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Stand up for your health!
單口喜劇有益于健康！
People have always enjoyed laughing, and there has always been humour.
人們總是喜歡笑，而且這其中總是存在著幽默。
One favourite type of comedy is called stand-up.
其中一種非常受人喜愛的喜劇叫做單口喜劇。
Stand-up is a kind of comedy that is done on a stage by a comedian talking straight to audience members.
單口喜劇是一種在舞臺(tái)上完成的喜劇，由喜劇演員直接面對(duì)觀眾說話。
A stand-up comedian may tease an audience member,
單口喜劇演員可能就某一觀眾開玩笑，
or might decide to tell different jokes depending upon how the audience reacted to his or her previous jokes.
或是根據(jù)觀眾對(duì)他或她之前的玩笑所做的反應(yīng)講不同的笑話。
Types of stand-up
單口喜劇的類型
There are variety of different styles of stand-up comedy.
單口喜劇分為許多不同的種類。
Some comedians tell jokes about the way people behave or about daily life.
一些單口喜劇演員會(huì)講一些人們?cè)谌粘Ｐ袨橹兴憩F(xiàn)出的笑話。
For example, they may talk about how people act when they queue up,
例如，他們會(huì)講人們?cè)谂抨?duì)時(shí)所表現(xiàn)出的笑話。
or they may ask why it only rains when you forget your umbrella.
或者他們會(huì)問為什么總是在下雨時(shí)才忘了帶雨傘。
Other comedians rely on visual humour.
另一些單口喜劇演員注重視覺上的幽默。
Their humour may be inspired by objects.
他們的幽默可能通過實(shí)物得到靈感。
For example, one comedian uses a huge hammer to break watermelons while he makes jokes about what he is doing.
例如，一個(gè)單口喜劇演員用一個(gè)巨大的錘子切西瓜，他是在通過他的行為來講笑話。
Another comedian points to a video tennis game and says, 'I've been playing tennis every day for a month.
還有一些單口喜劇演員指向電腦網(wǎng)球游戲說：“一個(gè)月來我每天都打網(wǎng)球。
I don't understand why I am not losing weight!'
我就弄不懂為什么我還沒瘦下來！”
Yet other comedians may trip over chairs, walk into doors, and fall down on stage in order to make people laugh.
甚至有一些演員為了使觀眾發(fā)笑，可能會(huì)被椅子絆倒，走路撞到門上，或是在舞臺(tái)上摔倒。
This kind of absurd humour is not very funny if you are only listening and not watching the comedian's performance.
如果這種荒謬的幽默只聽而不去看喜劇演員的動(dòng)作表演，那就不好笑了。
The last kind of comedian does impressions—he or she will act or speak like a well-known person in order to make fun of that person.
最后一類單口喜劇演員注重印象模仿—他或她會(huì)模仿某一位名人的行為或語言從而開這個(gè)人的玩笑。
While this kind of humour may sound cruel,
然而這種幽默可能聽起來很殘酷，
it usually only works if both the comedian and the audience have affection for or admire the person being made fun of.
它只在當(dāng)喜劇演員和觀眾都喜愛或敬仰這個(gè)人的時(shí)候才有效。
