SB1U1Laughoutloud!Period5DevelopingideasBytheendofthisclas,youwillbeableto：1.acquirethemainideaandthestructureofthepassage;2.getthespecificinformation,understandthewisdomofcelebritiesandlearnthepositiveattitudetolifefromthem;3.formapositiveattitudetowardslife.Haveyoueverseenthisfilm?Activity1:GettingtoknowtwohumourouswritersTheyareadaptedfomMarkTwain’sgreatworks.

HaveyoueverwatchedthisTVseries?Activity1:GettingtoknowtwohumourouswritersThereexistdifferentversionsofit.ItisadaptedfromLinYutang’snovel.LinYutangwasaChinesewriterwhocouldwritebothinChineseandEnglish.Mark

Twain

(1835-1910)was

an

Americanwriter,

humorist,lecturerandadventurer,whoacquired

international

famefor

histravel

narratives,in

particular

The

InnocentsAbroad,

andfor

hisadventurestories

ofboyhood,

such

as

The

Adventuresof

TomSawyer

and

Adventures

of

HuckleberryFinn.

Heis

regarded

as

one

of

NorthAmerica’s

best

and

most

beloved

writersdue

to

his

wit

and

satire.

Whatelsedoyouknowabouthim?Lin

Yutang

(1895--1976)

was

a

Chinesewriter,

translator,

linguist,

philosopher

andinventor.

His

informal

but

sophisticated

styleof

writing,

in

both

Chinese

and

English,made

him

one

of

the

most

influential

writersof

his

generation.

Hismostfamous

worksinclude

My

Country

and

My

People

andThe

Importance

of

Living.

He’s

also

knownas

a

wiseandwitty

populariser

of

Chinesephilosophy

and

the

Chinese

way

of

life.Whatelsedoyouknowabouthim?Whatdidtheyhaveincommon?narrativen.記敘文[?n?r?t?v]

satiren.諷刺;諷刺作品[?s?ta??(r)]sophisticatedadj.復雜的，老練的，見多識廣的，在行的，水平高的，先進的[s??f?st?ke?t?d]

popularisern.大眾化的人，普及化,普及者，倡導[?p?pj?l?ra?z?]FactsaboutMarkTwainNationality:Job:Famousworks:Achievements:Americawriter;humorist;lecturer(演講家);adventurer(冒險家)TheInnocentsAbroad《傻子出國記》;TheAdventuresofTomSawyer《湯姆·索亞歷險記》;AdventuresofHuckleberryFinn《哈克貝利·費恩歷險記》Acquiredinternationalfameforhistravelnarratives;regardedasoneofNorthAmerica'sbestandmostbelovedwritersduetohiswit(機智)andsatire(諷刺).FactsaboutLinYutangNationality:Job:Famousworks:Achievements:Chinawriter;translator(翻譯家);linguist(語言學家);philosopher(哲學家);inventorMyCountryandMyPeople

《吾國與吾民》;TheimportanceofLiving

《生活的藝術(shù)》Hisinformal(非正式的)butsophisticated(復雜的)styleofwritingmadehimoneofthemostinfluential(有影響力的)writersofhisgeneration;knownasawise(有智慧的)andwitty(機智的)populariser(普及者)ofChinesephilosophyandtheChinesewayoflife.Theybothhadasenseofhumour.Theywerehumorous.LinYutang(1895–1976)AChinese

writer,translator,linguist&philosopherMarkTwain(1835–1910)AnAmericanwriter,humorist,lecturer&adventurerAwiseandwittypopulariser說話風趣的通俗作家travelnarratives&

adventurestoriesof

boyhood“LincolnoftheAmericanLiteraryHistory”

“美國文學史上的林肯”Para.1Readthepassagecarefullyandtrytofindoutthestructure.TheImportanceofHumourHumourhasbeenanessentialpartofhumanbehaviourforthousandsofyears.

Thereiscomedyinthetexts

ofAncientGreece,andmedievalwritingsarefilledwithjokes.Whilethesesamejokesmightnotbeasfunnytousnowastheywerethen,theirauthorsunderstoodthathumourcouldnotonlyentertainbutalsothrownewlightonsensitiveoremotive

issues.Thetitleindictesthemaintopicofthewholepassage.Thefirstsentenceservesasthemainideaofpara.1.Thelastsentenceisusedtointroducethenextparagraph.Para.2Closertomoderntimes,someone

whoisrememberedforhisabilitytocombinehumourwithmoreseriousmessagesisAmericanwriter,MarkTwain.Twain'sparticularstyleofwritingisfunnyandoftenmischievous.Forexample,inhisclassicnovelTheAdventuresofTomSauyer,hefamouslysays,“Writingiseasy.Allyouhavetodoiscrossoutthewrongwords.”Butheisequallywellknownforhiswittyremarksinhiseverydayinteractionswithpeople.Forinstance,whileonalecturingtouroftheUnitedStates,Twainwentintoabarber'sshoptogetahaircutandashave.Thebarber,notrecognisinghim,askedifhehadatickettothelecture.WhenTwainrepliedthathedidn't,thebarbertoldhimthatifhewantedtogototheeventhewouldhavetostand,astherewerenoseatsleftinthetheatre.Twain'sresponsewas,"That'sjustmyluck.Ialwayshavetostandwhenthatfellowlectures!"ThisparagraphusesexamplestoshowhumourplaysanimportantroleinMarkTwain’sworksandhislife.Forexample,Forinstance,Para.3LikeTwain,butontheothersideoftheworld,LinYutangwassoontobecomefamousforhisuniquebrandofhumour.Awell-knownbilingualwriter,LinbroughttheconceptofhumourtomodernChineseliterature.In1924,hecreativelyborrowed“youmo”fromAncientChineseasthetranslationfortheEnglishword“humour”.“Youmo”issillbeingusedinthiswaytoday.ThisparagraphintroducesLinYutanasamasterofhumourontheothersideoftheworld.Para.4Lin’squickwithelpedmakehimfamousasamasterofhumour.Once,havingbeeninvitedtodinneratauniversity,hewasputonthespotwhenthepresident

suddenly

askedhimtogiveaspeech.Thinkingonhisfeet,LinstartedtotellastoryaboutacruelRomanemperorwhotriedtofeedamantowildanimals.Firstcamealion.Themanwhisperedsomethinginthelion’sear,afterwhichthelionshookitsheadandwalkedawayunhappily.Thenalongcameatiger.Again,themanwhisperedinthetiger’sear.Thetigerlookedshockedandhurriedaway.“Whatdidyousaytomyanimals?”saidtheemperor,astonished.“Itoldthemtheyhadtomakeaspeechaftereatingmefordinner.”Lin’saudienceroaredwithlaughter.Withthislittlejoke,Linwasabletomakepeoplelaugh,whilegentlytellingoffthepresident.HumouralsoplaysanimportantroleinLin’sworksandhislife.Para.5BothTwainandLinunderstoodthathumourisn'tjustaboutlaughter,butisawayoflifeandatoolthatcanbeusedtoilluminatetheworld.Linevencreatedanequationtoexplainthisconcept:Reality＋Dreams＋Humour=Wisdom.Livingandworkingwithotherscansometimesbecomplicated,andhumourmakesthiseasier.Sharingjokesandlaughingtogethercanbringindividualsandevencommunitiestogether.Indeed,somemayargue

thatourneedforhumourisalmostasgreatasourneedforwaterandair.InthewordsofMarkTwain,“Humorismankind'sgreatestblessing”.Theconclusionofthepassage:Humourhasbeenanessentialpartofhumanlifeallovertheworld.structureofthepassagethegeneralintroductionoftheimportanceofhumor(P1)MarkTwain&hishumor(P2)LinYutang&hishumor(P3-4)conclusion:What’shumor(p5)Afterreading:Task1.Organiseinformationfromthepassageandcompletethediagram.human

behaviourentertain

sensitive

or

emotive

issuescombine

humourserious

messages

funny

and

often

mischievousHe

borrowed

"youmo"

from

Ancient

Chineseas

the

translation

for

the

Englishword"humour".amasterofhumour

The

Adventures

of

Tom

Sawyer

"That’s

just

my

luck.

I

always

have

to

standwhen

that

fellow

lectures!"

He

told

a

story

about

a

cruel

Romanemperor

who

tried

to

feed

a

man

to

wildanimals

during

the

dinner

at

a

university.way

of

lifeilluminate

the

worldEveryonelivesinreality.Inreality,onemustpursuedr