文档介绍：Unit One
Leisure Activities
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
只工作不玩耍,聪明杰克也变傻。
People who cannot find time for recreation are
obliged sooner or later to find time for illness.
找不出时间娱乐的人迟早会被迫找出时间生病。
Rest is sauce to labor.
休息是劳动的调味品。
Task 1
Leisure Activities
— Sayings
Laughter is a great medicine. Almost all of us like jokes, appreciate humor.
What performances usu. make you laugh? Who are your ic stars (笑星), Xiao Shenyang, Guo Degang, Ge You, Ben Stiller etc.? Why do you love them?
ic art forms may include cross-talk(相声), sketch(小品),new year’s film(贺岁片), talk show(谈话节目),comedy(喜剧), /edy(情景喜剧), slapstick(打闹剧), Stand-up(单口滑稽说笑节目), etc.
Task 2
Laughter
- Crosstalk
Cross-talk is very popular in China. You can listen to it everywhere. Its popularity lies in its humorous language, the performers’ quick wits, their funny gestures and their presentation skills. Another reason is that the subject of cross-talk is close to real life so that it resonates(共鸣)with the audience.
slap-sticks
打闹剧
It is edy involving type of exaggerated physical violence or activities including ironic situations, such as a character being hit in the face with a heavy frying pan or running into a brick wall, etc. These hyperbolic depictions are often found in children‘s cartoons (such as Tom and Jerry...), and edies(轻喜剧) aimed at younger audiences. Though the term is often used pejoratively(贬义), the performance of edy requires exquisite timing and skillful execution.
. I prefer the dry humour of edy to the slapstick of circus 。不喜欢马戏小丑的低级打闹。
Task 2
Task 2
Laughter
- The stand-ic
Similar to our Chinese Crosstalk, Americans also have the stand-ic edian (单口滑稽说笑演员), who stands alone in front of the audience and tells jokes to make audience burst into laughter. He does all kinds of accents, he can do jokes. 
Watch the video clip and tell the difference between crosstalk and the stand-ic talk show.
A famous Chinese stand-edian
Zhou Libo
edy (单口相声