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Lines:AboutHumorHyperbolePunmetaphorConceptAmericanstylesofhumorinthelinesHumorispartofAmericanculture,whilewatchingAmericanTVallowsustounderstandAmericanstylesofhumor.InAmericanTVseries,therearemanywaytoachievesuchkindofhumor,likemetaphor,pun,andhyperboleandsoonAristotlebelievedthatpeopleonlygoodatusingthemetaphorofthelanguageartsisreallyagenius.InAmericanTVseries,metaphorisoneofthecommonestwaystoexpressAmericanhumor.TaketheFriendsforexampleInthissetting,Phoebedecidedtobeasurrogatemotherofherbrother.Weallknowthat“bracket”hereisametaphor,whichmeansuterus,while“puttingalltheireggsinmybasket”showshersenseofhumor.Monica：Howdoyoufeel?Phoebe：Well,freaked.Becauseitturnsouttheoddsarereallysucky.AndthisisFrankandAlice’sonlyshot.Theyareliterallyputtingalltheireggsinmybrackets.PUNPunreferstotheuseofthetwomeaningsofaword,ortheuseoftwospecificwords,toplayawordgame.Punisahumorousplayonwords.InAmericanTVseries,punplaysanimportantroleinproducinghumorandjokes.•InFriendsSeason1Episode9centralized,Joeywantedtoflirtwithafemalemodel,sohefawnedonthesmellofthefemalemodelsandaskedher:What'reyouwearing?Thefemalemodelansweredprovocatively:“Nothing.”PUNInfact,thisisatypicalexampleofpun.Inthedialogue,Joeyuseweartoexpressthemeaningofpaint,wipe(cosmetics,perfume,etc.),whilethefemalemodeltriedtoteaseJoeybytakingadvantageofanothermeaningwear,whichmeans--towear(clothes,etc.).FriendsExplanationHyperboleisthemostappealingandpersuasivewayofusinglanguage.WecansaythathyperboleisaninseparablefactoroftheexpressionofAmericanhumor.HyperboleFriends•Monica：SohowisJohn?•Chandler:Brokeupwithher．(Oh，why?)•Rose：Don’ttellmebecauseofthebignostrilthing．•Chandler:Theywerehuge．Whenshesneeze，batsflewoutofthem．•Rachel：Comeon．Theywerenotthathuge．•Chandler:I’mtellingyou．Sheleanedback．Icouldseeherbrain．•Inthisscenario,Chandlerusedexaggerateddescriptionstoexplaintohisfriendswhyhebrokeupwithhisgirlfriend.Hesaidhisex-girlfriend'snostrilwastoobig.TheexaggerationusedhereexpressChandler’sanger.Andlettheaudiencefeelthesitcomuniquehumorouseffects.•Thingshaveawayofworkingoutwhenyouleastexpectit.Nevergiveitup.事情总是在你最不抱期望的时候得到解决，所以，永远不要放弃。——《GossipGirl》.thedeepnessofdialoguethedeepnessofdialogue•Whensomeoneaskshowareyou,theyreallydon'twantananswer.--《吸血鬼日记》thedeepnessofdialogue•They'reonlynumbers.Numbersonpaper.Onceyouunderstandthat,it'seasytomakethembehave.钱只是数字，纸上的数字。只要理解了这一点，钱就不再是问题。——《权力的游戏》thedeepnessofdialogue•Thoroughlyunderstandingtheworldbutnotsophisticatedisthematurestkindness.~~~深谙世故却不世故，才是最成熟的善良。thedeepnessofdialogue•Thebestwaytogetoversomeone,istogetundersomeoneelse.~~~忘记某个人最好的方法，就是喜欢上其他人。thedeepnessofdialogue•Ifyou'retrappedbetweenyourfeelingsandwhatotherpeoplethinkisright...alwaysgoforwhatevermakesyouhappy~~~当你在自己的感觉与别人的看法之间左右为难的时候，你应该选择去做让你觉得快乐的事情。thedeepnessofdialogue•Threewords,eightletters,sayitandI'myours.Iftwopeoplearemeanttobetogether,eventuallythey'llfindtheirwayback.美剧中的经典台词——《绝望主妇》Theworldisfilledwithunlikelyfriendships.Howdidtheybegin,withonepersondesperatelyinneedandanotherwillingtolendahelpinghand.世界上到处都是不太可能的友谊。它们都是由一方迫切的需求和另一方伸出的援助之手开始的。美剧经典台词——《Revenge》Beforeyouembarkonajourneyofrevenge,didtwograves.子曰：“攻乎异端，斯害己也”Whendeceptioncutsthisdeep,someonehastopay.欺骗伤人至深，必须有人为此付出代价美剧中的经典台词——《Lost》Toremember,toletgo,andtomoveon.铭记，释怀，然后继续前行！Ifwecan'tlivetogether...we'regonnadiealone.如果我们不能一起活下来，就会独自死去。美剧中的经典台词——《越狱》Abruzzi:IkneelonlytoGod.Don'tseehimhere.我只向上帝下跪。他可不在这！Abruzzi:Takemyhandsowecanputallthisbehindus.握手言和，把以前的一切一笔勾销吧。Doesnotawarmhandfeelbetterthanacoldshark?温暖的手不比冷酷的人好得多吗？美剧中的经典台词——《生活大爆炸》Howard:Youknow,I'mreallygladyoudecidedtolearnMandarin.Sheldon:Why?Howard:Onceyou'refluent,you'llhaveabillionmorepeopletoannoyinsteadofme.霍华德：话说，你终于要学普通话了我还真高兴。谢耳朵：为嘛？霍华德：等你说顺溜了，有十多亿中国人民等着你去烦，你就不用来烦我了。美剧中的经典台词——《绯闻女孩》Appearancescanbedeceiving.Butmostofthetime,whatyouseeiswhatyouget.外表可能的确有欺骗性。但是大多时候，眼睛看到的就是事实。Fashionknowsnotofcomfort.时尚永远不会考虑舒适。