1. a) Have you watched Friends : The reunion ?
b) I burst into laughter when his chair broke and he fell.
c) Chinese actor Jackie Chan became famous in the action comedy genre.
d) My parents didn’t understand the sketch about the airport.
2. a) FALSE « but none of the seven French critics polled placed it in their top 10 »
b) TRUE « And the one Indian comedy that nearly made it to the top 100, Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro »
c) FALSE « Maybe that’s why Airplane! was ranked third among US and Canadian critics »
d) TRUE « which the leader for Indian independence suggested to the actor that [...] the unemployment that would follow, was one of the greatest threats of the modern era. »
e) TRUE «Eastern European critics were much more likely to vote for Dr Strangelove »
3. a) The joke « Surely, you can’t be serious ? »/« I am serious and don’t call me Shirley » is funny because the one who the question is asked, thought that the other person called her (or) him accidentally Shirley while that person wanted to say if the other one was sure to be serious.
b) Silent movies are popular in Asia because there is no barrier and because these visual movies have the capacity to transcend different cultures.
J’espère que ça t’aidera :)
