British Humor 英国式幽默
英式幽默_British_humor课件
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大话王
《大话王》是金·凯瑞的成名之作，用诙谐幽默的手法讲述了一个谎言的故事。影 片用喜剧化的手法去表现了现实生活中人们时时都会遇到的问题，谎话对于我们来说 已经是司空见惯的事情了。
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1998 楚门的世界
黑色喜剧《楚门的世界》向我们展现了一个平凡的小人物 是怎样在自己毫不知情的情况下被制造成闻名的电视明星， 却完全被剥夺了自由、隐私乃至尊严，成为大众娱乐工业 的牺牲品。
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The Worst Day of Bruce’s Life
His dog pees(小便) beside the sofa.
A Traffic Jam
He fails to become an
He is beaten by a street
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• 以绝妙、夸张的搞笑手法而风靡全球
• 独到的表情和肢体语言得到了广大观众的认可
• 创造了一种英国式的”无厘头”
• 憨豆先生是个“有一点笨拙，有一点幼稚，有一点单 向思维（脑筋不转弯），有一点腼腆，最重要的一 点，又有一点短路的家伙，他的喜剧感乃来自你我 都有可能会发生的日常生活中”。
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• 《烈火战车》根据真人真事改编，曾获1981年
奥斯卡最佳影片。影片讲述剑桥大学犹太学生哈 罗德·亚伯拉罕为了对抗种族偏见，为同胞争光， 一心想成为赢得奥运会百米赛金牌的第一个犹太 人。最后，自信而有拼搏精神的他终于夺得百米 冠军，而影片另一位男主角埃里克·利迪尔正是英 国著名短跑运动员，曾在1924年第八届巴黎奥 运会夺得男子400米冠军。
British Humor 英国式幽默
Question 1: What is important in understanding British humor? Question 2:Name three popular categories of British humor Question 3: Why is Mr. Bean funny?
Humor – 幽默 Situations – 情况 Understatement – 没有充分陈述 Unpleasant – 使人不愉快的 Categories – 种类 Social – 社会的 Classes – 社会阶级 Society - 社会 Accidentally – 意外地 Particular – 特定的 Accents – 口音 Behave – 行为得体 Rarely – 很少 Movement – 动作 Facial expressions – 面部表情 Crude - 粗俗的
British Humor
The British are known for their sense of humor. However, it is often difficult for foreigners to understand their jokes. The main thing to remember is that the British like to make fun of themselves as well as others. They also like to make s about situations that are quite serious. Another key to understanding British humor is to know that the British often use ‘understatement’. Understatement means saying less than you think or feel. For example, If someone gets very wet in the rain, they might say, “It’s a little damp outside.” Or, if someone is very impolite and shouts at another person, someone else might say, ‘She’s very friendly!’ Understatement is often used in unpleasant or difficult situations to make someone look stupid. Understatement is important to understanding British humor. There are three popular categories of humor in Britain. ‘Everyday’ humor, ‘stupid’ humor, and ‘social’ humor. In ‘everyday’ humor, the British often laugh about the silly and unpleasant things that happen to people every day like when someone accidentally falls over in the street. ‘Stupid’ humor involves crude, simple, and stupid jokes that are so unfunny that they are actually funny! In ‘social’ humor, jokes are made about people from different classes of society. In particular, jokes are made about accents, the way they people dress, and the way they behave. Included in ‘social’ humor is people who don’t know how to behave. Mr. Bean is an excellent example of this. Mr. Bean was created by Rowan Atkinson in 1990. Mr. Bean rarely talks, and instead uses his body movements and facial expressions to make people laugh. Perhaps Mr. Bean is so funny because in real life people would never do what he does.
幽默的跨文化运用
humorous.
12．When you run into friends or coworkers, ask them to tell you one funny thing that has happened to them in the past couple of weeks.
Sometimes when they sit together waiting for lunch, other colleagues would start joking. They would usually laugh at themselves, make fun of others or complain about something. Liu Yun found it difficult to understand their jokes and to get involved in their conversation. She was very frustrated. But she was thirsty for a friend to hang out after work.
The old man again replied, “God will save me.” So the boat left him again.
An hour later the water was up to the roof and a third rescue boat approached the old man, and tried to get him to come with them.
British Humour(英国的幽默)
Conclusion
British humor is too large to define into one area. All around Britain people find different things funny. My Dad and I are both British but we laugh at different things.
Key terms for today
Knock Knock Joke Sarcasm Mock Parody Absurd Inappropriate/ Offensive Timing
Important Understanding
Really, there is no such thing as “British humor”
Generalization Stereotype
Basic Joke: Knock Knock
A: Knock Knock B: Who’s there? A: Arnold B: Arnold Who? A: Arnold Man (An old man)
Answer: You Know Who
Voldemort
You Know Who
Sarcasm
Sarcasm sounds like a positive comment but it is deliberately negative. Pointing out something stupid.
Inappropriate/ offensive humor
• Humor that is considered to be rude or offensive. • Foreigners mocking Britain, Prejudice: Racism, Sexism, Homophobia, AntiReligion. Mocking the old and vulnerable. Violence. Animal cruelty.
英国人的幽默 (English Humor)
Mr. Bean
English sense of humor
• Its starting-point is self-dispraise, and its great enemy is conceit. Its object is the ability to laugh at oneself---at one’s own faults, one’s own failure, even at one’s own ideals. The criticism, “He has no sense of humor” is very commonly heard in Britain, where humor is highly prized. A sense of humor is an attitude to life rather than the mere ability to laugh at jokes. This attitude is never cruel or disrespectful or malicious.
once again.
英国人的幽默，像捉摸不定的鬼火一样，不会 轻易被人识破和参透，就在你以为自己悟出其中奥
妙时，不料却又一次受了愚弄。
• Since the English never say what they mean, often the exact opposite, and tend towards reticence(无言,沉默,谨慎) and understatement(掩饰), their humor is partly based on an exaggeration(夸大) of this facet(方面) of their own character. So, while in conversation they avoid confrontation(面对 面), in their humor they mock that avoidance(避免).
英式英语文化三英式幽默
• Oh the irony! • Oh how ironic! • [just smile]
2. Sarcasm
Sarcasm uses irony to mock or ridicule.
Playful teasing that can be quite harsh.
• You should quit your day job and be my bodyguard. I’ll pay you double.
• I hate this place. I get treated like a sausage with feet. • You again! I can’t be seen talking to you.
• When something bad happens: That's just what I needed today!
• When a roommate is acting bizarre: Is it time for your medication or mine?
• I am being sarcastic. • That was sarcasm. • [no smile]
• A hairdresser’s called A Cut Above the Rest • A kebab shop called Abracadabra • A bakery called Bread Pitt • A greengrocers called Planet of the Gble entendres
When we intentionally say things that could be interpreted something else in meaning.[not directly offensive or rude]
The English Humor2
The English Humor英国人的幽默玩笑似乎是英国人的一种财富。
它是约翰布尔对于幽默的定义,并且没有任何智力性的判断标准。
由于风趣的实用性,每个人都懂得其中的意义。
不仅如此,它将各个阶层团结起来,甚至给政治生活带来愉悦。
要学习英式幽默的基本形式, 你必须观察学童。
玩笑始于实用的笑话，英国人从不认为那是一种幽默，除非该玩笑顺其自然。
在一个英国家庭里，玩笑总是存在的，整个房间会回荡着玩笑所带来的欢乐。
当父亲工作回家每个家庭成员都会致力于这种娱乐，双关语，单词的幽默的运用，没有事情是没有意义和胡说的，如果你愿意的话，这种话语到处都是，每个人都尽情享受玩笑。
苏格兰人缺乏这一特征，美国人似乎也是。
Fun seems to be the possession of the English race. Fun is John Bull's idea of humor，and there is no intellectual judgment in fun. Everybody understands it be-cause it is practical. More than that，it unites all classes and sweetens even political life. To study the elemental form of English humor，you must look to the school-boy. It begins with the practical joke，and unless there is something of his nature about it，it is never humor to an Englishman. In an English household，fun is going all the time. The entire house resounds with it. The father comes home and the whole family contribute to the amusement；puns，humorous uses of words，little things that are meaningless nonsense，if you like，fly round，and everyone enjoys them thoroughly for just what they are. The Scotch are devoid of this trait，and the Americans seem to be，too.如果我有能力给予各个民族幽默感，我不会给予他们解嘲，拿太不实切实际了，我不会给他们智慧，那太贵族化，很多人不会理解。
英式幽默带你学英语 English Humor
英式幽默带你学英语我们所熟知的银屏明星憨豆先生给我们带来了无限的欢乐，这种欢乐是英式的，但也是世界性的幽默。
如同英国人的严肃和绅士，在英式幽默中，我们很难看到过分夸张的表演，他们总是让现实中的一些普通的东西在最不合理的地方出现。
这就出现了幽默。
何为英式幽默？我想你问一百个英国人可能有一百个答案。
即便对英国人自己而言，所谓的幽默也和佛教道教一般，只可意会不可言传。
说到幽默有英式幽默和美式幽默之分，二者差别很大。
用字比喻语调都很不一样。
简单的说美式幽默比较"生活化, 用字比较直接",英式幽默用字比较深入,夹杂着当地文化换句话说, 就算是你听懂他们的用字,也很难搞懂真正的意思。
下面：我们提供几则英语笑话供大家感受英式文化下的英式幽默：1. She Didn't Say AnythingA mother and son were washing dishes while the father and daughter were watching TV in the room. Suddenly, there was a crash of breaking dishes, then complete silence.The girl looked at her father and said, “It was Mom”.“How do you know?” asked her father.“She didn't say anything.”2. I Have Turned It OverA woman said to her husband, “dear, look at o ur sheet! It's too dirty. Would you like to wash it now?”The man looked at the sheet and then thought for a while and then said, “I don't think it's necessary. We can turn the sheet over. Is that all right?”His wife was very angry at this. “How lazy you are!” She shouted, “To tell you the truth, I turned it over last week.”3. The Art of CryWhen Mrs Johnson entered Belli's room, she found that he was binding up his thumb. “What's the matter with you?” she asked.“It is because of that hammer.” Belli answered.“But I didn't hear you cry.” “Oh, I thought you were not in just now.”4. We Need Two of Those“Do you need any typists?” asked a young man seeking a job.“No,” said the personnel director checking the list. “We have got plenty of ty pists.”“How about file clerks?” asked the man.“Sorry, we have many file clerks, too.”Disgusted, the applicant started to leave, muttering. “Well, I'll be an S.O.B.…”The personnel man jumped up and cried, “what! We need two of those.”5. It's Not That“May I borrow your record player tonight?” a man asked his neighbor.“Sure. Do you want to listen to some music?”“No,” he answered. “Tonight I want to have some peace and quiet.”6. It Is Out TooOne cold day, a friend of the Browns' went to visit them. The maid stopped him at the door. The friend asked, “Is Mr. Brown at home?” “No, he has gone out.” Replied the maid. “Is Mrs. Brown at home, then?” “No, she gone out.” “May I come in and sit by the stove?” “No, it has gone out, too.”7. Is There a Crib in Your Stomach?When my sister-in-law Leah was expecting her second child, her son Brian would sometimes touch his mother's tummy to feel the baby move. One day, while touching her stomach and not feeling anything, he asked, “How come the baby isn't moving?”“The baby is sleeping,” replied his mother.Brian thought for a moment and then said, “You mean you got a crib in there too?”8. Mother MouseA mother mouse was out for a stroll with her babies when she spotted a cat crouched behind a bush. She watched the cat, and the cat watched the mice. Mother mouse barked fiercely, "Woof, woof, woof!" The cat was so terrified that it ran for it's life.Mother mouse turned to her babies and said, "Now, do you understand the value of a second language?"9. I Want to TellWhen I was 12, my best friend and I broke a window playing baseball. We looked around to see if anyone had seen us. No one was in sight except my younger brother.We went over and offered him a piece of candy not to tell. He refused it. “I'll give you my baseball,” I said.“No!”“Well, what do you want?”“I want to tell.”10. A Clever ProfessorOnce a professor at Glasgow University put up a notice, which read: “Professor Black will meet his class tomorrow.” This means that he was going to give his students a lecture the next day.One naughty boy of the class saw the notice and wiped away the first letter of the word “class” in the notice. Then the sentence became “Professor Black will meet his lass tomorro w”, which means the professor would meet his girl friend. Seeing this, the professor didn't take it seriously. He, then, simply left out another letter of the word. Finally, the word “class” was turned into “ass”, which means, as we all know, “a stupid donkey”. Overall, the student hadn't surpassed the teacher.11. Tom and His Mother“Mother,” said little Tom, “did you tell father I wanted a new bicycle?”“Yes, dear,” said his mother. “I told him, but he said he couldn't afford to buy you one.”“Of course he would say that. But what did you do?”I told him how badly you wanted it and argued in favor of it, but he refused.“Argued? Ah, mother, if it had been something you wanted you would have cried a little and then you'd have got it!”（注：文档可能无法思考全面，请浏览后下载，供参考。
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Question 1: What is important in understanding British humor? Question 2:Name three popular categories of British humor Question 3: Why is Mr. Bean funny?
Question 1: What is important in understanding British humor? Question 2:Name three popular categories of British humor Question 3: Why is Mr. Bean funny?
British Humor
The British are known for their sense of humor. However, it is often difficult for foreigners to understand their jokes. The main thing to remember is that the British like to make fun of themselves as well as others. They also like to make jokes about situations that are quite serious. Another key to understanding British humor is to know that the British often use ‘understatement’. Understatement means saying less than you think or feel. For example, If someone gets very wet in the rain, they might say, “It’s a little damp outside.” Or, if someone is very impolite and shouts at another person, someone else might say, ‘She’s very friendly!’ Understatement is often used in unpleasant or difficult situations to make someone look stupid. Understatement is important to understanding British humor. There are three popular categories of humor in Britain. ‘Everyday’ humor, ‘stupid’ humor, and ‘social’ humor. In ‘everyday’ humor, the British often laugh about the silly and unpleasant things that happen to people every day like when someone accidentally falls over in the street. ‘Stupid’ humor involves crude, simple, and stupid jokes that are so unfunny that they are actually funny! In ‘social’ humor, jokes are made about people from different classes of society. In particular, jokes are made about accents, the way they people dress, and the way they behave. Included in ‘social’ humor is people who don’t know how to behave. Mr. Bean is an excellent example of this. Mr. Bean was created by Rowan Atkinson in 1990. Mr. Bean rarely talks, and instead uses his body movements and facial expressions to make people laugh. Perhaps Mr. Bean is so funny because in real life people would never do what he does.
Humor – 幽默 Situations – 情况 Understatement – 没有充分陈述 Unpleasant – 使人不愉快的 Categories – 种类 Social – 社会的 Classes – 社会阶级 Society - 社会 Accidentally – 意外地 Particular – 特定的 Accents – 口音 Behave – 行为得体 Rarely – 很少 Movement – 动作 Facial expressions – 面部表情 Crude - 粗俗的
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The British are known for their sense of humor. However, it is often difficult for foreigners to understand their jokes. The main thing to remember is that the British like to make fun of themselves as well as others. They also like to make jokes about situations that are quite serious. Another key to understanding British humor is to know that the British often use ‘understatement’. Understatement means saying less than you think or feel. For example, If someone gets very wet in the rain, they might say, “It’s a little damp outside.” Or, if someone is very impolite and shouts at another person, someone else might say, ‘She’s very friendly!’ Understatement is often used in unpleasant or difficult situations to make someone look stupid. Understatement is important to understanding British humor. There are three popular categories of humor in Britain. ‘Everyday’ humor, ‘stupid’ humor, and ‘social’ humor. In ‘everyday’ humor, the British often laugh about the silly and unpleasant things that happen to people every day like when someone accidentally falls over in the street. ‘Stupid’ humor involves crude, simple, and stupid jokes that are so unfunny that they are actually funny! In ‘social’ humor, jokes are made about people from different classes of society. In particular, jokes are made about accents, the way they people dress, and the way they behave. Included in ‘social’ humor is people who don’t know how to behave. Mr. Bean is an excellent example of this. Mr. Bean was created by Rowan Atkinson in 1990. Mr. Bean rarely talks, and instead uses his body movements and facial expressions to make people laugh. Perhaps Mr. Bean is so funny because in real life people would never do what he does.