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Hi, I’m Sarah, welcome to The Daily English Show.
Today I recommend checking out a video called: What Is Comedy?

 

This could be a good video to learn some words for different kinds of comedy. I’m sure you know some kinds of comedy, like stand-up comedy, romantic comedy.

And do you know what these mean?

slapstick
satire
situation comedy
improv
sketch
farce

Situation comedy is usually called sitcom. And they are usually TV programs that have recurring characters in a setting like a house or a workplace. Friends is a famous sitcom. And I used to like the show Rosanne. That was a sitcom too.

Sketch comedy is just one short scene – maybe one to ten minutes long. And you can see that on variety shows or comedy shows … or the internet.

Slapstick is a type of comedy involving exaggerated physical violence or activities which exceed the boundaries of common sense, such as a character being hit in the face with a heavy frying pan or running into a brick wall.

Children’s cartoons often have slapstick comedy.

And there are many more that I haven’t mentioned. So what kind of comedy do you like?











The Acadia Report

When we visited Acadia University last year we checked out some of the halls of residence. The first one we looked at was called Whitman House – although everyone calls it Tully for some reason.

It looked like a really nice place to live. It was very clean and there were lots of nice lounges, big TVs, a piano, pool table.

Everyone eats in the meal hall – but there are also kitchenettes on every floor that you can use if you want to make a snack or whatever.

There are washing machines, dryers, ironing boards. The toilets looked really clean too.

One girl was kind enough to show us inside her room.

I asked her what she thought of Tully.

Oh, I love Tully. Like I’ve been living here for the past three years and it’s a very homey environment, like the girls are so friendly and like I feel safe and secure in here.
It’s like a home away from home cause I’m from the Bahamas. So it’s like a really good experience and I really do love Tully.
Um, I came to Canada for a different experience because back home is like warm and up here is like so cold and stuff like that. But I also came up here because I heard so much about Acadia and like I heard about the experiences that people got and I was enthused to come, so here I am.

　タリーは最高です。　ここで３年暮らしていますがアットホームな雰囲気で女の子たちはフレンドリーだし安心して生活できます。
　私はバハマから来たのでここは第二の自宅のようです。　ここでの経験はとても素晴らしくてタリーは大好きです。
　カナダに来たのはバハマとは違う経験をしたかったからで、例えばバハマは暖かいけどここはとても寒いとか。　それにAcadia大学の話をバハマでよく耳にして私も絶対に行こうと思っていたから、今ここにいるんです。　











STICK NEWS

Kia Ora in Stick News today Google is giving away ten million dollars.

This month, Google turned 10.
CNN has reported that Google is celebrating its birthday by launching an initiative to solicit, and bankroll, fresh ideas that it believes could have broad and beneficial impact on people's lives.
It’s called Project 10^100 (10 to the 100th).
People have until the 20th of October to submit their ideas.
100 semifinalists will then be chosen and the public will be able to vote online for their favourite ideas. After the voting a panel will review the top 20 ideas and choose up to five winners.
The ten million dollars will be split between the winners to fund their projects.

And that was Stick News for Thursday the 25th of September.
Kia Ora.

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今回のスティックニュースのイラスト











Word of the Day

Today’s word is surreal.

adj. very strange; more like a dream than reality, with ideas and images mixed together in a strange way.

I looked for an example online for surreal and I found an article about some bombings.

A woman had been on a train where a bomb exploded and people had died. And she is quoted as saying: What was running round in my mind was: Am I dreaming? It was surreal.











conversations with sarah

　　What kind of comedy do you like?

Kim
What kind of comedy do you like?
　どんなコメディーが好き？

Sarah
Hmm … many kinds.
　色々。

Kim
Do you like sitcoms?
　シットコムは？

Sarah
Yeah, there are some good ones. There are lots of crappy ones too, though.
　いいね、面白いのがいくつかあるけど、つまらないのもたくさんあるね。

Kim
How about romantic comedies?
　ラブ・コメディーは？

Sarah
Mmm … there are lots of terrible romantic comedies too. Some of them are good though. Like, Love Actually. I enjoyed that.
　ひどいラブコメもたくさんあるね。　良いのもあるけど、例えば『ラブ・アクチュアリー』とか。
　　

Kim
Did you like Notting Hill?
　『ノッティングヒルの恋人』は？
　　


Sarah
No, I couldn’t stand that movie. I don’t know why it was so popular. Black comedy can be pretty funny.
　全然つまらなかった。　何であれが人気映画だったのか理解できない。　ブラック・コメディーも面白いかも。

Kim
What’s black comedy?
　ブラック・コメディーって何？

Sarah
It’s when serious things that people don’t usually joke about are treated in a comical way. Like Dr Strangelove.
　人が冗談にしない深刻な問題をコミカルにしたもの。　例えば『博士の異常な愛情』とか。
　　


Kim
Oh, I haven’t seen that.
　それまだ観てないな。

Sarah
You haven’t seen Dr Strangelove?! You should see it. It’s really good. I thought Very Bad Things was also a pretty funny black comedy.
　まだ観てないの？　とても良い映画だから観た方がいいよ。　『ベリー・バッド・ウェディング』もけっこう面白いブラック・コメディーだと思う。
　　











サラのメモ：
Mistake: I said reaccuring instead of recurring. Reaccuring is not a word ... although I think it's a common mistake that native English speakers make. If you search "reaccuring" on google, you can see that many people use this word.

Univeristy accommodation:

NZ: halls of residence. Example: Victoria University. Halls for short.
Canada: residence halls. Example: Acadia University. Residence for short.
The US: residence halls Example: University of Chicago or dormitories, or dorms Example.

Dormitory at Wikipedia.










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