.
莎士比亞的戲劇使得16世紀(jì)的人開懷大笑。
But to us his plays are not very funny
但對(duì)我們而言，并無趣味
because the meaning of words in English has changed.
因?yàn)橛⒄Z(yǔ)中的詞義已經(jīng)發(fā)生了變化，
Today students of English,even if English is their mother tongue,
如今，學(xué)習(xí)英語(yǔ)的學(xué)生，即使英語(yǔ)是母語(yǔ)，
often cannot understand his jokes.
常常也難以理解莎士比亞的笑話。
Clowns also make people laugh.
丑角演員也會(huì)使人發(fā)笑。
They often act alone or as a pair and make a different kind of fun.
他們常常獨(dú)自表演，也可結(jié)伴表演，制造也一種別具一格的樂趣。
Clowns often don't use any words at all.
丑角演員通常一句話也不說。
It is their clothes,make-up and the way they walk that makes people laugh
逗人們笑的是他們的衣著，裝扮和步態(tài)。
Some people think clowns are only funny for children.
有人以為丑角只對(duì)兒童而言滑稽。
Actually they can help people forget their problems, at least for a short moment.
實(shí)際上，他們可以幫助人們忘掉煩惱哪怕一時(shí)。
Another type of people whose job is to make people laugh are comedians.
另有一種類型的人，其工作也是使人發(fā)笑，他們便是喜劇演員。
They often work alone or as a pair.
他們常常是一個(gè)獨(dú)自表演或聯(lián)袂演出。
Unlike clowns,comedians' clothes are usually not very strange.
與丑角不同，喜劇演員的衣服通常并不奇怪。
Although body language and their face are important in their shows,
盡管表演中他們體態(tài)語(yǔ)和面部表情是很重要
they do not use the make-up that clowns use.
但他們不使用丑角演員所用的裝扮。
Comedians may act out a situation during their shows.
喜劇演員在演出中會(huì)營(yíng)造出一種氣氛。
We call that a sketch,but usually,their shows don't look like comedies.
我們稱之為"絕活"。但是，通常情況下，他們的演出看上去并不像喜劇。
What comedians have in common with the players in a comedy
喜劇演員和喜劇中的演員的共同點(diǎn)
is their way of playing with words.
是使用話語(yǔ)表演。
Comedians make people laugh,but also think about life.
喜劇演員使人發(fā)笑，同時(shí)也使人思索生活
At one moment in a show,you can hear the audience laughing loudly.
在演出中，你一會(huì)兒會(huì)聽到觀眾的哄堂大笑。
A few minutes later everybody is quiet,
一會(huì)兒大家都鴉雀無言
listening and thinking about the comedian's words.
聆聽并思考著喜劇演員的臺(tái)詞
Typical for China is the crosstalk show,
在中國(guó)，典型的喜劇形式是相聲表演。
where a pair of comedians entertains the audience with word play.
兩個(gè)喜劇演員通過語(yǔ)言游戲使觀眾愉悅。
A crosstalk show has two speakers making many jokes and funny conversations.
相聲表演有兩個(gè)喜劇演員參與，他們開很多玩笑，有許多有趣的對(duì)話
They may also dress up a little
他們還會(huì)改變一下裝扮
or act out small sketches in front of the laughing audience.
或來上一段絕活。在捧腹大笑的觀眾面前
Comedians of all times and many countries
很多國(guó)家各個(gè)時(shí)期的滑稽演員
have a long tradition of this type of comedy.
都采用了這種具有悠久傳統(tǒng)的喜劇形式
Dating back to the Qin Dynasty (221-207BC),
追溯到秦朝(公元221-207年)
the traditional crosstalk shows,or xiangsheng shows,
傳統(tǒng)的相聲表演
have made people all over China roar with laughter for centuries.
已使全中國(guó)人笑了千年
Skilled artists make use of all the richness of the spoken language
技藝嫻熟的藝術(shù)家們充分挖掘口頭語(yǔ)言的豐富內(nèi)涵
to create a rapid flow of fun.
創(chuàng)造出一種快捷的脫口而出的娛樂形式。
Their talk includes rhythm and rhyming words as well as tongue twisters,
他們的語(yǔ)言形式包括節(jié)奏，韻律以及繞口令
which often make the audience applaud.
這些使他們經(jīng)常贏得觀眾的掌聲。
To appreciate the jokes of crosstalk artists,
為了充分理解和欣賞相聲藝術(shù)家的玩笑，
listeners have to know very well what the comedians are talking about.
聽眾必須熟知喜劇中的談話內(nèi)容。
If you are not fluent in Chinese,you will not catch all of it.
如果你不精漢語(yǔ)，你將不可能領(lǐng)會(huì)他所表達(dá)的。
Perhaps that is the reason
或許這就是原因
why few foreigners know about this Chinese art form.
只有為數(shù)極少的外國(guó)人了解這種歷史悠久的中國(guó)藝術(shù)。
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| brake | [breik] |
想一想再看 n. 閘，剎車，制動(dòng)器 |
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| haven | ['heivn] |
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| interview | ['intəvju:] |
想一想再看 n. 接見，會(huì)見，面試，面談 |
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| understand | [.ʌndə'stænd] |
想一想再看 vt. 理解，懂，聽說，獲悉，將 ... 理解為，認(rèn)為< |
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| extremely | [iks'tri:mli] |
想一想再看 adv. 極其，非常 |
聯(lián)想記憶 | |
| except | [ik'sept] |
想一想再看 vt. 除，除外 |
聯(lián)想記憶 | |
| rude | [ru:d] |
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