新概念英语第三册+Lesson29+Funny+or+not+讲义

Lesson29Funny or not□Part1:TextWhether wefind a joke funnyor notlargely dependson wherewe have been broughtup.The senseof humouris mysteriouslybound upwith nationalcharacteristics.AFrenchman,for instance,might find it hardto laugh at a Russian joke.In thesame way,a Russianmight fail to seeanything amusingin ajoke which would make anEnglishman laughto tears.Most funnystories arebased oncomic situations.In spiteof national differences,certain funny situations havea universal appeal.No matterwhere youlive,you wouldfindit difficult not to laugh at,say,Charlie Chaplins early films.However,a newtype ofhumour,which stemslargely fromAmerica,has recently come into fashion.It iscalled*sick humour*.Comedians basetheir jokeson tragicsituations like violent death orserious accidents.Many peoplefind this sort of joke distasteful.The followingexampleof*sick humour*will enableyou tojudge for yourself.A manwho hadbroken his right legwas takento hospitala fewweeks beforeChristmas.From themoment hearrived there,he kepton pesteringhis doctorto tellhim when hewould beable togo home.He dreadedhaving tospend Christmasinhospital.Though the doctor didhis best,the patientsrecovery wasslow.OnChristmas day,the man still had hisright leg inplaster.He spenta miserableday inbed thinking of all thefun hewas missing.The followingday,however,the doctorconsoled him bytelling himthat hischances ofbeing able to leavehospital intime forNewYear celebrationswere good.The mantook heartand,sure enough,on NewYears Eve hewas ableto hobble along toa party.To compensate for hisunpleasantexperiences in hospital,the mandrank alittle more than wasgood forhim.In theprocess,he enjoyedhimself thoroughlyand kepttelling everybody how much he hatedhospitals.He wasstill mumblingsomething abouthospitals at the end of the partywhen heslipped ona pieceof iceand brokehis leftleg.□Part2:New wordsand expression

1.1argely[1a:d3li]ad.在很大程度上

2.comic[Garnik]a.喜剧的，可笑的

3.universal[ju^iVa^al]a.普遍的

4.comedian[kami:djQn]n.滑稽演员，喜剧演员

5.distasteful[dis*teistful]a.讨厌的

6.pester[pesto]v.一再要求，纠缠

7.dread[dred]v.惧怕

8.recovery[rikAvari]n.康复

9.plaster[pla:sto]n.熟石膏

10.console[kansaul]v.安慰，慰问

11.hobble[hobl]v.痛着腿走

12.compensate[kompenseit]v.补偿

3.keep doing sth持续做某事，等同于keeping ondoing sth★He wasstill mumblingsomething abouthospitals atthe endof thepartywhen heslipped ona pieceof iceand brokehisleft leg.

1..mumbling（见单词解析）

3.slip滑倒□Part4:GrammarDifficult points重点解析-双重否定英语双重否定句的几种常见句型英语句子中常可见到两个表示否定意义的词连用的情况，这一现象常称为双重否定这种句子形式上虽为否定，实则表示强烈的肯定语气英语双重否定句常见的有如下三种句型

1、否定词no/not等+表示否定意义的形容词例如No wayis impossibleto courage.勇士面前无险路It isconflict andnot unquestioningagreement thatkeeps freedomalive.使自由保持活力的是冲突而不是绝对的一致Nothing isunnecessary.没有什么是不必要的

2、否定词no/not/never等+without...No smokewithout fire-[proverb][谚]无火不起烟；无风不起浪We cannotsucceed withoutyour help.没有你们的帮助，我们就不能成功Nothing tobe gotwithout painsbut poverty,[proverb][谚]只有贫穷是可以不劳而获的

3、否定词no/not/never/nobody/few等+具有否定意义的动词或短语There isnodenying thetruth.真理是不能否认的The tartreply didnot discomforthim.那尖刻的回答并没有使他难过□Part5:Homework（.背诵lesson28单词课文重点语句解析需背诵）

1.重点词记忆

2.练习总结课文

313.mumble[mAmbl]v.喃喃而语★「在很大程度上largely Echli]ad.同义词mostly,greatly,mainly例句His successis largelydue tohis ownhard work.他的成功主要是靠他自己的努力Our countryexported largelycorn.我国大规模出口玉米★喜剧的，可笑的comic[komik]a.

1.n.连环图画；喜剧演员read acomic看一本漫画书science fictioncomic科幻连环漫画杂志

2.adj.有趣的；喜剧的comic book滑稽的书comic character喜剧人物例句The endingoftheplay iscomic.此剧的结局是喜剧的I sawthe childreading acomic.我看见那孩子在看一本漫画书★「普遍的universal ju:niV9S9l]a•almost universal几乎全是如此strikingly universal显然有普遍意义例句Overpopulation isa universalproblem.人口过多是全球性的问题★滑稽演员，喜剧演员comedian[kamidjgn]n•stand-up comedian独角滑稽秀演员例句That comedianalways cracksme up.那个喜剧演员总是让我发笑★讨厌的distasteful[disteistful]a.□dis前缀dis作为前缀时有两种意思，表示不同意，反对或者分开、分离例句The medicineis distastefulbut good foryou.这药虽难吃，但对你身体有好处□He willbuy aset oftasteful furniture.他将要买一套雅致的家具★「一再要求纠缠pester pesta]v.fpester someonewith something麻烦某人做某事.・・pester someoneto dosomething麻烦某人做某事..・例句Dont pesterme withyour trivialmatters.别拿你那些鸡毛蒜皮的事同我纠缠★.惧怕dread[dred]vdread themoment担心（某事）会发生dread sb./sth.惧怕某事例句The boydreads hisfather.这个孩子畏惧他的父亲I dreadthe dog.我害怕这条狗Tom dreadedhis visitsto thedentist.汤姆非常怕看牙医★康复recovery[rikAvsri]n•economic recovery经济复苏recovery from从…中恢复过来recovery ofthe stolengoods赃物的追回例句The ownerhas offereda rewardfor therecovery ofthe stolengoods.失主已经悬赏寻找被窃物品Will thegovernments policieslead toan economicrecovery政府的政策能使经济复苏吗？★熟石膏plaster[plants]n.plaster cast石膏模型plaster figure石膏像He mixedup someplaster torepair thewall.他和了一些灰泥去补墙Hes gothis legin aplaster cast.他的腿打了石膏★安慰，慰问console[lonsgul]v•console sba greatdeal给某人很大的安慰console perfunctorily敷衍了事地安慰We triedtoconsole herwhen herdog died.她的狗死后，我们尽力安慰她They perfunctorilyconsoled himwith afew words.他们敷衍了事地安慰了他几句★「幅着腿走hobble hobl]vThe oldman hobbledalong theroad with the aidof hisstick.那老汉拄著拐杖一痛一拐地走著I hurtmy footand hadto hobblehome.3我的脚受了伤，只好一拐一拐地走回家★「卜偿】compensate kompenseit]v#

1.compensate for sthNothing cancompensate forlosing myhusband.我失去丈夫的损失是无法弥补的Nothing cancompensatefor the lossof oneshealth.失去健康是无法补偿的

2.compensate sbfor sth/v-ingThe companycompensated herfor theextra work.公司对她所干的额夕卜工作予以补偿

3.compensate sthwith sthHecompensated hishomely appearancewith greatpersonal charm.他的个人魅力美化了他那其貌不扬的外表I compensatedhis losswith money.我赔偿他的经济损失★「喃喃而语mumble rriAmbl]v•mumble away不停地嘀咕例句She mumbledan apologyand left.她嘟嘟嚷嚷地道了歉就走了□Part3:Notes onthe text★Whether wefind ajoke funnyor notlargely dependsonwhere wehavebeenbrought up.

1.whether引导名词性从句用法1）做主语时只能用whether且一般位于句首Whether hewill comeis notimportant.2）if与whether都可以与or not连用，但后面与ornot连用时只能用whetherWe didntknowwhether ornot shewas readyforthetrip.（此时只能用whether）I wantto knowwhether/if thenews istrue ornot.（此时则二者都可以用）

3.depand on依靠于，取决于depand onone*s doingsth./depand onsb.to do sth

4.bring up养大，抚养I wasbrought upby mygrandma.★The senseof humouris mysteriouslybound upwith nationalcharacteristics.

1.be boundwith和…•联系在一起，与,•…有密切关系The futureofacountry isbound upwiththeeducation ofthe young.一个国家的未来同年轻人所受教育密不可分

2.national1）adj.民族的；国家的；国有的民族共同语a commonnational language国有铁路a nationalrailroad2）n.国民（复）nationals:全国性比赛.

3.characteristics特征快速决定是他的特征Quick decisionis characteristicof him.

4.the senseof humour幽默感★A Frenchmanfor instancemight findit hardtolaughat aRussianjoke.

1.for instance例如=for example这里做插入语，不做句子成分

2.it做形式宾语

3.1aughat嘲笑，笑★In thesame way,aRussianmight failto seeanythingamusing inajokewhichwouldmake anEnglishman laughtotears.

1.in thesame way与止匕同时

2.failto do sth未能做某事，未能做好某事never failto dosth双重否定，表达肯定的含义

3.语法结构which引导从句，用来解释joke★Most funnystories arebased oncomic situations.1,most=the majorityof...大多数…

2.be basedupon...基于…This newsreport isbased entirelyon fact.这篇新闻报导是完全根据实际情况写成的★In spiteof nationaldifferences certainfunnysituationshavefa universalappeal.

1.1n spiteof尽管

2.nationaldifferences民族差异time differences时差

3.universalappeal普遍的吸引力universal（参考单词解析）appeal1）n.呼吁，吸引力These subjectshave losttheir appeal for moststudents.对多数学生来说，这些学科已经失去了吸引力have noappeal for sb引不起某人的兴趣2）appeal v.引起兴致（吸引；上诉；求助，诉诸；恳求）appeal tosb吸引某人，引起某人兴趣appeal forsth,呼吁某事；请求给予某物appeal tosb.to dosth.呼吁/恳求某人做某事appeal tosb.forsth.呼吁/恳求某人提供某物appeal against对…提出上诉/申诉（不服什么而上诉）appeal againsta judgement不服判决而上诉（make anappeal做出呼吁，上诉）appeal toa court向法庭上诉appeal toforce诉诸武力makeanappealforsb.to dosth.呼吁某人做某事★No matterwhere youlive,you wouldfinditdifficult nottolaugh at,say CharlieChaplinsearlyfilms.y

1.语法结构让步状语从句

2.双重否定（表肯定含义）・difficultnotto★However,a newtype ofhumour,which stemslargely from・，・the US hasrecentlycome intofashion.

1.a newtype of新形式的…・

2.which用来说明a newtype ofhumour

3.stem from源自，起源于=come from出身于，由…引起，是…的结果，是在…生长大的=arise from由…而引起，由…而产生=originate from由某人发起（首创）例句他腿上的病是由一处旧枪伤引起的His legtrouble stemsfrom anold guninjury.

4.comeintofation开始流彳亍起来=（0^13in populationcomeinto power开始掌权★It iscalledsick humour.Comedians basetheir jokesontragic situationslikeviolentdeathorserious accidents.Manypeople findthissortofjokedistasteful.base sthon sth基于…的基础上★The followingexample ofsickhumourwill enableyou tojudgefor yourself.

1.following+名词前置名词+followed后置

2.enable sb.todosth使某人做某事★A manwho hadbroken hisright legwas takento hospitalafew weeksbefore Christmas.From themoment hearrivedthere,he kepton pesteringhis doctorto tellhimwhenhewould beabletogo home.He dreadedhaving tospendChristmas inhospital.

1.be takento被送到，被动语态

2.from themoment+时间点（表时刻或者时刻的句子）

3.keep ondoingsth持续保持做某事，不间断的

4.dread doingsth=dread todosth（见单词解析）★Though thedoctor didhis best,the patientsrecovery wasslow.On ChristmasDay the manstillhadhisrightleginfplaster.He spenta miserableday inbedthinking of allthe funhewas missing.

1.do onesbest尽了最大的努力The teacherwill tryhis bestto tachingwell.

2.spend timein doingsth花费时间做某事Jerry spenton hourin drawingthe picturelast night.

3.Miserable adj,痛苦的，悲惨的，可怜A miserableday=a terribleday

4.think of考虑，设想，想象When Isaw youI thoughtof mysister thinkof doingsthHe isthinkingofsetting aschool.★The followingday however,thedoctorconsoledhimbyftelling himthat hischances ofbeing ableto leavehospital intimefor NewYear celebrationswere good.

1.by通过…方式I goto schoolby car.

2.Chance在表达“机会”这个概念的时候，经常采用复数形式chance todo和chance ofdoing几乎没有什么区另U★The mantook heartand,sure enough,on NewYearsEvehewas ableto hobblealong toa party.

1.take heart充满信心，打起精神take heartfrom sth因为某事充满信心□lose heart失去信心

2.sure enough插入语，不充当句子成分

3.hobblealong（详见单词解析）★To compensatefor hisunpleasant experiencesinhospital,themandrank alittle morethan wasgoodforhim.

1.compensate（见单词解析）

2.morethan多于，超出・・・

1.in theprocess在…过程中

2.enjoy oneself自己很开心。