Unit 3A taste of English humour “ 幽默”的含义“ 幽默”一般有两层含义:一是指使某事物可笑或喜剧性的因素
二是指看出、欣赏或表达有趣的喜剧性事物的能力
Style of humourSketch/Funny playscross-dressing Style of humourcrosstalk Mark Twain(funny stories)popular humorous novelist Edward Lear(funny poems)famouspoet Mr
Bean is funny because he makes funny faces, he acts silly, he seems to be quite stupid, and the things he does are strange
Ma Ji is a well-known artist of crosstalk shows in China
His crosstalk shows always make his audience shout with laughter
facial expressionbody languagemake-up Cross-dressingactionsHumorways to make people laughWordsGroup work How many kinds of humor do you know
verbalnonverbal cross talk; tongue twisters;funny poems; funny stories;jokes; limerick; mime ; farce ; clown Pantomime( 哑剧 ) Discussion: Is humour helpful