(练习)课时分层作业3 Unit 4 Section Ⅲ READING & WRITING-【提分教练】2023-2024学年新教材高中英语选择性必修第二册(北师大版2019)

课时分层作业(三) Ⅰ.阅读理解 A Are you planning to start your next international business presentation(讲座) with a little joke to break the ice? Well，you might want to reconsider. The story is told of a businessman who gave a speech in a foreign country through an interpreter(口译员)．Without warning the interpreter，he told a joke during the presentation.The interpreter knew the joke would not translate，so she said，“This man just told a joke that he thinks is funny，but it does not translate well，and you will not find it funny at all.So，when I stop talking，everyone please just laugh.” The audience did indeed laugh aloud，but not for the reason the speaker supposed.The businessman was so pleased with the first result that he went on to tell another joke. Each culture has different understandings of humour.What may be funny in one culture can be far from funny in another. For example，while living in Chile，I often tried to share great jokes from the United States，only to be met with questions like，“Oh，is that a joke? Is that funny in your country？” Similarly，Chileans shared their own popular jokes that were not always funny to me. In September 2001，Professor Richard Wiseman and the British Association for the Advancement of Science created a project called LaughLab in order to find the world's funniest joke.And in one year，LaughLab received more than 40，000 jokes. The following joke is considered the world's funniest joke by LaughLab： “Two hunters are out in the woods when one of them falls down.He doesn't seem to be breathing.The other man calls the emergency services.He says，‘My friend is dead! What can I do？’The operator says，‘Calm down.I can help.First，let's make sure he's dead.’There is a silence，then a shot(枪声) is heard.Back on the phone，the guy says，‘OK，now what？’” If you decide you must share a joke or two in another country，ask the opinion of your interpreter first.Otherwise，the joke may be on you. 【语篇解读】　幽默与文化紧密相联，不同文化的幽默方式不同，对幽默的理解也不同。 1．Why did the audience laugh? A．The jok