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* Students struggle with jokes Issue.1129 Nov. 11, 2015 ‘Break’ the Internet Group Discussion Detailed Study Students struggle with jokes General Questions Funny or not? Whether we find a joke funny or not largely depends on where we have been brought up. What makes a Chinese laugh his head off probably makes no sense to an Amercan. So people often say its almost impossible to translate a joke into another language. Have you ever encountered this kind of situation? Share with your group members and explain. Skimming and scanning: Find the answers to the following quesitons as quickly as possible. Instruction 1.What is the toughest activity for oversea students? 2. What did Joe Wong find out during his first gig in Beijing ? Of all the activities they struggled with, understanding jokes was considered the toughest. General Questions He had achieved huge success doing stand-up comedy in the US, but when he returned to China in 2008 for his first live gig in Beijing, he discovered that humor doesn’t translate. People didn’t think his Chinese jokes were as funny as his English ones, the Global Times reported. 3. What did Christine Han say about this? 4. Why Australia is ready-made for jokes? Australia is ready-made for jokes, thanks to its history as a colony for convicts, its peculiar accent, the Outback and its strange cuisine. General Questions “It’s OK if you don’t get the jokes. Don’t doubt yourself [because] a lot of the times, it is not a problem of language ability; it’s a matter of the known and unknown.” 5. What do we learn from Australian Bureau of Statistics? 6.What is American humor like? 16 percent of the population aged 15 years and over watched Australian football in 2010. About 9 percent attended a rugby league game. General Questions American humor is more straightforward like the punchlines in the famous TV show Friends. The American jokes are more obvious and forward, a bit like Americans themselves. Detailed Study Rea