humour

Designer:周宝瑜周健楠潘巧仪封素金林幸逵humorinterpretationininterculturalencountersHumorisanelegantlanguagearts.It'sanimportantcomponentoflanguageofbothAmericaandChina.HumorEnglishlanguagecannotonlyreflectsthecultureoftheirowncharacteristics,butalsocanreflectthespeaker'strainingandstyle.Therefore,donotunderstandhumor,languagecannotbeconsideredasalanguageoftheartmaster.HumorHumourCrosstalk相声Clown’sperformanceComedy喜剧JokeComedian’s（喜剧演员）performanceSketchWhataretheperformancesinwhichwecanenjoyhumour?小丑小品OriginatedinbeijinginMingDynasty,itbecomesmoreandmorepopularinalloverthecountry,itisakindoftalkcomedy.Originatedinartschoolandperforminggroups,itbecomesmoreandmorefamoussinceitwasfirstperformedonthespringfestivalgalain1984.Clownsalsomakepeoplelaugh.Theyoftenwearstrangeclothes,putonmake-upandwalkstrangely.ZhaoBenshanisawell-knownartistofcrosstalkshowsinChina.Hiscrosstalkshowsalwaysmakehisaudienceroarwithlaughter.**Mr.Bean,aBlack-haired,bug-eyed,andweak-chinnedcomedian,actsdifferentcomiccharacters.Itishisfunnyexpressionsandbodylanguagethatmakepeoplelaugh.Somecomedians◆DifferentcontentsofChineseandwesternhumorThecontentsofhumorvaryfromanimals,familytrifles,andlovestoriestoreligiousandfestivals.Sexisoftenimplicatedinwesthumorwherehumorouseffectcanbegenerated.Inthewest”thecommonesttopicsofhumoraresexandpunningandofcoursetheircombination”.What’smore,westernhumorconsistsoftopicsthatareagainstsocialtraditions.Thatistosay,Englishhumorismoreopen-mindedandcreative.Chinesehumorismorereservedandprudentandalwaysrelatedtotriflesindailylifeaboutcommonpeople.Chinesehumorisspreadamongpeopleforalongtime.SomefablesinQinDynastyareconsideredtobetheoriginofChinesehumor.ThefamousfablessuchasBaMiaoZhuZhang(itmeansspoilthingsbyexcessiveenthusiasm)and“ShouZhuDaiTu”(itmeanssitbackandwait)allhavethecharacteristicsofhumor.InThreeKingdomsPeriod,thefirstmonographXiaoLinthatrecordedhumorcameintobeing.AsChinesehumoraimstomakepeoplelaugh,itusuallydescribesthesillybehaviorofapersonorseveralpeople.Anotherexampleislikethis.Afterseeingaweddingceremony,alittlegirlaskedhermotherMum,didtheladychangehermind?”Themotherwassurprisedandasked“Whydoyouthinkso?”Thegirlanswered“Becausethebridecamebackwithanotherman.Hereifwedon’tknowthewesternmarriagecustoms,wecannotunderstandthishumor.Inwesterncountries,duringtheweddingthebridefirstisaccompaniedbyherfatherandthenwiththebridegroom.◆DifferentculturebackgroundofChineseandEnglishhumorThereisaChinesehumor“哪两种水果有手机？---萝卜青菜各有索爱”ItiseasyforChinesepeopletounderstandbecausewearefamiliarwiththeChineseproverb“萝卜青菜，各有所爱”whichmeanspeoplehavedifferentinterests.Thepronunciationof所爱isthesamewiththepronunciationofthebrandnameofthecellphone索爱.ButitishardforforeignerswhodonotknowChineseculturetounderstandthehumor.EventhoughtheyunderstandtheChinesesentence,theycannotfindthehumorouspoint.•Background:aridiculousquestionaskedbyAwhoisalawyerintheUnitedStatescourts.–A:Doesshehavethreechildren?–B:Yes.–A:Howmanyboys?–B:Noboy.–A:Andhowmanygirls?–B:…….Twogroupstobebutts(笑柄)Lawyers•一天，有位胖太太正沿街散步，在她身后却有个小男孩紧紧地跟着。“你这是在干什么？”胖太太转过身问道，“是有什么事情要告诉我吗？”小男孩答:“不，夫人，我只是喜欢在阴凉的地方散步。。。”Ifiwereadogandyouwereaflower,Iwouldliketoliftmylegandgiveyouashower.◆没重点的老师要么人品不好、要么性格孤僻、反正是不受欢迎…不然你的同事出了份考题为啥不告诉你…◆“这首词是辛弃疾写的……”“我怎么知道，星期天吧。”◆高数无非就这么个题型:小明今年6岁，证明小明明年7岁。小明有五块钱，花了两块钱，计算太阳的质量。某人刻苦学习英语，终有小成。一日上街不慎与一老外相撞，忙说：Iamsorry。老外应道：Iamsorrytoo。某人听后又道：Iamsorrythree。老外不解，问：Whatareyousorryfor?某人无奈，道：Iamsorryfive。小明上英文课时跟老师说：MayIgotothetoilet?老师说：Goahead.小明就坐了下来。过了一会儿，小明又跟老师说：MayIgotothetoilet?老师说：Goahead.小明又坐了下来。他旁边的同学于是忍不住问：你不是跟老师说要上厕所吗？怎么不去？小明说：你没听老师说“去你个头”啊！