新概念英语第三册课文填空训练29 Lesson 29 Funny or not

- 新概念英语第三册 Lesson 29 Funny or not? What is the basis of 'sick' humour? _______we find a joke funny or not ______(large) depends on ______ we have been brought up=_________. The______of humour is mysteriously bound up with______(nation) characteristics. A Frenchman, for instance, might find it ______ to laugh at a Russian joke. In the ______way, a Russian might fail to see anything amusing in a joke ______ would make an Englishman laugh to _______(tear). Most funny stories are ______(base) on comic situations. In spite of national __________, certain ______ situations have a universal appeal. No matter _______ you live, you would find it _______ not to laugh at, say, Charlie Chaplin's early films. ________, a new ______ of humour, _______ stems largely from the U.S., has recently come into fashion. It is ______ 'sick humour'. Comedians base their jokes on tragic situation like violent _______(die) or _______ accidents. Many people find this ____ of joke distasteful. The ________(follow) example of 'sick humour' will ______ you to judge for yourself. A man _____ had broken his right leg _________(take) to hospital a few weeks before Christmas. From the moment he _______ there, he kept on pestering his doctor ______(tell) him when he would be able to go home. He dreaded having to ______ Christmas in hospital. Though the doctors did his _____, the patient's recovery was ____. ___ Christmas Day, the man still had his _____ leg in plaster. He spent a miserable day in bed ________(think) of all the fun he was _______(miss). The following day, _______, the doctor consoled him by _______(tell) him that his chances of _____(be) able to _______ hospital in time for New Year celebrations were good. The man took heart and, sure _______, on New Years' Eve he was able to hobble ______ to a party. To compensate for his unpleasant _________(experience)