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1、 If you intend using humor in your talk to make people smile, you must know how to identify shared experiences and problems. Your humor must be relevant to the audience and should help to show . If you intend using humor in your talk to make people smile, you must know how to identify shared experie
2、nces and problems. Your humor must be relevant to the audience and should help to show them that you are one of them or that you understand their situation and are in sympathy with their point of view. Depending on whom you are addressing, the problems will be different. If you are talking to a grou
3、p of managers, you may refer to the disorganized methods of their secretaries; alternatively if you are addressing secretaries, you may want to comment on their disorganized bosses。 Here is an example, which I heard at a nurses convention, of a story which works well because the audience all shared
4、the same view of doctors. A man arrives in heaven and is being shown around by St. Peter. He sees wonderful accommodations, beautiful gardens, sunny weather, and so on. Everyone is very peaceful, polite and friendly until, waiting in a line for lunch, the new arrival is suddenly pushed aside by a ma
5、n in a white coat, who rushes to the head of the line, grabs his food and stomps over to a table by himself. “Who is that?” the new arrival asked St. Peter. “Oh, thats God,” came the reply, “but sometimes he thinks hes a doctor。” If you are part of the group which you are addressing, you will be in
6、a position to know the experiences and problems which are common to all of you and itll be appropriate for you to make a passing remark about the inedible canteen food or the chairmans notorious bad taste in ties. With other audiences you mustnt attempt to cut in with humor as they will resent an ou
7、tsider making disparaging remarks about their canteen or their chairman. You will be on safer ground if you stick to scapegoats like the Post Office or the telephone system。 If you feel awkward being humorous, you must practice so that it becomes more natural, include a few casual and apparently off
8、-the-cuff remarks which you can deliver in a relaxed and unforced manner. Often its the delivery which causes the audience to smile, so speak slowly and remember that a raised eyebrow or an unbelieving look may help to show that you are making a light-hearted remark。 Look for the humor. It often com
9、es from the unexpected. A twist on a familiar quote “If at first you dont succeed, give up” or a play on words or on a situation. Search for exaggeration and understatements. Look at your talk and pick out a few words or sentences which you can turn about and inject with humor。 21. To make your humo
10、r work, you should Atake advantage of different kinds of audience。 Bmake fun of the disorganized people。 Caddress different problems to different people。 Dshow sympathy for your listeners。 22. The joke about doctors implies that, in the eyes of nurses, they are Aimpolite to new arrivals。 Bvery consc
11、ious of their godlike role。 Centitled to some privileges。 Dvery busy even during lunch hours。 23. It can be inferred from the text that public services Ahave benefited many people。 Bare the focus of public attention。 Care an inappropriate subject for humor。 Dhave often been the laughing stock。 24. T
12、o achieve the desired result, humorous stories should be delivered Ain well-worded language。 Bas awkwardly as possible。 Cin exaggerated statements。 Das casually as possible。 25. The best title for the text may be AUse Humor Effectively。 BVarious Kinds of Humor。 CAdd Humor to Speech。 DDifferent Humor
13、 Strategies。 名师解析 21. To make your humor work, you should 要想让你的幽默奏效你应该 Atake advantage of different kinds of audience。(充分)利用不同的观众。 Bmake fun of the disorganized people。取笑那些做事混乱的人。 Caddress different problems to different people。和不同的人谈不同的问题。 Dshow sympathy for your listeners。同情你的听众。 【答案】 C 【考点】 段落主旨题
14、。 【分析】 根据题目知道本题考查的是“幽默须知”的内容定位到第一段。文中说“要使你的听众发笑你就必须知道如何识别你和他人的共同的经历和问题”这个就是本题解答的关键。加上第一段第三句话“Depending on whom you are addressing, the problems will be different。”(你的问题因人而异。)A说利用不同的观众这个提法中的“利用”词义本身就有侵害客体的含义让人觉得是在利用别人的弱点而且和上文提到的“幽默须知”显然不符合。B仅仅是作者例举的一个例子用来表示如何和别人分享经历。C很好地表达了第一段的主题。D错在其范围被缩小了。 22. The
15、joke about doctors implies that, in the eyes of nurses, they are 关于医生的这个笑话表明在护士眼里医生 Aimpolite to new arrivals. 对新人不礼貌。 Bvery conscious of their godlike role. 对自己上帝般的作用非常在意。 Centitled to some privileges. 有权获得某些特权。 Dvery busy even during lunch hours. 午饭时也非常繁忙。 【答案】 B 【考点】 推断题。 【分析】 根据本题的题干定位为第二段本题讲述了一个经典的护士看待医生的笑话将上帝比作医生那样表现的傲慢无理。考生应该明白这里实际上是在说医生将自己比作上帝显得那么傲慢无礼。A只是医生傲慢举止中的一项。B非常恰当因为它揭示了护士群体眼中的医生那种傲慢的感觉。C认为获得某种特
