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delicate humor

学习《新概念》中“delicate humor”

After a great many loud explosions, the race began. Many of the cars broke down on the course and some drivers spent more time under their cars than in them!

精华赏析：

Many of the cars broke down on the course

注意break down表示抛锚了意思：If a machine or a vehicle breaks down, it stops working.）。

最精彩的是后面一句：Some drivers spent more time under their cars than in them.= Some drivers spent more time repairing their cars than driving them.

“精致的幽默”--- delicate humor.

这种delicate humor的本质是什么呢?

It is about looking at the world from a different perspective.

It comes from extracting fun elements from our daily lives.

精致的幽默在语言上有什么特点？

1) Indirect information

东欣老师的经历：

“Hey, Mike,would you like to ride the roller coaster ?”

“Oh, No, Kevin, We should not do it.”

“Why?”

“Because I don't wanna donate all my food to the park. ”

注意，他说的这个punchline（笑料，笑点） 是什么？

捐赠：donate

呕吐：vomit或者throw up

2) Visualization

这课中就用到了一个小技巧：用介词代动词，制造画面感

用under the car代替repair the car ,用in the car代替drive the car.

在美国小说家Jack London的著名小说《The call of the wild》当中描述一只狗的遭遇:一只叫做Buck的狗一直生活在美国加州一个温暖的山谷里Santa Clara Valley。【东欣老师注：如果对于这篇小说有兴趣，建议大家听听佐伊老师的《牛津书虫双语阅读》】

He growled, and was surprised when the rope was pulled hard around his neck.

He jumped at the man.

The man caught him and suddenly buck was on his back with his tongue out of his mouth.

on his back = fall down to the ground

out of his month = stick out his tongue

3) hyperbole

夸张思维：_______________

比如：《新概念2》第54课

The door bell rang loud enough to wake the dead.

东欣老师的经历：

I saw a huge pair of shoes.

“My brother’s feet are so big that whenever we go skiing, he doesn’t need any skis at all. ”

4) To create the unexpected

The winning car reached a speed of forty miles an hour--much faster than any of its rivals.

It sped downhill at the end of the race and its driver had a lot of trouble trying to stop it.

描述做一件事很困难：have a lot of trouble/difficulty doing sth. ...

比如：I have a lot of trouble/difficulty understanding his accent.

实际获胜原因: The brake failed

本课标题，“faster than sound”

作者用了一种反语(irony)的幽默。The title of this story is really ironic.

总结：

Looking at things from a different perspective will make your life more colorful and fascinating!