A_taste_of_English_humour_language_points导论.ppt

“To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain, and play with it!” --Charlie Chaplin 到目前为止 对...感到满足 使某人愉快，振奋 感到沮丧 并不是 一...就... 不幸地 穷困潦倒 随着时间的推移 破旧的 社会的失败者 弱者 寻找 切断 挑出 津津有味，回味无穷 主演 up to now feel content with brighten/cheer （up ） feel depressed not that as soon as unfortunately badly(worse) off as time went by worn-out social failure underdog in search of cut off pick out with great enjoyment star in 非口头的、不用语言的 nonverbal non- : (否定前缀) “not” non-Jewish非犹太人的 non-smoker不抽烟的人 non-violent非暴力的 verbal 口头的 nonsense废话、胡说 non-party无党派的 homeless 无家可归的 adj. -less 否定后缀: careless粗心的 fearless无畏的 harmless无害的 countless数不尽的; 无数的 childless没有儿女的 boil v. boiling point沸点 boiling water正在沸腾的水 boiled water白开水 snowstorm 暴风雪 brainstorm 头脑风暴(n. v) thunderstorm雷暴、雷雨 1. humour n. 幽默，诙谐 adj. humourous 幽默的、诙谐的 He has a good sense of humor. have no sense of humor Charlie Chaplin is known as a master of nonverbal humour. 查理·卓别林被公认为无声的幽默大师。 ...and up to now nobody has been able to do this better than Charlie Chaplin. 句中up to now 表示 “到现在为止”(=so far), 常与现在完成时 连用。 (since; for+时间段；already; yet)。 I haven’t got any letters from him up to now. 直到现在我还没收到过他的信。 2. He made people laugh at a time when they felt depressed, so they could feel more content with their lives. 在人们感到沮丧的时候，卓别林使他们开怀大笑，于是人们对自己的生活感到比较满足。  depress/frustrate vt 使沮丧、使压抑 depressed/frustrated adj 某人感到沮丧的、忧郁的 depressing/frustrating adj 某物令人沮丧的 at a time 每次，一次 at one time 同时，曾经有一段时间 at the same time 与此同时 at no time 从不 in no time 立即，马上 at times=sometimes 3. content  1.be/feel content with = be satisfied with对……感到满意 2. be/feel content to do sth. =be willing to do sth愿意/做某事 3. vt. content/satisfy sb./oneself with使……满足于 1)adj. 满足的，满意的；2)vt. 使满足;