Section Ⅲ Lesson 2 & Lesson 3 — Prereading[原文呈现][读文清障] Text 1Mr Bean is an internationally recognised① comedy② character on TV and in films. He constantly③ gets into awkward④ and absurd⑤ situations, which greatly amuses⑥ audiences regardless of⑦ their nationality or culture. The humour is always made clear through a series of⑧ simple and funny acts that rely purely⑨ on⑩ body language, which is universal⑪.One of my favourite shows has Mr Bean in a fancy restaurant.⑫ After being seated⑬ at his table, Mr Bean takes out a card, writes a few words on it, seals⑭ it in an envelope and places it on the table. After a moment, he looks back at the envelope but this time he looks surprised, as if he did not know it was there.⑮ He opens it to find a birthday card⑯ and delightedly⑰ puts it on the table for everyone to see.,①recognised adj.公认的②comedy/'k mIdi/ɒn.喜剧comedian/k 'mi di n/əːən.喜剧演员③constantly adv.重复不断地，一直④awkward adj.令人尴尬的，令人难堪的⑤absurd adj.荒唐的 ⑥ amuse v．逗笑，逗乐⑦regardless of 不管，不顾⑧a series of 一系列的 series 单复数同形。⑨purely/'pjli/ʊəadv.完全地，仅仅⑩rely on (＝count on)依赖，依靠⑪universal/ ju nI'vs l/ˌːɜː əadj.通用的，普遍的；全世界的⑫After being seated ...为介词短语作状语。⑬seat vt.(使)坐下，使就座常用 seat oneself 或 be seated 形式。⑭seal/si l/ːvt.封，密封⑮as if(＝as though)好像，引导方式状语从句。如果从句内容与客观事实不符，常用一般过去时或过去完成时表示虚拟语气。⑯to find ...为不定式短语作结果状语。⑰delightedly adv.愉快地，高兴地delighted adj.愉快的，高兴的delight n．[C]令人高兴的事；[U]高兴课文 1[第 1～2 段译文]憨豆先生是国际上公认的电视和电影界喜剧角色。他不断陷入尴尬而又荒唐的情景中，给任何国籍或文化背景的观众都带来了极大的乐趣。这种幽默总是通过一系列简单而可笑的、人人都能...
