１． Everyone agrees that laughter is good for you. 每個人都認為笑是有好處的

agree to agree with agree on

The teacher agreed to the boy’s suggestion.（同意）

I agreed with him/what he said.

I am in agreement with his opinion.

The weather here doesn’t agree with her.這里的氣候不適合她。

Your story agreed with what I had already heard.你講的情況和我聽到的一樣

We agreed to the plan he had made. He agreed to make a speech.

They agreed on/upon a date for the next meeting. 他們就下次開會的日期達成協議

reach/come to/ arrive at an agreement 達成協議

Do stay here for supper. Is it agreed?一定留下吃飯，說定了吧？

Eating more fruit: it is good for your health! It will do you good.(對…有好處的)

He says he is leaving the country for good and all.(永久)

　The matter is as good as settled. (almost)

Half of his goods were stolen.(貨物)

2. people have always enjoyed laughing, and there has always been humor.

人們總是喜歡笑,并且總是含有幽默感.

enjoy doing 喜歡做, doing動名詞做enjoy的賓語.

后接v-ing 的動詞還有: appreciate, avoid, bear, consider, dislike, delay, escape, finish, hate, imagine, keep, mind, miss, precise, resist, risk, stand, suggest

I don’t mind waiting for you in the cold wind.

I didn’t imagine your coming here so early.

高考鏈接

----There is a story here in the paper about a 110-year-old man.

----My goodness! I can’t imagine ______ that old. (2006.江蘇)

A to be B be have been C being D having been

humor (1) noun [U] 幽默

He‘s got a great sense of humor (= he is very able to see things as amusing).幽默感

(2) verb [T] 使某人開心,逗某人發笑

I applied for the job just to humor my parents. （使我的父母開心）

humorous adj. 幽默的,好笑的

Her latest book is a humorous look at teenage life.

3. A stand-up comedian may make fun of an audience member, or he or she might decide to tell different jokes in response to the reactions of an audience. (page 2)

單口喜劇演員可能就某一觀眾開玩笑，或是根據觀眾的反映講不同的笑話。

a. make fun of 取笑；拿……開玩笑

It’s cruel to make fun of people who stammer.嘲笑口吃的人是殘忍的

常用搭配: make fun of=poke fun at開玩笑;嘲笑

play jokes on 開……的玩笑

play a trick on捉弄,開玩笑

Don’t play jokes on that poor girl.

Don’t be serious. He just played a trick on you just now(跟你開玩笑的)

response n. 回答, 響應, 反應

e.g. She made no response. 沒有反應

Her proposals met with an enthusiastic response.(得到熱烈響應)

in response to 對…..作出反反應

e.g. I am writing in response to the question you raised in your letter.

respond vt. 回答, 響應, 作出反應 vi. 有反應

e.g. She responded to my letter with a phone call. 她收到我的信, 給我回了個電話

when asked, he didn’t respond.(didn’t answer)

responsibility n. 責任;負責;任務

responsible adj. 須負責任的

４．If you hear a comedian telling jokes about the way people behave when they queue up in lines.如果你聽到演員就人們排隊時的方式開玩笑

我不喜歡你和你媽媽說話的方式。

I don’t like the way that/ in which/ - you talk to your mother.

　他想出的解決問題的方法是很聰明的。

　 The way he thought of to solve the problem is a clever one.

queue up 排隊

The children queued up/stood in a line to get the tickets.（排隊）

We should not jump the queue at any place.（插隊）

5. Each time, he performs his stand-up routine in front of millions of people when the show is broadcast live on TV.

每次,當節目在電視上現場直播時他都是在上百萬人面前表演他的單口喜劇節目。

Live: adj. 現場直播的

a live recording

This evening there will be a live broadcast of the debate.

Live alive living lively

English is a living language.

He has a lively imagination.

He has a special way to make his class interesting and lively.

Let’s keep the fish live. He is regarded as one of the best living writers at present.

We are watching the live coverage of the World Cup.

This evening there will be a live broadcast of the debate.

living expense the injured man is alive/living. a lively boy

He failed to live up to his parents’ expectation. (與…符合，不辜負)

I don’t like the noise, but I learnt to live with it.（容忍）

Cattle live on grass while man live on wheat.（以…為生）

He has lived through two wars and three revolution.　（經歷）

6 Instead of telling the joke he had planned, Crystal made up a new one.

克里斯托沒有講預先準備好的笑話，而是即興編了一個。

made up: 編造,捏造

I made up an excuse(編個借口) about having to look after the kids.

My dad was always really good at making up stories.（編故事）

She never goes out without making herself up first.(化妝)

Farming and mining make up most of the country’s industry.（組成）

The committee is made up of seven members.（由…組成）

We must make up for the lessons he had somehow. （彌補）

He soon made up the lessons he had missed.（彌補）

高考鏈接：

（2005年江蘇） Everybody in the village likes Jack because he is good at telling and ________ jokes.

A turning up B putting up C making up D showing up

拓展： make up take up put up come up keep up be laid up look up

He took up cycling to keep healthy when he retired.

We must find a place where we can put up for the night.

We can look up the word in the dictionary.

If this rain keeps up, all the crops will be ruined.

I was laid up for six weeks with a very serious illness.

The teacher asked us to make up a dialogue.

Some interesting questions came up at our discussion.

She looked up his number in the phone book to make sure that she got it right.

7. He said,” It seems appropriate that he got his start in silent films.!”

他說：“看來，他不愧是從無聲電影起步的啊！”

appropriate: adj. 合適的

Is this film appropriate（合適的） for small children?

Is this an appropriate occasion （合適的場合）to discuss finance?

inappropriate. 不合適的

8．Ｔhe audience howled with laughter. 觀眾暴笑。

Seeing the funny scene, the man roared with laughter.(放聲大笑)

He who laughs last laughs longest.__笑的最久笑的最好_______________

A laughable mistake laughing faces

After his words, they burst into laughter/burst out laughing.

他的話說完后，　他們爆發出一陣大笑。

9. Crystal’s popularity with all ages and his ability to amuse people allover the world prove that …crystal深受各年齡段人群的喜愛，他有能力讓人們開心證明。。。

amuse: verb [I or T] 使愉快,使開心

eg. I've brought with me an article from yesterday's paper that I thought might amuse you.

We amused ourselves by watching the passers-by.(entertain/make… laugh/smile)

I bought a magazine to amuse myself while I was on the train.

She looked at me in amusement.

To our great amusement, the teacher sang a funny song during the class.

amused adj. 感到愉快的 an amused smile

She was very amused by/at your comments.

amusement noun

amusing adj. 令人愉快的 an amusing story/person/situation

1. Everybody in the village likes Jack because he is good at telling and jokes.

A. turning up B. putting up C. making up D. showing up

2. We went to Canada to travel and my cousin as our guide.

A. played B. showed C. acted D. performed

3. Some aspects of a pilot’s job be boring and pilots often work at

inconvenient hours.

A. can; have to B. may; can C. have to; may D. ought to; must

4. –There is a story here in the paper about a 110-year-old man.

--My goodness! I can’t imagine that old.

A. to be B. be have been C. being D. having been

5. He the insult punch.

A. responded; in B. responded to; in C. responded; with D. responded to; with

6. The advertisement received quick .

A. response B. recognize C. reaction D. refuse

7. Stand-up is special because the may talk directly to audience members.

A. comedy; comedian B. comedies; comedians

C. comic; comedian D. comedian; comic

8. As you have seen, the value of a nation’s currency is a its economy.

A. response B. revolution C. reaction D. reflection

9. The policeman the thief saying that all these evidences your guilt.

A. pointed to; pointed to B. pointed at, pointed at

C. pointed at, pointed to D. pointed to, pointed at

10. We that the two strangers have been up to no good lately.

A. have pointed them out B. have pointed to them

C. have pointed out them D. have pointed out to them