１． Everyone agrees that laughter is good for you. 每个人都认为笑是有好处的
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.这里的气候不适合她。
Your story agreed with what I had already heard.你讲的情况和我听到的一样
We agreed to the plan he had made. He agreed to make a speech.
They agreed on/upon a date for the next meeting. 他们就下次开会的日期达成协议
reach/come to/ arrive at an agreement 达成协议
Do stay here for supper. Is it agreed?一定留下吃饭，说定了吧？
Eating more fruit: it is good for your health! It will do you good.(对…有好处的)
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.(货物)
2. people have always enjoyed laughing, and there has always been humor.
人们总是喜欢笑,并且总是含有幽默感.
enjoy doing 喜欢做, doing动名词做enjoy的宾语.
后接v-ing 的动词还有: 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.
高考链接
----There is a story here in the paper about a 110-year-old man.
----My goodness! I can’t imagine ______ that old. (2006.江苏)
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] 使某人开心,逗某人发笑
I applied for the job just to humor my parents. （使我的父母开心）
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)
单口喜剧演员可能就某一观众开玩笑，或是根据观众的反映讲不同的笑话。
a. make fun of 取笑；拿……开玩笑
It’s cruel to make fun of people who stammer.嘲笑口吃的人是残忍的
常用搭配: make fun of=poke fun at开玩笑;嘲笑
play jokes on 开……的玩笑
play a trick on捉弄,开玩笑
Don’t play jokes on that poor girl.
Don’t be serious. He just played a trick on you just now(跟你开玩笑的)
response n. 回答, 响应, 反应
e.g. She made no response. 没有反应
Her proposals met with an enthusiastic response.(得到热烈响应)
in response to 对…..作出反反应
e.g. I am writing in response to the question you raised in your letter.
respond vt. 回答, 响应, 作出反应 vi. 有反应
e.g. She responded to my letter with a phone call. 她收到我的信, 给我回了个电话
when asked, he didn’t respond.(didn’t answer)
responsibility n. 责任;负责;任务
responsible adj. 须负责任的
４．If you hear a comedian telling jokes about the way people behave when they queue up in lines.如果你听到演员就人们排队时的方式开玩笑
我不喜欢你和你妈妈说话的方式。
I don’t like the way that/ in which/ - you talk to your mother.
他想出的解决问题的方法是很聪明的。
The way he thought of to solve the problem is a clever one.
queue up 排队
The children queued up/stood in a line to get the tickets.（排队）
We should not jump the queue at any place.（插队）
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,当节目在电视上现场直播时他都是在上百万人面前表演他的单口喜剧节目。
Live: adj. 现场直播的
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. (与…符合，不辜负)
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…为生）
He has lived through two wars and three revolution. （经历）
6 Instead of telling the joke he had planned, Crystal made up a new one.
克里斯托没有讲预先准备好的笑话，而是即兴编了一个。
made up: 编造,捏造
I made up an excuse(编个借口) about having to look after the kids.
My dad was always really good at making up stories.（编故事）
She never goes out without making herself up first.(化妆)
Farming and mining make up most of the country’s industry.（组成）
The committee is made up of seven members.（由…组成）
We must make up for the lessons he had somehow. （弥补）
He soon made up the lessons he had missed.（弥补）
高考链接：
（2005年江苏） 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.!”
他说：“看来，他不愧是从无声电影起步的啊！”
appropriate: adj. 合适的
Is this film appropriate（合适的） for small children?
Is this an appropriate occasion （合适的场合）to discuss finance?
inappropriate. 不合适的
8．Ｔhe audience howled with laughter. 观众暴笑。
Seeing the funny scene, the man roared with laughter.(放声大笑)
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.
他的话说完后， 他们爆发出一阵大笑。
9. Crystal’s popularity with all ages and his ability to amuse people allover the world prove that …crystal深受各年龄段人群的喜爱，他有能力让人们开心证明。。。
amuse: verb [I or T] 使愉快,使开心
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