老师：hello， everyone im ma hao from Beijing fangshan teachers training college。 From today on, we will learn a new book started from Unit 1, Laugh Out Loud. You can guess what we will learn in this unit. Maybe something related to love. What can make us laugh out loud? Maybe comedies and clowns. In this lesson, we will learn understanding ideas, the best medicine reading. Here are the learning objectives. At the end of the class, you will be able to match what each paragraph is about and tell what is special about the clone doctor's job. Talk about the value of the clown doctor's work. Express whether you want to be a clown doctor and explain the reason. Please watch a video and answer the questions. What forms of comedy are mentioned in the video. Why are there so many forms of comedy? What are their functions?
学生：Comedy through the ages. The word comedy first appeared in ancient Greece. It referred to stage plays with happy endings that made people laugh. In Shakespeare's time, comedy had amusing themes such as mistaken identity and romance with a happy ending. Of course, some of Shakespeare's most famous comedies include measure for measure, the merchant to Venice and Allswell that ends well, plays that modern audiences may find rather serious. In 19th century Victorian England, comedy acts with clowns were popular.
学生：Modern comedy is considered to be any type of work that is intended to make us laugh. It has found its way from the stage into our homes through radio, television, and more recently, the internet, of course, what is considered funny in one culture and even in one period of history, may not be considered funny in another. The ancient Romans didn't think it was funny to laugh at oneself, while 16th century Italians loved a good practical joke, even if they were the victim of it. Similarly, while in some cultures it is okay to make jokes about family members and death, in others, this is considered very rude. A person's sense of humor is very much related to the social context in which they live. Whatever our sense of humor, comedy has the ability to connect us and change the way we look at the world, Aristotle said that comedy was a good thing for society because it led to feelings of happiness. The popularity of different forms of modern comedy, such as cross talk, stand up sitcom and comedy film, shows that people today love to laugh as much as the ancient Greeks did.
老师：Question No. 1, what forms of comedy are mentioned in the video? The answer to the question is stage plays with happy endings, comedy acts with clowns, cross talk stand up sitcom, which means situation comedy and comedy film.
老师：Question number two, why are there so many forms of comedy? What are their functions? My answer to this question is there are so m
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