圣地亚哥举办首届美国笑赛。它要求参赛者互相面对面开始大笑，由观众来决定谁笑得最有感染力。 The First American Laughing Championship in San Diego The first-ever American Laughing Championship is taking place in San Diego.The contest is the first national championship in the US，although Canadian filmmaker，Albert Nerenberg，has organised national laughing contests in Canada and Japan and a state championship in California back in 2010.The contest requires the chosen laughers to face off against each other as the audience determine who has the most attractive laugh.Daunte Reed is one of about twelve people competing in the contest.He is hoping to be a winner of the title of top laugher.“I've been told I have an attractive laugh.It doesn't take much to make me laugh，”Reed said. The contest includes the belly laugh，the crazy laugh and the diabolical laugh.The last one is the most challenging，according to Nerenberg，who said the goal is to make the audience laugh with your laugh.“The solo laughing requires a good voice.However，the other laugh styles require someone to get the audience laughing；a good diabolical laugh requires the laugher to infect himself and start laughing naturally，”he explained. “The person who wins isn't always the best，but the top three people are always the best.These people bring more joy to the world.They tend to be happy types.We've never had a sad person win so far，”he added. [阅读障碍词] 1．attractive adj.吸引人的 2．belly n．腹部；肚子 3．diabolical adj.魔鬼般的 4．solo n．独奏 adj.单独的 5．infect v．(使)感染 [诱思导读] 阅读短文，回答下列问题。 1．How many laughs does the contest include? 2．Who are the best among the winners? [答案] 1.Three. 2.The top three people. Section Ⅰ Reading (Ⅰ)(Welcome to the unit & Reading) Ⅰ.匹配下列单词的词性及汉语意思 ( )1.variety A．vt.取笑；戏弄 ( )2.tease B．vt.& vi.哀悼，忧伤 ( )3.previous C．n.风格；方式；样式 ( )4.visual D．adj.先前的，以往的 ( )5.style E．n.(同一事物)不同种类；多种样式 ( )6.mourn F．adj.视觉的 ( )7.affection G．vt.取笑；(使)娱乐；逗乐 ( )8.amuse H．n.喜爱，钟爱 ( )9.perform I．vt.& vi.演出，表演 ( )10.behave J．vi.& vt.表现 [答案] 1－5 EADFC 6－10 BHGIJ Ⅱ.选择下列句中词组的汉语意思 A．提出 B．去世，亡故 C．被……绊倒 D．喜爱，钟爱 E．拿……开玩笑；取笑；嘲弄 F．支持；维护 ( )1.It is obvious that no student likes being made fun of in the teacher's face during the class. ( )2.He came up with a good idea for the difficult math problem. ( )3.He always stands up for the things in which he believes. ( )4.Unfortunately，he tripped over a stone and fell in the mud. ( )5.I have special affection for Cao Yu's classic play Thunderstorm. ( )6.His mother passed away last year. [答案] 1－6 EAFCDB Stand up for(支持，维护)your health! People have always enjoyed laughing，and there has always been humour.One favourite type of comedy is called(示例)stand-up(单口喜剧)．Stand-up is a kind of comedy that is ... ...
