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　　Charlie Chaplin, Mr Bean and so on are examples of famous international comedians and all of them are British．But why has British 　　1　　 been so successful?Why is it more successful in pleasing others 　　2　　 great enjoyment than French or German comedy?

　　Everybody in Britain is expected to have a 　　3　　 of humour．And the British pay special attention 　　4　　 showing others humour in situations which might seem very strange, almost 　　5　　, to other cultures．Professors giving serious lectures at university often 　　6　　 jokes to get people relaxed and interested．Business people often 　　7　　 humour and number when making important presentations．Some doctors are 　　8　　 for making their patients relax．Even priests(牧师)tell 　　9　　 in churches!

　　But what 　　10　　 makes British people laugh?And why is British humour often 　　11　　 for foreigners to understand?

　　Jokes are connected with 　　12　　．They often refer to people and places that are 　　13　　 familiar to the British themselves．Another thing 　　14　　 makes British humour difficult for foreigners is that they often play 　　15　　 words that sound the same 　　16　　 have different meanings, and there are a lot of 　　17　　 in English!

　　However, a lot of British humour is 　　18　　 and comedians like Charlie Chaplin and Mr Bean have been successful 　　19　　 the world．Their humour is understood on sight and they express it in situations that we can tell－people often find themselves 　　20　　 in laughing or being laughed at．

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Mokele-mbembe：The Living Dinosaur!

　　In the jungles of central African countries－Congo(刚果), Cameroon(喀麦隆), and Gabon(加蓬)are the reports of an animal with a long neck, a long tail, and rounded shape tracks(脚印)with three claws．The closest known animal that has these characteristics is a sauropod dinosaur(蜥脚类恐龙)．

　　When some of the local people of the Likouala region would draw in the dirt or sand a representation of Mokele-mbembe they drew the shape of a sauropod dinosaur．Then when they were shown a picture of a sauropod dinosaur they said that picture is Mokele-mbembe．

　　Mokele-mbembe means “One that stops the flow of rivers．”French priest(牧师)in the region called it “monstrous animal”．

　　Description

　　Body

　　Mokele-mbembe has been described as an animal with a long neck and tail which are characteristics of a sauropod dinosaur．

　　Its body size is somewhere between the size of a hippopotamus(河马)and an elephant．Its length has been reported to be between 5 to 10 meters(16 to 32 feet)．The length of the neck is between 1.6 to 3.3 meters(5 to 10 feet)．The length of the tail is between 1.6 to 3.3 meters(5 to 10 feet)．The reports out of Cameroon have reported Mokele-mbembe to be up to 75 feet in length．

　　There are also reports of a frill on the back of the head．The frill is like the comb found on a cock(male chicken)．There are also reports of it having a horn on its head．

　　Skin

　　The color of the skin is predominantly reddish-brown with a color range from gray to brown．There are no reports of hair on the animal．

　　Tracks

　　Rounded shape between 30 to 90 centimeters(1 to 3 feet)in diameter with three claws．The distance between tracks is about 2.1 to 2.4 meters(7 to 8 feet)．

　　Habitat

　　Mokele- mbembe lives in the pools and swamps near to the rivers of the Likouala swamp region of the People’s Republic of the Congo on the continent of Africa．It uses the lakes as a crossing path to go from one river to another．

　　Behavior

　　Mokele-mbembe lives most of the time underwater except when it eats or travels to another part of the swamp．

　　It has been reported that Mokele-mbembe does not like hippopotamuses and will kill them at first sight, but it does not eat them．Hippopotamuses cannot be found where Mokele-mbembe lives．

　　It has been reported that Mokele-mbembe will overturn boats and kill the people from the boats by biting them and hitting them with its tail, but it does not eat the people．