北师大版高中英语模块7--Unit 26(4)-1

[00:00.00]Unit 26
[00:04.30]Task: tell a story to make people laugh..or cry
[00:08.98]2 Listen to the story and put the pictures
[00:12.24]in the right order.
[00:14.01]For many years, Matenko, the great comedian¹,
[00:16.86]had performed in all the great theatres
[00:18.31]in the country,
[00:19.16]and was the particular favourite
[00:20.58]of the King and Queen,
[00:21.95]who he never failed to entertain
[00:23.26]with his brilliant wit² and clever tricks.
[00:25.95]But now Matenko was growing old,
[00:28.33]people no longer laughed at his jokes
[00:30.08]and everyone had seen all his tricks
[00:31.51]a hundred times.
[00:31.51]

1 comedian   

n.喜剧演员；滑稽演员

参考例句：

• The comedian tickled the crowd with his jokes.喜剧演员的笑话把人们逗乐了。
• The comedian enjoyed great popularity during the 30's.那位喜剧演员在三十年代非常走红。

2 wit   

n.智力，才智，智能

参考例句：

• Our teacher is full of wit when he has a lesson. 我们的老师只要讲课就很风趣。
• He is a man of many words but of little wit.他爱说话，但头脑简单。