高中英语必修unit课件.ppt

高中英语必修4unit3课件
A taste of English humour
Unit 3
What is humour?
Humour is a word means making others laugh. If someone often makes others laugh, we say he is humorous and we call him a humorist. The question of whether or not something is humorous is a matter of personal taste.
humor
nonverbal humour
cross talk
funny story
verbal joke
sketch
clown
Forms of humour
mime and farce
comedy
Farce is a comedy which aims to entertain the audience by means of unlikely, extravagant, and improbable situations, disguise and mistaken identity, verbal humour of varying degrees of sophistication.
Mime is a performance using gestures and body movements without words.
Sketch is a short humorous scene on stage, television, etc.
Cross talk, Chinese comic dialogue, is an art form, exchanging clever remarks, esp. between two people.
Clowns are comical performers, usually characterized by their fantastic appearance: colored wigs, stylistic makeup, outlandish costumes, unusually large footwear, red-nose, etc., who entertain spectators by acting in a hilarious fashion.