AtasteofEnglishhumourWhatishumour?Humourissomewordsthatmeansmakingotherslaugh.Ifsomeoneoftenmakesotherslaugh,Wesayheishumourous;Wecallhimahumourist.Lookatthefollowingpictures.Whichpicturecanmakeyoulaugh?WarmingupDoyoufeelmylove?Iwanttolosemyweight.I’mdrivingatahighspeed.Doyoufeelfunny?Howmanykindsofhumourdoyouknowabout?Canyounamesomepeoplethatyouthinkarehumorous?tonguetwister绕口令crosstalk相声Kindsofhumourfunnystoriescomedy喜剧mime哑剧sketch小品jokesChinesehumouristssketch小品Twoormorespeakersmakemanyjokesandfunnyconversation.(funnystories)MarkTwainwasthepopularandhumourousAmericanauthor.马克吐温一次乘车外出,火车开得很慢。当查票员过来查票时,马克吐温递给他一张儿童票。查票员调侃道:“我还真没看出您还是个孩子呢!”马克吐温回答:“现在我已经不是孩子了,但我买票上车时还是个孩子哩。”马克吐温收到一封信.这是一位青年人写来的,他想向马克吐温请教成为大作家的诀窍.信中说:听说鱼含大量的磷质,而磷是有利于脑子的.看来要成为一个大作家,一定要吃很多鱼吧?但不知道你究竟吃的什么鱼,又吃了多少呢?马克吐温回信说:看来,你得吃一条鲸才行.一次马克吐温应邀赴宴。席间,他对一位贵妇说:“夫人,你太美丽了!”不料那妇人却说:“先生,可是遗憾得很,我不能用同样的话回答你。”头脑灵敏,言辞犀利的马克·吐温笑着回答:“那没关系,你也可以像我一样说假话。”混蛋马克·吐温有一次因为看不惯国会议员在国会通过某个法案,因此在报纸上刊登了一个广告,上面写着:“国会议员有一半是混蛋。”报纸一卖出,许多抗议电话随之而来,这些国会议员可不认为自己是混蛋,纷纷要求马克吐温更正。马克吐温于是又刊登了一个更正:“我错了,国会议员,有一半不是混蛋。”意思则与原来相同。Customer:What’sthatfly(苍蝇)doinginmysoup?Waiter:Swimming,Ithink!Policeman:Whydidyouhavetobreakintothesameshopthreetimes?Thief:Well,Istoleadressfromthatshopbutmywifedidn'tlikeit.SoIhadtogobackandchangeittwice!Teacher:YousaythatJohnJoneshasacoldandcannotcometoschooltoday.WhoamIspeakingto?Voice:Oh,thisismyfather.MrBean(憨豆先生)MrBeanCharlieChaplinAMasterofNonverbalHumourCharlieChaplinHeisoneofthemostfamoushumouriststhatcanmakeotherslaughallthetime.Hewasagreatsilentmoviestar.ModernTimes,TheLittleTramp,TheGoldRush,CityLightarehismasterpieces.asmallroundblackhatawalkingsticklargetrousersworn-outshoesTheLittleTrampwasa____and________person.TheLittleTrampItwasknownandlovedbymanypeoplearoundtheworld.poorhomelessHumouriseverywhereinourdailylife.Ihopeyoucanbeoptimistic(乐观)nomatterwhatdifficultiesyoumeet,justasCharlieChaplinwas.