Stand-up Comedy 英语“单口相声”

Stand-up Comedy

英语

“

单口相声

”

Andrea:

Hey Feifei, here's a joke for you.

Feifei:

Oh no Andrea. I hope it's better than the last time you told me a joke.

Andrea:

Well... what's brown and sticky?

Feifei:

Erm.

我实在是不想去想一个棕色的，

粘糊糊的东西。

但是什么东西是棕色的、

粘糊

糊的呢？

Andrea:

A stick.

Feifei:

A stick

一根拐杖。

Hmmm.

我明白你的这个笑话了，不过我不觉得怎么好笑。

Andrea:

Hello, I'm Andrea and this is On the Town.

Stand-up comedians stand up on stage and tell funny stories.

Feifei:

大家好，

英国有很多名胜古迹，

玩的东西也不 少。

但是一个长久不衰、

备受欢迎的传统就是

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stand-up comedy

单人滑稽喜剧表演。

Andrea:

Yes, across Britain there are hundreds of comedy clubs. These are places where

people love to go to have a few drinks and a few laughs.

Feifei:

To have a few laughs

笑一笑，轻松一下。

Andrea:

Noel Faulkner is a stand-up comic and has been running the Comedy Caf

é

in

London for the last 21 years. But what exactly is stand- up comedy? Let's listen to Noel.

Stand- up is basically where one person, man or woman, stands on stage and tells funny

stories about what's going on in their life, or funny people or funny things that happened to

them: getting on the bus to work or how smelly people are on the bus. They talk about

their wives, their marriages, relationships.

Feifei:

喜剧演员

Noel Faulkner

说单人戏剧滑稽表演就是一个男人或女人自己站在台上，

Stand- up is basically where one person, man or woman, stands on stage and tells funny

stories about what's going on in their life.

Noel Faulkner

Andrea:

Another word for stories is 'anecdotes'. Stand-up comedians love to tell funny

stories or anecdotes about anything - from getting on the bus, to stories about their wives

or husbands.

Feifei:

当然大家之所以能捧 腹大笑，是因为这些好玩的故事都是真实发生过的事情。不过

总能让观众笑声不断确实不 是件容易的事儿！

Andrea:

I know! Here's what Noel has to say about that.

Anybody can be funny when it just happens because then everybody's on your side. But to

walk up to a group of people and to say 'I'm going to be funny, say sit down, shut up'

–

it

takes an awful lot.

Feifei:

Noel

说任何一 个人跟朋友在一起的时候都可以很随性的、

即兴的讲个笑话。

A nyone

can be funny.

Andrea:

That's because everyone's on your side.

Jimmy Carr started out as a stand-up comedian but now has a successful TV career

.

Feifei:

They're on your side

大家都在支持你。

Andrea:

But it's really hard to make a group of strangers sit down and listen. Noel says

that it takes an awful lot. He means it's really very difficult. It takes an awful lot.

Feifei:

It's definitely not something that I would want to do! How about you, Andrea?

Andrea:

No way! But on the other hand, it can be fantastic being a stand-up comic.

When you do a show to 100 or 200 people, when you come off stage you're on such a high

because they love you. ,They've laughed at everything you said. You

are the greatest person in the world to them. Every time you click your fingers, move your

head they're laughing. So it's an incredibly powerful position.

Feifei:

Noel said you're on such a high

这是一个非正式表达，意思是你非常亢奋，也很高

When you do a show to 100 or 200 people, when you come off stage you're on such a high