时间:2019-02-17 作者:英语课 分类:经济学人文艺系列


英语课

   German humour


  德国幽默
  Get thee to an Institute
  闻所未闻的幽默培训
  Germans concede that in humour they need professional help
  德国人认为幽默需要专门的训练
  EVA ULLMANN took her master's degree in 2002 on the part that humour has to play in psychotherapy, and became hooked on the subject. In 2005 she founded the German Institute for Humour in Leipzig. It is dedicated 1 to “the combination of seriousness and humour”. She offers lectures, seminars and personal coaching to managers, from small firms to such corporate 2 giants as Deutsche Bank and Telekom. Her latest project is to help train medical students and doctors.
  2002年,伊娃·乌尔曼以“幽默在心理治疗中的作用”为论文研究主题获得了博士学位,并对该主题产生了巨大的兴趣。2005年,她在莱比锡城创建了德国幽默研究所,致力于研究“严肃和幽默之间的关系”。伊娃为管理者们(从小公司到诸如德意志银行和德国电信之类的商业巨头)都有进行演讲、开展讨论会和个人辅导。最近,她正在着手训练医学学生和医生。
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  There is nothing peculiarly German about humour training. It was John Morreall, an American, who showed that humour is a market segment in the ever-expanding American genre 3 of self-help. In the past two decades, humour has gone global. An International Humour Congress was held in Amsterdam in 2000. And yet Germans know that the rest of the world considers them to be at a particular disadvantage.
  奇怪的是,德国并没有特定的幽默培训。一个叫约翰·莫瑞尔的美国人指出曾经一度膨胀的资历的美国精神中,幽默也是市场的一部分。过去的20年里,幽默走向了国际。2000年国际幽默大会在阿姆斯特丹建立。在此之前,德国人还不知道在其他国家的人眼里,他们十分严肃。
  The issue is not comedy, of which Germany has plenty. The late Vicco von Bülow, alias 4 Loriot, delighted the elite 5 with his mockery of German pretension 6 and stiffness. Rhenish, Swabian and other regional flavours thrive—Gerhard Polt, a Bavarian curmudgeon 7, now 72, is a Shakespeare among them. There is lowbrow talent too, including Otto Waalkes, a Frisian buffoon 8. Most of this, however, is as foreigners always suspected: more embarrassing than funny.
  这个议题并非是个喜剧,德国的此类例子很丰富。已故的 Vicco von Bülow, 别名Loriot,曾就以讽刺德国人的自负和固执娱乐精英。莱茵河人,斯瓦比亚人和其他地区的精英们层出不穷——Gerhard Polt是个巴伐利亚人,脾气很怪,现年72岁,就是其中的一个莎士比亚。也有一些比较肤浅的人物,比如弗里斯兰小丑Otto Waalkes。然而大多数情况下,外国人的怀疑:往往是尴尬大于有趣。
  Germans can often be observed laughing, uproariously. And they try hard. “They cannot produce good humour, but they can consume it,” says James Parsons, an Englishman teaching business English in Leipzig. He once rented a theatre and got students, including Mrs Ullmann, to act out Monty Python skits 9, which they did with enthusiasm. The trouble, he says, is that whereas the English wait deadpan 10 for the penny to drop, Germans invariably explain their punchline 11.
  人们常常可以看到德国人大笑。他们真的在很努力地发出笑声。在莱比锡大学教授商务的英国人詹姆斯·帕森斯说,“他们没法变的幽默,但他们可以表现得很幽默。”他曾经租了一个歌剧厅,邀请了一些学生,包括乌尔曼一起表演Monty Python短剧。他们表演得很有热情。但是,问题是,英国人会面无表情地等硬币落下来而德国人则认为很有笑点。
  At a deeper level, the problem has nothing do with jokes. What is missing is the trifecta of irony 12, overstatement and understatement in workaday conversations. Expats in Germany share soul-crushing stories of attempting a non-literal turn of phrase, to evoke 13 a horrified 14 expression in their German interlocutors and a detailed 15 explanation of the literal meaning, followed by a retreat into awkward politeness.
  更深层次上来说,这个问题与笑话无关。他们在正常的工作交流中,没有一连串的讽刺,大话和保守言论。德国的外国移民设法通过非文学的方式,与当地人交流窝心的故事,对他们的德语朋友产生恐惧的印象并不得不解释这些词语的文学一次,因而最后会陷入尴尬的礼貌却又疏离的境地。
  Irony is not on the curriculum in Mrs Ullmann's classes. Instead she focuses mostly on the basics of humorous spontaneity and surprise. Demand is strong, she says. It is a typical German answer to a shortcoming: work harder at it.
  讽刺不属于乌尔曼的授课内容。相反,她主要集中在自发幽默和惊喜的基本原则。她说人们对幽默的需求很强。这是典型的德国人对待缺点的方式:埋头苦干。
  1.dedicate to 献身于
  例句:Concentrate the natural elite, Dedicate to the Human Health.
  浓缩植物精华, 缔造人类健康!
  2.consider to 考虑
  例句:We don't consider our customers to be mere 16 consumers; we consider them to be our friends...
  我们没有把客户仅仅看作是消费者;我们还把他们当作朋友。
  3.answer to 适应, 符合
  例句:I don't quite know what to say in answer to your question.
  我不太清楚如何回答你的问题。
  4.such as 例如;诸如
  例句:We dislike people such as him.
  我们不喜欢像他这号人。

adj.一心一意的;献身的;热诚的
  • He dedicated his life to the cause of education.他献身于教育事业。
  • His whole energies are dedicated to improve the design.他的全部精力都放在改进这项设计上了。
adj.共同的,全体的;公司的,企业的
  • This is our corporate responsibility.这是我们共同的责任。
  • His corporate's life will be as short as a rabbit's tail.他的公司的寿命是兔子尾巴长不了。
n.(文学、艺术等的)类型,体裁,风格
  • My favorite music genre is blues.我最喜欢的音乐种类是布鲁斯音乐。
  • Superficially,this Shakespeare's work seems to fit into the same genre.从表面上看, 莎士比亚的这个剧本似乎属于同一类型。
n.化名;别名;adv.又名
  • His real name was Johnson,but he often went by the alias of Smith.他的真名是约翰逊,但是他常常用化名史密斯。
  • You can replace this automatically generated alias with a more meaningful one.可用更有意义的名称替换这一自动生成的别名。
n.精英阶层;实力集团;adj.杰出的,卓越的
  • The power elite inside the government is controlling foreign policy.政府内部的一群握有实权的精英控制着对外政策。
  • We have a political elite in this country.我们国家有一群政治精英。
n.要求;自命,自称;自负
  • I make no pretension to skill as an artist,but I enjoy painting.我并不自命有画家的技巧,但我喜欢绘画。
  • His action is a satire on his boastful pretension.他的行动是对他自我卖弄的一个讽刺。
n. 脾气暴躁之人,守财奴,吝啬鬼
  • The old curmudgeon found a new scapegoat and that let me out.那个老守财奴找到一个新的替罪羊,这样我就脱身了。
  • The old curmudgeon was talking about the smothering effects of parental duty on creative lives.那些坏脾气的老人们喋喋不休于父母生儿育女之责任的妨碍性效应。
n.演出时的丑角
  • They pictured their manager as a buffoon.他们把经理描绘成一个小丑。
  • That politician acted like a buffoon during that debate.这个政客在那场辩论中真是丑态百出。
n.讽刺文( skit的名词复数 );小喜剧;若干;一群
  • One of these skits, "The King of Beasts" resembles a traditional frontier prank. 一出滑稽短剧《兽王》酷似传统的边疆闹剧。 来自英汉非文学 - 民俗
  • Kids can develop ad campaigns, commercials and skits to illustrate character traits. 孩子们会发动宣传运动,制作广告宣传片和幽默短剧来说明性格品质。 来自互联网
n. 无表情的
  • Some people don't catch his deadpan humor,that makes it even funnier.有些人不能了解他那种无表情的幽默,因此更有趣。
  • She put the letter on the desk in front of me,her face deadpan,not a flicker of a smile.她把那封信放在我面前的桌子上,故意一 脸严肃,没有一丝的笑容。
n.(笑话、故事等的)结尾警语,点睛之笔
  • Even then,the magical pause can strengthen the punchline.即使这样,有魔力的停顿依然可以增强笑点。
  • A good joke or a mystery novel has along wind up to the final punchline.好的笑话或神秘小说都是一路曲折,直至最后的笑料或真相。
n.反语,冷嘲;具有讽刺意味的事,嘲弄
  • She said to him with slight irony.她略带嘲讽地对他说。
  • In her voice we could sense a certain tinge of irony.从她的声音里我们可以感到某种讥讽的意味。
vt.唤起,引起,使人想起
  • These images are likely to evoke a strong response in the viewer.这些图像可能会在观众中产生强烈反响。
  • Her only resource was the sympathy she could evoke.她以凭借的唯一力量就是她能从人们心底里激起的同情。
a.(表现出)恐惧的
  • The whole country was horrified by the killings. 全国都对这些凶杀案感到大为震惊。
  • We were horrified at the conditions prevailing in local prisons. 地方监狱的普遍状况让我们震惊。
adj.详细的,详尽的,极注意细节的,完全的
  • He had made a detailed study of the terrain.他对地形作了缜密的研究。
  • A detailed list of our publications is available on request.我们的出版物有一份详细的目录备索。
adj.纯粹的;仅仅,只不过
  • That is a mere repetition of what you said before.那不过是重复了你以前讲的话。
  • It's a mere waste of time waiting any longer.再等下去纯粹是浪费时间。
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