上周日给大家介绍了托福口语的第三部分，这周日给大家带来的是美国大学毕业典礼演讲系列——著名的艾伦秀主持人Ellen DeGeneres 在杜兰大学做的毕业典礼演讲。
Ellen是我个人很喜欢的美国脱口秀演员。她从一个名不见经传的大学辍学生，通过自己的努力，经历挫折，最终成为了家喻户晓的名字，并在以个人命名的TV Show中传播正能量，做善举，为慈善募捐上千万美金。可以说是个对美国，甚至是世界范围都很有影响力的人物。
我们来做个和雅思口语内容的结合：
1. 下面是她演讲的一段节选，我们可以基于这个思路来给雅思口语制作了一个万能理由：
And I was living in a basement apartment. I had no money; I had no heat, no air. I had a mattress on the floor and the apartment was infested with fleas. And I was soul-search, I was like “why is she suddenly gone. And there are fleas here?” I don't understand and there must be a purpose. And wouldn’t it be so convenient if we could pick up the phone and call God and ask these questions. And I started writing. What poured out of me was an imaginary conversation with God, which was one-sided. And I finished writing it and I looked at it and I said to myself, and I hadn’t even been doing stand-up ever. There was no club in town. I said: “I’m gonna do this on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson”
这是ELLEN人生的转折点，后来她就人生开始走上坡路。总结出来的万能理由就是： from no one to someone. 白手起家，靠自己的梦想和努力，最终成功的理由，我们可以在话题卡最后的地方说：
Ellen is a typical self-made woman, she is ambitious and set big goals, and worked hard to achieve it. Although she experienced so many ups and downs, but she kept going. Her persistence finally helped her get to where she wanted to be. She finally had her own TV show.
同样可以套到说自己的父亲，For example:
I really respect my dad because he’s a typical self-made man, he is ambitious and set big goals, and worked hard to achieve it. Although he experienced so many ups and downs, but he kept going. His persistence finally helped him get to where he wanted to be. He has finally built a successful trading company and achieved financial independence. (注意把Ellen的She改成he 就可以套，性别千万别用错)
也可以套到一个商人：
I really respect my Jack Ma because he’s a typical self-made man, he was ambitious and set big goals, and worked hard to achieve it. Although he experienced so many ups and downs, but he kept going. His persistence finally helped him get to where he wanted to be. He has finally built a billion-dollar company named Alibaba, and toured around the world to tell his success stories.
2. 作为业余的脱口秀演员我也给大家带来7个laugh的替换词，2个术语和1个idiom。
首先是7个关于笑的替换表达：
Laugh out loud lol 大声地笑
Massive laughters 巨笑
Uncontrollable laughter 无法克制的笑
Fall down laughing 笑得倒在地上
Roll around on the ground in laughter 满地打滚地笑
Consistent laughs on stage 止不住的笑，表示笑完继续再笑
headliner level laughter 报纸头版笑声，表示剧烈地笑（这是脱口秀演员表演中追求的巨笑）
2个脱口秀专业术语：
Set-up – the foundation of a joke 小点的预热
Punch line – the climactic phrase or statement of a joke, producing a sudden humorous effect 能产生笑点的那句话
举例子：
Ellen had nice set-up, and a hilarious punch line that created a headliner level laughter among the audiences.
1个关于笑的习语
Crack me up 把我逗笑了
大家有了这11个词汇，还有一个万能理由，现在完全可以在词汇方面征服这道part2,现在可以自己写下关键词，来说下这篇part 2：
Describe a popular comic actor/actress
Who he/she is
How you knew him/her
What comedies have he/she performed
Why he/she is popular
