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Some people are what you would describe as funny, humorous, or overall completely stupid.
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But why is it that things like naive stupidity, over-exaggeration, and unexpected twists give you a mini-seizure?
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Why does it happen anytime Theo van communicates, and how can you make it happen to other people?
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Well, there are four big things.
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Step one, know what's funny.
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At the humor research lab, a few dudes came up with something called the benign violation theory.
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This theory states that humor occurs when and only when three things happen.
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There is a violation, the situation is benign, and both these things happen at the same time.
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Thank you, Eminem.
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Also, what sort of posh language is benign, and is it German?
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No, it's Latin.
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That means kind or not harmful.
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Cool.
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So if something is funny, it is an unharmful or benign violation.
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What is a violation?
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In this context, it's anything that threatens the way you believe the world should be, or threatens the norm.
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Violations have many fonts, including physical, identity, cultural, communication, logical, and moral.
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Let me give you an example.
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If I were to come up to you on the street and start punching you in the stomach, you probably won't laugh and may even be upset.
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This is a pure physical violation.
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If I instead were to start tickling you, that would be even weirder and still a pure violation because you don't know me.
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But if a friend tries to tickle you, odds are you're gonna slip a giggle.
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Even if me and your friend have the same exact tickling technique, you almost certainly won't find mine amusing.
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But with your friend, you know you are safe and the environment is benign, and therefore, you squeal like a little girl.
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Other things that may also make you squeal in excitement is the new War Thunder update.
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For those of you who live under a rock, War Thunder is an insanely epic, free-to-play military combat game available on PC, Mac, Xbox, and PlayStation.
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War Thunder completely immerses you into intense battles.
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The sheer amount of iconic, old, and new tanks, planes, helicopters, and ships is just madness.
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The detail on each element of the equipment, both visually and in gameplay, will simply blow the shocks off of all of you fans of military vehicles.
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Want to demolish your foes on the front line in a tank? you add air support from a chopper
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or even dogfight your enemies in the clouds.
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But wait, the best part?
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These different types of equipment fight together on the same map.
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War Thunder also offers tons of customization so you can add new modules to your vehicle and make it unique.
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Oh, and forget those unimmersive health bars.
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In War Thunder, every hit actually affects the enemy's vehicles like in real life.
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With the new update Alpha Strike, Hungarian Aviation is now available along with tons of new equipment.
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Visuals are better, the gameplay has been refined, and there's a sick new map.
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War Thunder for free with the link in the description.
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All new players
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and people who haven't played for at least 6 months will get special bonuses including 3 premium vehicles for free
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and a free week of a premium account.
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And you might want to do this, like, ASAP because the American vehicle bonus season is going to end soon.
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So again, download War Thunder for free, link in the description.
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Anyways, back to business.
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It's almost never as obvious on whether a violation is benign like the example I gave.
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So how can you make a violation benign in a joke, for example? ways to not be strongly committed to the violated norm.
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This is a slippery slope, and can be overdone.
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For example, if I were to say, wouldn't it be funny if, before every joke, everything would be too benign and the jokes wouldn't be as funny because the threat is an absolute zero.
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A better method is subtle sarcasm.
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You can tell the violation isn't gonna happen, but also no one ever outright said it wouldn't.
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Another method is to make the violation psychologically distant.
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So jokes about the Titanic today could be funny because the tragedy is very, very distant, and also because there was definitely room on that door.
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This is why people might say I can joke about it now a
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while after some bad incident like a breakup because while the violation obviously still happened, it was a while ago and it doesn't feel as real.
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You can also apply this to things
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that are going to happen in the future or things that are happening now on other parts of the world.
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And the final method to make a violation benign is if there's some alternative explanation that somehow makes the violation okay.
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This explains tickling because it's a mock attack.
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Still an attack, but not a dangerous one.
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Benign violation.
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Step two, know your victim.
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You may be thinking, bro, you're talking about humor like it's the same every time, but the jokes I make with the boys won't work on my mom.
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And that's true.
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Humor is subjective.
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This is because everyone has different perspectives or opinions on what is benign and what is a violation.
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So before you try that orphan joke on Beatrice, feel it out.
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Get to know her first.
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She seems like the type, give it a shot.
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And when the joke flops, run to your room, slam the door and play some War Thunder.
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Step three, good joke qualities.
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If you ask a comedian what makes a joke good, they're likely going to tell you three things.
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Brevity is the soul of wit.
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AKA, get to the point, no one wants to hear you ramble, everyone wants to hear the punchline.
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Second, be specific.
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Saying, so I told the old grandma, dot, dot, dot, isn't as funny as saying, so I told Beatrice, dot, dot, dot.
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Notice too how the specific one took up less words.
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You don't have to sacrifice brevity for specificity.
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Get creative.
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Third, the rule of three.
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If you're listing things with the plan to list something drastically different at the end to be funny, list three of them.
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Two normal ones to make a pattern and one at the end to break it.
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You're establishing what's benign yourself and then making the violation.
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Step four, make bad jokes.
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If your goal is to become a more funny person, this is the most important step of the whole video and you will 100% fail without it.
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Let's talk about neuroplasticity.
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When you're learning pretty much anything, there are two results, failure and success.
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In order for neuroplasticity to activate in your brain, it needs to have a reason.
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This is why ultimately making bad jokes will make you funnier.
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It's because you failed, and because of that failure, your brain is really open to making new neural connections, releasing a few specific neural chemicals, or in other words, increasing plasticity.
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So when you're with your friends and you throw out five bad jokes before one lands, Because you previously threw out the five bad jokes,
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your brain is incredibly keen on subconsciously noting what worked with your success and what didn't with your failures.
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Then, technically, the actual improvement happens later during sleep.
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If you just make a good joke at the start, your brain doesn't note anything.
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It doesn't particularly take into account what just worked.
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Those neural chemicals aren't released with that joke, meaning your brain is not in a state of plasticity.
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After all, it has no reason to be.
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That's why making bad jokes is vital.
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And with that said, allow me to hit you with a banger.
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What did Beatrice say to her grandson?
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Download War Thunder.
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Link in the description.
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Also, since you're funny now, you gotta pay me, so that's gonna cost you one subscribe, and the screen should ask you some questions, so...
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Yeah.
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Лексика и советы по произношению к этому уроку
Этот урок разговорной практики уровня B2 построен на видео «The Science Of Being Funny». Чаще всего повторяются слова: violation, joke, benign, funny, Thunder. В этом видео 104 предложений и 1339 слов для шедоуинга. Речь длится 6:12. Говорящий говорит быстро, около 216 слов в минуту, поэтому звуки часто сливаются и сокращаются. Только 80% слов входят в 3000 самых частых слов английского языка, поэтому лексика сложная.
Ключевая лексика этого видео
Самые сложные слова из видео (15), с произношением и значением:
| Слово | Произношение | Значение |
|---|---|---|
| violation существительное | /ˌvaɪ.əˈleɪ.ʃən/ | наруше́ние, несоблюде́ние |
| benign прилагательное | /bɪˈnaɪn/ | до́брый, любе́зный |
| tickle глагол | /ˈtɪkl̩/ | щекота́ть, пощекота́ть |
| humour существительное | /ˈhjuːmɚ/ | ю́мор |
| brevity существительное | /ˈbɹɛvɪti/ | кра́ткость |
| neuroplasticity существительное | нейропластичность | |
| plasticity существительное | /ˌplæs.ˈtɪs.ɪ.ti/ | ги́бкость, пласти́чность |
| squeal глагол | /skwil/ | визжа́ть, вереща́ть |
| norm существительное | /nɔːm/ | но́рма |
| threaten глагол | /ˈθɹɛt.n̩/ | грози́ть, угрожа́ть |
| gameplay существительное | /ˈɡeɪmˌpleɪ/ | геймпле́й |
| banger существительное | /ˈbæŋ.ə/ | хлопу́шка |
| chopper существительное | /ˈt͡ʃɑ.pɚ/ | реза́к, сека́ч |
| demolish глагол | /dɪˈmɒl.ɪʃ/ | разруша́ть, разру́шить |
| exaggeration существительное | /ɪɡˌzæd͡ʒəˈɹeɪʃən/ | преувеличе́ние |
Фразовые глаголы, которые вы услышите
| Слово | Значение |
|---|---|
| come up with глагол | придумывать, приходить в голову |
| take up глагол | поднимать |
Грамматика в этом видео
Конструкции, которые говорящий использует чаще всего, с точными словами из видео:
| Конструкция | В видео |
|---|---|
| Условные предложения if + предложение, will/would + глагол — условие и его результат | if I were to say, wouldn't it |
| Present Perfect have/has + причастие прошедшего времени — прошлое действие, важное сейчас | has been refined · haven't played |
| Пассивный залог be + причастие прошедшего времени — важно, что происходит, а не кто это делает | has been refined · aren't released |
Произношение, на которое стоит обратить внимание
Говорящий использует 28 сокращённых и редуцированных форм, например you're, doesn't, gonna. Произносите их коротко, так, как слышите.
- Звуки «sh» и «zh»: violation /ˌvaɪ.əˈleɪ.ʃən/, demolish /dɪˈmɒl.ɪʃ/, exaggeration /ɪɡˌzæd͡ʒəˈɹeɪʃən/, seizure /ˈsi.ʒɚ/, sheer /ʃɪɚ/
- Длинные слова — следите за ударением: violation /ˌvaɪ.əˈleɪ.ʃən/, plasticity /ˌplæs.ˈtɪs.ɪ.ti/, exaggeration /ɪɡˌzæd͡ʒəˈɹeɪʃən/, specificity /spɛsɪˈfɪsɪti/, stupidity /stuˈpɪdɪti/
Звуки, трудные для русскоязычных:
- /w/ — губы округлены, это не /v/: squeal /skwil/, anyways /ˈɛn.iˌweɪz/
- /h/ — лёгкий выдох, а не русское «х»: humour /ˈhjuːmɚ/, humorous /ˈhjuːməɹəs/, harmful /ˈhɑɹmfl̩/, helicopter /ˈheliːˌkɔptə(ɹ)/
- Звонкие согласные в конце слова — не оглушайте их: naive /naɪˈiv/, subjective /səbˈd͡ʒɛktɪv/, subscribe /səbˈskɹaɪb/, anyways /ˈɛn.iˌweɪz/
Как заниматься с этим видео
- Прослушайте всё видео один раз молча и выпишите незнакомые слова.
- Начните со скорости 0,75×, повторяйте предложение за предложением и вернитесь к обычной скорости, когда станет легко.
- Запишите себя и сравните с оригиналом, обращая внимание на такие слова, как violation, benign, tickle.
Что такое техника Shadowing?
Shadowing — это научно обоснованная техника изучения языка, изначально разработанная для подготовки профессиональных переводчиков и популяризированная полиглотом доктором Александром Аргуэльесом. Метод прост, но эффективен: вы слушаете аудио на английском от носителей языка и немедленно повторяете вслух — как тень, следующая за говорящим с задержкой в 1–2 секунды. В отличие от пассивного прослушивания или грамматических упражнений, Shadowing заставляет мозг и мышцы рта одновременно обрабатывать и воспроизводить реальные речевые паттерны. Исследования показывают, что это значительно улучшает точность произношения, интонацию, ритм, связную речь, понимание на слух и беглость речи — что делает его одним из самых эффективных методов для подготовки к IELTS Speaking и реального общения на английском.