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If you intend using humor in your talk to make people smile, you must know how to identify1 shared experiences2 and problems. Your humor must be relevant to3 the audience and should help to show them that you are one of them or that you understand their situation and are in sympathy4 with their point of view5. Depending on whom you are addressing6, the problems will be different. If you are talking to a group of managers, you may refer to7 the disorganized methods of their cretaries8; alternatively9 if you are addressing cretaries, you may want to comment on their disorganized boss.
Here is an example, which I heard at a nurs’ convention10, of a story which works well becau the audience all shared the same view of doctors. A man arrives in heaven11 and is being shown around by St. Peter. He es wonderful accommodations, beautiful gardens, sunny weather, and so on12. Everyone is very peaceful, polite and friendly until, waiting in a line for lunch, the new arrival is suddenly pushed aside by a man in a white coat, who rushes to the head of the line, grabs13 his food and stomps over to14 a table by
himlf. “Who is that?” the new arrival asked St. Peter. “Oh, that’s God,” came the reply, “but sometimes he thinks he’s a doctor.”
If you are part of the group which you are addressing, you will be in a position15 to know the experiences and problems which are common to all of you and it’ll be appropriate16 for you to make a passing remark17 about the inedible canteen food18 or the chairman’s notorious bad taste19 in ties. With other audiences you mustn’t attempt to cut in20 with humor as they will rent21 an outsider making disparaging remarks22 about their canteen or their chairman. You will be on safer ground if you stick to scapegoats23 like the Post Office or the telephone system24.
If you feel awkward25 being humorous, you must practice so that it becomes more natural. Include26 a few casual and apparently off-the-cuff27 remarks which you can deliver in a relaxed and unforced manner. Often it's the delivery which caus the audience to smile, so speak slowly and remember that a raid eyebrow28 or an unbelieving look may help to show that you are making a light-hearted remark29.
Look for the humor. It often comes from the unexpected. A twist30 on a familiar quote “If at first you don’t succeed, give up” or a play on words or on a situation. Search for exaggeration31 and understatements. Look at your talk and pick out a few words or ntences which you can turn about and inject32 with humor.
41. To make your humor work, you should________.
[A] take advantage of different kinds of audience
[B] make fun of33 the disorganized people
[C] address different problems to different people
[D] show sympathy34 for your listeners
42. The joke about doctors implies that, in the eyes of nurs, they are________.
[A] impolite to new arrivals35
[B] very conscious36 of their godlike role
[C] entitled to some privileges薏仁粥37
[D] very busy even during lunch hours
老歌大全43. It can be inferred from the text that public rvices________.
[A] have benefited many people
[B] are the focus of public attention
[C] are an inappropriate subject38 for humor
[D] have often been the laughing stock39
44. To achieve the desired result, humorous stories should be delivered________.
[A] in well-worded language
[B] as awkwardly40 as possible.
[C] in exaggerated statements
[D] as casually as possible41.
45. The best title for the text may be________. 宝宝不喝奶粉有妙招
[A] U Humor Effectively42.
[B] Various Kinds of43 Humor.
[C] Add Humor to Speech.
[D] Different Humor Strategies44.
【干货笔记】
1. identify v. 识别; 鉴定; 确认; 发现; 认出; 找到; 显示; 说明身份
珍爱生命热爱生活
identify with 认为…等同于，与一致
例句：She would only play a role if she could identify with the character.
她只愿扮演自己认同的人物角色。
2. shared experiences 共同的经历
3. be relevant to 与…有关
4. sympathy n. 同情（心）
5. point of view 观点
6. ①address n. 地址；演讲，演说
v. 演讲，演说；探讨（解决方案）；解决
I was addressing a small gathering.
白话文翻译
我正在主持一个小型聚会。（此处引申为 “主持” ≈ host）
②【应对，处理；解决】
deal with 应对，处理
cope with 应对，处理
handle v. 解决
solve v. 解决
address v. （正式）探讨[如何处理问题]
tackle v. 处理
7. refer to 参考；涉及；指的是；适用于
8. cretary n. 秘书；书记；部长；大臣 （cretary 的复数）
9. alternatively adv. 要不，或者
10. 生物学科核心素养convention n. 习俗，惯例；大会，集会；公约，协定；
11. heaven n. 天堂; 天国; 极乐之地; 极乐; 天空
12. accommodation n. 住处; 办公处; 停留处; 住宿; 膳宿; 和解; 调解; 调和
wonderful accommodations, beautiful gardens, sunny weather, and so on
美妙的住宿、美丽的花园、阳光明媚的天气等等。
13. grab v. 攫取，抓住；取，霸占，强夺；利用，抓住（机会）；引人注意，吸引
我想牵着你的手n. 攫取，赚取；抓具，抓斗；抓取（或截获、采集）的图像
14. stomp over to 跺到
stomp v. 跺脚; 迈着重重的步子走(或跳舞、移动)
n. 跺脚; 同“stump”; 拍子强烈的爵士乐曲调
15. position n. 位置，地点；恰当位置，正确位置；阵地；
姿势，安置方式；处境，状况；观点，立场；地位，身份；职务，职位；
