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Men Funnier than Women, Says Scientist




1. A scientist has discovered men have funnier faces than women.

2. The scientist conducted his research while riding a unicycle.

3. The scientist believes male hormones make men funnier.

4. He said men become funnier as they get older.

5. Research shows there are more male than female comedians.

6. Studies suggest men are more interested in a joke’s punch line.

7. Men dislike hearing jokes about their wife’s mother.

8. Men seem to be more competitive than women at joke telling.

 

2. With your partner(s), decide on whether men or women are better at these things. Try to give real-life examples. Change partners and share your findings:

· telling jokes · driving · reading a map · apologizing · organizing a party · tidying · cooking · telling lies

 

3. With your partner(s), discuss which of the items below are the subjects of jokes in your country. Can you tell and explain a joke?

· husband or wives · in-laws · people from other countries · royalty or national leaders · bosses · members of the opposite sex · sex · religion

4. Match the following synonyms from the article “Men Funnier than Women, Says Scientist” you are going to listen to:

1. claim a) made fun of
2. reaction b) quietens
3. mocked c) extraordinary
4. remarkable d) (be) inclined to
5. aggression e) topic
6. tend to f) assertion
7. subject g) hostility
8. negative h) conclusions
9. findings i) response
10. lulls j) bad

5. Match the phrases from the article “Men Funnier than Women, Says Scientist” you are going to listen to. Sometimes more than one choice is possible. Listen and check if you were right:

1. Men are naturally a) nasty comments
2. He observed the reaction b) of joking
3. male “jokers” mocked him and made c) about mothers-in-law
4. the male hormone testosterone is the cause d) of onlookers
5. a funnier form e) differently
6. women and men use humor f) funnier than women
7. male comedians outnumber g) a competition
8. men seem to like hearing and making jokes h) female ones
9. the conversation i) of men being funnier
10. It then becomes a bit of j) lulls

6. Listen and fill in the spaces:

Men are naturally funnier than women. This _____________________ UK male professor, Sam Shuster. He conducted research on 400 different people as he unicycled around his town. He observed _____________________ and discovered that men made more jokes _____________________, and that men’s jokes were more aggressive. He said three-quarters of male “jokers” mocked _____________________ comments, while most women tended to tease him with a smile. He said: "The difference between the men and women _____________________ and consistent." Professor Shuster believes the male hormone testosterone _____________________ being funnier. He found that teenage boys were aggressive in their humor and this aggression changed with older _____________________ of joking.

Earlier research suggests women and men _____________________. One study said women _____________________ jokes than men and male comedians outnumber female ones. Another showed men look more for a punch line. Men also use people they _____________________ their jokes, often in a negative way. Married men seem to like hearing and making jokes _____________________. British comedian John Moloney disagreed with Professor Shuster’s findings. He said that in his _____________________, he had never noticed that men were funnier than women. He stated: "The difference is that if a group of women were together _____________________, they don't automatically start telling jokes, which men do. It then becomes a bit of a competition, but _____________________ men are funnier."

 

7. Listen to the recording once again and reproduce how the words below were used in the article:

1) naturally

2) observed

3) three-quarters

4) absolutely

5) cause

6) form

7) differently

8) outnumber

9) subject

10) career

11) lulls

12) bit

 

8. Write five GOOD questions about comedy in the table. When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers:

  STUDENT 1 ANSWERS STUDENT 2 ANSWERS
Q.1.    
Q.2.    
Q.3.    
Q.4.    
Q.5.    




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