The wordless comedian“無奈哥”和他的“生活小妙招”

王中明

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Having dethroned teen dancer and content cre?ator Charli DAmelio， comedian Khaby Lame， withmore than 142.9 million fans， has become the king ofTikTok—all without uttering a word.

Now Lame， 23， creates videos in which he reactswordlessly to ridiculous life hacks （ 生活小妙招），gaining millions of views and likes with each post. In the early days of COVID?19 in 2020，he started posting videos after he lost his job as a factory worker in Italy. At first， like a lotof TikTokers， he created clips of himself dancing， watching video games or doing comedyshows. In early 2021， seeing the life?hack videos flood social media platforms and thinkingthem complicated， he began making fun of them—reacting to them with a wordless shrug ora look of anger.

In addition to the life?hack videos， Lame also posts short comedy clips that feature hisexpressive reactions—but no words. The term“shaking my head”， or SMH， is one of histypical reactions. After his common?sense approach to a task， Lame extends his arms withhis palms facing upwards， as if to say，“Duh.”Sometimes he throws in an eye roll or ashake of his head.

These silent but expressive reactions have made him one of the most recognizable digi?tal creators on social media. Lames deadpan （面無表情的） humor has attracted fans fromall over the world， who regularly send him videos of people performing simple tasks in com?plicated ways.

Lame did not immediately respond to a journalists request for the comment on hisnew era as the most?followed TikTok account. But he told the journalist that he did not in?tend to gain fame by posting videos.“I started making videos because I wanted to makepeople laugh in that period of lockdown，”he said.“And I keep making videos with thesame ideal. Im happy about my accomplishments， but those are not my main things.”

Lame has said one of his goals is to work with his favorite movie star.

ReadingCheck

1. What does the underlined word“dethroned”probably mean in paragraph 1？

A. Destroyed.

B. Beaten.

C. Hired.

D. Occupied.

2. Why did Lame laugh at the life?hack videos？

A. He would like to act with someone else.

B. He could be easily successful on TikTok.

C. He considered the life?hack videos complex.

D. The life?hack videos made him out of work.

3. What do we know about the wordless but meaningful reactions？

A. They all involve Lames arms.

B. They turn Lame into a movie star.

C. They greatly inspire Lame to post videos.

D. They make Lame one of the most noted TikTokers.

4. Which can best describe Lame？

A. Optimistic and humorous.

B. Polite and independent.

C. Energetic and enthusiastic.

D. Determined and dependable.

LanguageStudy

Ⅰ. Difficult sentence in the text

In early 2021， seeing the life?hack videos flood social media platforms and thinkingthem complicated， he began making fun of them. 2021年初，看到社交媒體平臺充斥著大量生活小妙招的視頻并且認為它們太復雜，他開始調侃它們。

【點石成金】在本句中，seeing和thinking是現在分詞作原因狀語，相當于becausehe saw the life?hack videos flood social media platforms and thought them complicated。

Ⅱ. Text?centered chunks

more than 多于；不止；非常

without uttering a word 一言不發

react to 對……作出反應

make fun of 取笑

in addition to 除……以外（還）

common sense 常識

the approach to ……的辦法

as if 好像

all over the world 全世界

respond to 對……作出反應