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第二部分Week Fifteen核心素养一文化意识國
Week Fifteen
核心素养一
文化意识
Monday
◆答案P212
■阅读理解
英式戏剧和美式戏剧
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Nobody laughed when the UK comedy
Cultural differences are no laughing matter.
show Little Britain toured the US.Americans
But comic differences can be a window into a
didn't find the“British stereotypes(刻板印
culture.
)"funny.One character was a woman who
1.What is the purpose of the first paragraph?
was sick whenever she saw a foreigner.Another
A.To show that British humor is not funny at
was a loud and rude 15-year-old girl cursing
all.
(at her teachers.But back home,British
B.To show that American people don't
people were laughing,thinking,"Yes!That's
understand British people.
exactly what we're like!"
C.To show that Britain and America have
A laugh is a laugh in any language,but the
different stereotypes.
reasons for it can be very different.Britons and
D.To show how humor may mean different
Americans speak the same language,but humor
things in different cultures.
does not always translate.
2.What's the meaning of the underlined word
Take The Office as an example.This
“mean"in Paragraph3?
was originally a UK TV series but it was
A.Unkind.
B.Great.
changed for the US.Both the US and UK series
C.Average
D.Ugly-looking
3.Which of the following statements about
are set in a boring workplace in a boring town.
The Office is TRUE according to the article?
But David Brent,the boss of the UK office,is
not a nice guy like Michael Scott in the US
A.David Brent is quite a nice guy.
B.Michael Scott is a rather mean guy.
version."We had to make Michael Scott a
C.Episodes in the UK version often end on a
slightly nicer guy,"wrote series creator Ricky
hopeless note.
Gervais."He couldn't be too mean.
D.Episodes in the US version often end in a
Gervais said British people are different
boring way.
from Americans because "Britons cruelly
4.What can we infer from the article?
make fun of people we like or dislike...and
A.Britons do not like to ma