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2．tease B．to feel or show sorrow
3．previous C．a school or college for special training
4．visual D．happening or existing before the event or object that you are talking about
5．academy E．a play that is intended to be funny, usually with a happy ending
6．mourn F．of or connected with seeing or sight
7．affection G．to make sb.laugh or smile
8．amuse H．feeling of fondness
答案：1.E2.A3.D4.F5.C6.B7.H8.G
Look at the pictures and match each of them with the following descriptions in English.
A．making you learn easily and happily
B．relieving your pain and sharing your joy of having a baby
C．making you laugh
D．showing your innocence
E．enjoying the harvest
F．enjoying nature
答案：1.E2.A3.D4.B5.F6.C
Ⅰ.Fastreading
1.According to the text we can learn that the passage is about standupandwhypeopleloveit．
2.The author's main purpose of writing this passage is to tell people thatlaughteristhebestmedicine/laughterisgoodforyou．
Ⅱ.Carefulreading
(Ⅰ)Choose the best answers according to the text.
1．How many types of standup are mentioned in the text?
A．One.B．Two.
C．Three. D．Four.
2．What can we learn about the fourth kind of standup?
A．This kind of humour is aimed to produce cold jokes by making cruel remarks.
B．The comedian has the similar appearance, accent or action to the person he copies.
C．The person being made fun of is admired by both the comedian and the audience.
D．The audience are supposed to pay enough attention to the comedian's performance.
3．What does a standup comedian usually do while performing?
A．The comedian is right there in front of the audience and may talk directly to audience members.
B．A standup comedian may make fun of an audience member.
C．The comedian might decide to tell different jokes in response to the reactions of an audience.
D．All the above.
4．Which of the statements is TRUE about Billy Crystal?
A．He is a host, an actor and a lecturer.
B．He is expected to live longer than Bob Hope.
C．He is a continuous source of amusement to people.
D．He always brings a toothbrush on stage to beautify his teeth.
5．After reading the fifth paragraph, readers can know that comedians are expected to ．
A．perform standup
B．have no plans to stop work
C．enjoy a very long life
D．work till the end of life
答案：1.D2.C3.D4.C5.C
(Ⅱ)Fill in each blank with no more than three words according to the text.
Ⅲ.Studyreading
Analyze the following difficult sentences in the text.
1．A standup comedian may tease an audience member, or might decide to tell different jokes depending upon how the audience reacted to his or her previous jokes.
[句式分析]
[尝试翻译]单口喜剧演员可以拿某一位观众开玩笑，也可以根据观众的反应随机应变，讲各种笑话。
2．For example, they may talk about how people act when they queue up, or they may ask why it only rains when you forget your umbrella.
[句式分析]
[尝试翻译]例如，他们取笑人们排队时的举动，或者问为什么偏偏在你忘记带雨伞时天会下雨。
3．One littleknown fact is that when Crystal is the host of the Academy Awards, he always keeps a toothbrush in his pocket for good luck.
[句式分析]
[尝试翻译]这里有一个鲜为人知的事实：每次主持奥斯卡颁奖典礼的时候，克里斯托总要在自己的口袋里放一把牙刷以求好运。
4．He says it is because when he started practising standup as a child, he told himself jokes while standing in front of the mirror, brushing his teeth.
[句式分析] 本句为多重主从复合句，says后接省略了引导词that的宾语从句；宾语从句中because引导表语从句，该从句中的主句是he told himself ...，被两个状语从句修饰，一个是when引导的时间状语从句，另一个是while引导的省略的时间状语从句，该从句中brushing his teeth是现在分词短语作伴随状语。
[尝试翻译]他说，这是因为小时候开始练习单口喜剧时，他总是站在镜子前面边刷牙边给自己讲笑话。
Ⅳ.Postreading
Fill in the blanks according to the text.
Standup is a favourite type of comedy, which is done on a stage by a comedian talking to ①audience members. There are a ②variety of different styles of standup comedy.Some comedians tell jokes about the way people ③behave or about daily life.Some comedians rely on ④visual humour.Other comedians may ⑤trip over chairs, walk into doors, and fall down on stage in order to make people laugh.The last kind of comedian does⑥impressions. These comedians act or speak like a wellknown person.Billy Crystal is one of the standup comedians who have become famous as television and film ⑦performers later.He is popular with all age groups and has the ability to ⑧amuse people all over the world.This proves that standup can be enjoyed by everyone.
Doctors have been researching what ⑨effect standup and other forms of comedy have on us, and have discovered that people who laugh a lot live ⑩longer．This agrees with the English saying “Laughter is the best medicine”．
Stand up for your health!
People have always enjoyed laughing, and there has always been humour.One favourite type of comedy is called standup.Standup is a kind of comedy that is done on a stage by a comedian talking straight to audience members.A standup comedian may tease an audience member, or might decide to tell different jokes depending upon how the audience reacted to his or her previous jokes.
Types of standup
There are a variety of different styles of standup comedy.Some comedians tell jokes about the way people behave or about daily life.For example, they may talk about how people act when they queue up, or they may ask why it only rains when you forget your umbrella.Other comedians rely on visual humour.Their humour may be inspired by objects.For example, one comedian uses a huge hammer to break watermelons while he makes jokes about what he is doing.Another comedian points to a video tennis game and says, ‘I've been playing tennis every day for a month.I don't understand why I am not losing weight！’Yet other comedians may trip over chairs, walk into doors, and fall down on stage in order to make people laugh.This kind of absurd humour is not very funny if you are only listening and not watching the comedian's performance.The last kind of comedian does impressions — he or she will act or speak like a wellknown person in order to make fun of that person.While this kind of humour may sound cruel, it usually only works if both the comedian and the audience have affection for or admire the person being made fun of.
A famous comedian
Only a few standup comedians have become famous as television and film performers later on in life.One such person is Billy Crystal. Like other standup comedians who have gone on to act in films, Crystal still enjoys standup.People around the world enjoy watching him when he hosts the Academy Awards.He has hosted the show nine times.Each time, he performs his standup routine in front of millions of people when the show is broadcast live on TV.One littleknown fact is that when Crystal is the host of the Academy Awards, he always keeps a toothbrush in his pocket for good luck.He says it is because when he started practising standup as a child, he told himself jokes while standing in front of the mirror, brushing his teeth.
One reason Crystal has become so famous is that he is very quick thinking, and is often able to come up with new jokes about the people and things around him.When Crystal was the host of the 2004 Academy Awards, a very old actor, who had acted in films before they had sound, gave a speech.He talked for several minutes, but there was a technical problem, and no one in the audience could hear him.They could only see him standing there moving his lips.Instead of telling the joke he had planned, Crystal made up a new one.He said，‘It seems appropriate that he got his start in silent films！’The audience howled with laughter.
Crystal is popular with all age groups and has the ability to amuse people all over the world.This proves that standup can be enjoyed by everyone.You can expect to hear a lot more from Billy Crystal — he has no plans to stop making films, or to stop telling jokes.He hopes to follow in the footsteps of other famous comedians, such as Bob Hope and George Burns, who lived to be 100 years old and kept working until nearly the end of their lives.
Laughter is good for your health!
Nowadays, standup comedy is popular all over the world.Doctors have been researching what effect standup and other forms of comedy have on us, and have discovered that people who laugh a lot live longer.They say this is because when you laugh，your brain sends chemicals around your body that are good for you.Laughing helps your body stay healthy and can even help you fight pain.Maybe this explains the long lives of men like Bob Hope and George Burns.Whatever the reason, research shows that in the end，the English saying，‘Laughter is the best medicine’， may be true after all.So, go and make someone laugh — it just might help them (and you) live longer.,
有益于身心健康的单口喜剧！
人们总是爱笑，幽默无时不在。一种深受人们喜爱的喜剧形式叫做单口喜剧。单口喜剧是一种舞台剧，由一个演员表演，演员与观众直接交流。单口喜剧演员可以拿某一位观众开玩笑，也可以根据观众的反应随机应变，讲各种笑话。
单口喜剧的类型
单口喜剧有很多不同的类型。有些演员拿人们的行为方式来开玩笑，或者讲有关日常生活的笑话。例如，他们取笑人们排队时的举动，或者问为什么偏偏在你忘记带雨伞的时候天会下雨。别的演员依靠视觉幽默，他们的幽默可以是由物品激发的。例如，某个演员一边拿着大锤子去砸西瓜，一边以此说着笑话。再如某个演员指着电脑网球游戏说：“我每天都打网球，已经一个月了。我就是搞不懂体重为啥一点也降不下来！”还有些演员可能玩这些把戏逗笑观众，被椅子绊倒，撞到了房门，或者跌倒在舞台上。如果你只是听而不看演员的表演，这种荒唐的幽默就不搞笑了。最后一种是滑稽模仿，这类演员模仿某个名人的言谈举止以取笑这个名人。这种幽默听起来有点刻薄，但通常只有当演员和观众都喜欢或者崇拜这个被取笑的对象时，这种幽默才奏效。
一位著名的喜剧演员
只有为数不多的单口喜剧演员在之后的生涯中成为走红的影视明星。一个成功的例子就是比利·克里斯托。和其他转向电影表演的单口喜剧演员一样，克里斯托现在依然热爱单口喜剧。全世界的观众都喜爱看他主持的奥斯卡颁奖典礼。他曾主持过九次奥斯卡颁奖典礼。每次主持奥斯卡颁奖典礼的时候，他都会通过电视直播在数百万观众面前表演他的单口喜剧保留节目。这里有一个鲜为人知的秘密：每次主持奥斯卡颁奖典礼的时候，克里斯托总要在自己的口袋里放一把牙刷，以求得到幸运！他说，这是因为从小时候开始练习单口喜剧的时候，他就习惯于站在镜子前面，边刷牙边对自己说笑话！
克里斯托变得如此出名的一个原因是他思维异常敏捷，常常能就身边的人或事即兴编排笑话。当克里斯托主持2004年的奥斯卡颁奖典礼时，从无声电影时代就开始表演的老演员上台发言。老演员讲了好几分钟，但由于技术故障，观众中没有人能够听见他在说些什么，大家只能看见他站在那里，嘴唇动个不停。见此情景，克里斯托干脆放弃了事先准备好的笑话，即兴编了一个笑话。他说：“看来，他的确适合从无声电影起家！”观众哄堂大笑。
克里斯托深受各年龄段人群的喜爱，他有能力让世人感到开心，这证明，单口喜剧能被所有人欣赏。你可以期待听到比利·克里斯托表演更多的单口喜剧——他尚无停止电影表演的打算，也没有停止讲笑话的想法。他希望效仿鲍勃·霍普和乔治·伯恩斯等单口喜剧明星，这两位著名演员都活到了一百岁，而且工作到生命的尽头。
大笑有益于健康！
如今，单口喜剧流行全世界。医学工作者一直在研究单口喜剧和其他喜剧形式能够对人们产生什么样的影响。并已发现笑口常开的人更长寿。他们说，这是因为当你笑的时候，你的大脑会向全身传送有益健康的化学物质。笑有助于保持身体健康，甚至能够帮助你战胜疼痛。这个说法或许能够解释像鲍勃·霍普和乔治·伯恩斯这样的人长寿的秘诀吧！不管是什么原因，研究表明，那句英语格言“笑是灵丹妙药”到头来可能真的没错。所以，行动起来，让别人笑一笑——这或许能够有助于他们(还有你自己)长命百岁！
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