—=— It’s the Way You Tell ‘em! fee] Reading Look at the statements about a comedian. Read the article below and decide if the statements are true (T) or false (F). Chaplin came from a poor family. 1 TIF 2. Chaplin became famous for telling jokes in theatres TE 3. Chaplin was in the first comedy films that Keystone made. T/F 4 Chaplin's success surprised Mack Sennett. TE 5 Mack Sennett suggested the character of ‘the little tramp. T/F 6 The public liked Chaplin's new character immediately, TE 7 People liked the clever things that the litte tramp’ said. ‘T/F 8 Chaplin's films were different from other comedians films. T/E se CHARLIE CHAPLIN CHARLIE CHAPLIN WAS ONE OF THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL FILM STARS. Between 1914 and1967, he made dozens of comedy films that people around the world enjoyed andhe became very rch. twas. big change fom his childhood when he, his brother and his mother ‘were living in London without much money. Chaplin was born in England but moved to America at the age of 23. He was partofa comedy show that appeared in theatres around the country. He became very popular for his physical comedy. People loved the way he fel, rolled and jumped on stage, while the other actors tried to sing songs or do other acts. In 1913, he gotajob with Mack Sennett, whoran film company called Keystone, Sennett already hada numberof successful film comedians at Keystone, and people laughed at their crazy films in cinemas around America. Sennett knew that the young Chaplin had alot oftalent and thought that people would like to see him in films. Chaplin and Sennett decided that Charlie needed anew character Chaplin went intothe costume storeat Keystone and started to try different costumes on. He puton trousers and shoes that were too big, a jacket that was too small and an old hat. Chaplin said that he had no idea ofthe character until he put the clothes on, but as soon as he did, he knew that he had found ‘something special, This character was'the litte tramp, a poor man with nowhere to live. ‘When the first film starring this character appeared in cinemas in 1914, the audiences loved him from the start. He was akind, clever character who had bad luckin a dificult world Films atthe time were silent but Chaplin managed to communicate alot of ‘emotion —both happy and sad - without ‘word, While other comedians were making films with lots of fast, crazy action, Chaplin ‘touched the hearts of people al over the world. Soon,’the litte tramp'was famous wherever there wasa cinema,5 iG eS a cS = S A < 1. match the words and phrases from the box with their definitions. comedian + comedy « havea sense of humour « hilarious keep a straight face « laughter « punch line « roar with laughter « sitcom 1. the sound we make when we find something funny 2 notlaugh 3. laugh loudly 4. aperson who makes people laugh, often asa job 5 afunny book, play, film, TV or radio show 6 aTV comedy show with the same characters in every episode 7 extremely funny 8 find things funny 9 the last line ofa joke which makes it funny uh 2 choose the correct word. 1 Hes very good at saying/ telling jokes. 2 Ican rarely keep / get a straight face when I hear a joke. 3. The comedian was so good at his job that the audience shouted / roared with laughter. 4. One of the things I appreciate in my bestfriend is her sense / meaning of humour. 5. Itwassit the joke that was hilarious; t was how he made / told it. Third conditional te - Lookagain at Grammardatabase 17 page 189 before doing these exercs 1. Lookat the picture and choose the correct word or phrase. 1 Ifthe mouse hadn't / hasn't been hungry, it wouldn't have / has gone to the garden. 2 The cat might not have gone / going hunting ifithadn't been sunny. 3. The cat would had / have been happy if ithad caught the mouse. 4 Ifthe mouse hadn't been / hadn't very clever, the cat could have caught it. 5 Ifthe cathad had better sense, it wouldn't has / have tried to go under the door. 6 The mouse would / will have died if the cat had caught / catched it. i |Z Complete the sentences using the correct form of the verb in brackets. 1 They, (laugh) at my joke if I had told it better. 2 Ifl (know) she was a comedian, I wouldn't have tried to impress her with my jokes. a 3, Iffive elephants (not get) into the car, it wouldn't have broken down! i 4 She. (open) her parachute if she had known how to! BR 5 DrHillary (not do) research into humour if he hadn't been very bad at = telling jokes when he was young, g 6 Ifthe children (not like) the clown, they wouldn't have laughed at his act. 3 Match to make pairs of sentences. Then write a new sentence for each pair using the third conditional. 1 Tleftthe room to answer the phone. a _a_I missed the punch line. 2 Thechildren chased each other b His owner fell over while trying to around the fish pond. ae catch him. 3 Wetried to reach the flour on the top shelf. _ ¢ Iwas curious to see what had happened. 4. Thedogstarted chasing a cat. _ di. Wehad to rescue them when they fell in. 5 Imissed my favourite show last week. = e Theaudience started to boo. 6 ‘Thecomedian didn'ttell any good jokes. __ _—‘f._Itfellall over my brand new T-shirt. If |hadn’t left the room to answer the phone, | wouldn't have missed the punch line. 1 2 3 4 5 6 4. complete each second sentence using the word given so that it means the sameas the sentence before it. Use no more than five words. Tonly heard one part ofthe act so I didn't enjoy it. would T'msurel. if [had heard the whole oft. I didn't believe him because I knew he was a practical joker. not If he was a practical joker, I might have believed him. x Paula found the film hilarious so she recommended it to us. would IfPaula hadn't found the film hilarious, she ‘The sitcom wasn’t funny so I turned off the TV. if Iwouldn’t have turned off the TV we tous. ” funny.L. choose the correct answer, A, Bor C. 1 Hisfriend didnt allow __anotherjoke. A himtelling B totellhim = C him to tell 2. The actress was prevented __her act by the audience. ‘A fromfinishing B tofinish finishing 3. Thecatlet the mouse __him. A toamuse B amusing C amuse 4 Heiscapable___ you roar with ; ‘ laughter if he’s in the right mood. A tomake B ofmaking C tomaking 5. Stand-up comedians also depend _ their audience for their act. A of B on C to 6 The show didn’t manage ___large audiences so it stopped. A toattracting B ofattracting C toattract 7 Thescientist succeeded __ 40,000 jokes from all over the world. A incollectingB tocollect —C incollect. 8 ‘The whole project depended __ the audience's reaction to the jokes. A ofanalysing B toanalyse © C onanalysing 2 complete the text using one word in each gap. The Truth about Relationships Scientific research suggests that we are capable (1) to make people believe us or like us. We allow ourselves (2) order to succeed (3) We depend (4) others when we are emotionally involved with them in some way. They have found out that we manage (5) convince ourselves that somebody we like could never bea bad guy. Andit has been found that we can't prevent ourselves (6) kinds of characters. telling the most terrible lies in order say whatever is convenientin_ gaining ourlistener’s confidence. liking all the wrong On the other hand, we don't (7) anybody fool us if we are suspicious of them or dont like them. Grammar 2 Relative clauses 1. match to make sentences. 1 Have youheard the joke __ a_ whose comedy act won an award recently. 2 That's the comedian — __ b whenthe newsitcom starts, 3 Whatis the reason ¢ whoislooking at you is my favourite comedian. 4 Tomorrowistheday ____d._ which was given the prize? 5. Thewoman ___ e where I saw the new comedy. 6 Thisis the theatre — f why we like to laugh?2 ifasentence is correct, puta tick (V).IFitneeds commas, write them in the gaps. 1 Dave Funny Man’ Star___who lives in Brussels__has three children. 2, Isthis the reason __why you decided to go into comedy? 3 Rome___where she was born_hasalot of comedy clubs. 4 Humour___issomething that not everybody has. 5 Emily___whoisatrue comedian found little to laugh atin the performance. 3 choose the correct word. It’s the Way You Tell Apedestrian area inthe city centres place (1) who / where / which people goto for all sorts of reasons, AS Iwas walking down one such place the other day, | came across a number of street performers (2) who / which / whose had managed to attract.a emall crowd of people around them. A clown, (@) that: / who / which was walking on stilts, was entertaining group of children. A group of musicians were performing fora group of young teenagers (4) which / that: / whose dog was varking loudly as ifit wanted to play too! 4. Write a relative pronoun in each gap. Further down the street, a mime artist, (1) was dressed in white from head to toe, was standing completely still, (2)__ was quite impressive to watch. Two girls were teasing him about the red flower (3)__he had in his hand. Suddenly he moved, (4) made everybody roar with laughter. He offered the flower to one of the two girls, (5) had turned as red as the flower in his hand! 5 cross out the mistake in each sentence and rewrite the word or phrase correctly on the line. 1 That's the reason who I can't understand this kind of joke. She's the writer which wrote the new Steve Martin movie. Have you heard the one about the gorilla where couldn't find his razor? On the day which they were getting married, they decided to playa practical joke on their family. shat akc’, 5 His play, that was put on by anew theatre company, is supposed tobe hilarious. SS Ae 6 His mother, who her family come from Scotland, is terribly funny. § —_____— Quick check 6 choose the correct answer. 1 Doweuse the relative pronoun which for 4. Isapunch linea person who makes people? yes /no you laugh? yes / no 2 Canwe put the relative pronoun that Which is correct? succeed to do / in doing immediately after a comma? yes / no Which i correct? let someone to do / do 3. Isthe third conditional used to describe Which is correct? depend on / of things that never happened in the past? yes/no 8 Whichis correct? manage doing / to do e erudau= iG cy eg g ze ES o 3 WW writing — 7. Hereis the beginning and end of astory. Make notes saying briefly what you think happened in the middle, THE FAIRY © couple had been married for 25 years AS today they were celebrating their 60th birthdays when a fairy appeared. “You have been such a loving couple all these years that I'l give you one wish each; said the fairy. ‘The fairy picked up her magic wand, waved it and bang! ‘The man was 90 years old! 2 Hereis the middle of the story but the sentences are not in the correct order. Put them into the correct order by numbering them 1-6. a The fairy picked up her magic wand, waved it and bang! obi b ‘Well, to be honest, Id like to be married toa woman 30 years younger than me? ee ¢ Next it was the husband's turn. ole d_ ‘would love to travel round the world; said the wife. eer Hepaused foramoment, then said, __ f The woman had the tickets in her hand. ___ 3 Hereis the beginning of another story. Make notes about what you think happened in the middle of the story, and atthe end. Harry was sleeping peacefully, He had had a very late night and was fast asleep. However, a sound could be heard from downstairs. It seemed to be coming from the living room, Listening We You will hear an interview with a comedian. For questions 1-5, complete the sentences. atawedding Jimmy (3) at the school show because he knew allot of people in the audience. t ae % age On Make Me Laugh, people win prizes by x eS : atthe comedians.