1.TheSenseofHumor.docVIP

1. The Sense of Humor 导读：幽默具有神奇的力量，它在减少人与人之间矛盾的同时给他们带来了团结与希望。幽默随处可见，你无须天生风趣，你不必创造自己的幽默，你只需有一双慧眼识别幽默，发现幽默，它就会让你的生活无限精彩。 原文： Your sense of humor is far too valuable to be left to chance. It is helpful to think of a sense of humor as an appreciation of humor. Just as people have the ability to appreciate music, art, a hobby or sport, we all have the ability to appreciate humor or to laugh at something. You dont even have to be naturally funny, nor do you have to create humor of your own - its all out there just waiting for you to find it! Your sense of humor is just like a muscle, you need exercise to keep it flexed and firm. The humor training were concerned with is called humorobics which will help to get you humor fit to think and be even funnier. With a stronger sense of humor you are more likely to see the funny side of things and laugh more often. Families can be a great source of pleasure, fun and support, but they can also be difficult at times. One reason for this is that the things we find tolerable or even amusing in our friends, can be unforgivable when it comes to family. The closer we are to someone the more we expect of them so that we can be easily disappointed when our expectations arent met. One way of dealing with this is to reduce your expectations and activate your sense of humor. Humor is a great communication tool. It can reduce conflict and unite family members, especially in tough times. A sense of humor enables you to take what you do seriously (and farming is serious) but take yourself lightly. Most people take themselves too seriously and family members are no exception. 词汇加油站： 1. appreciation [??pri:?i?ei??n] n. 评价；感激 2. flex [fleks] v. 弯曲; 折曲; 伸缩; 屈曲; 收缩 3. concerned [k?n?s?:nd] a.有关的；担心的 4. humorobics ?[?hju:m??r??b?ks] n. 幽默健身操 5. tolerate ?[?t?l?r?b(?)l] adj. 尚好的，尚可以的；可以忍受的 6. unforgivable [?nf??ɡ?v?b(?)l] adj. ?不可原谅的，不可饶恕的 7. expectation [ekspek?te??(?)n] n. ?期待，期望 8. activate [??ktiveit] vt. 使活动起来，使开始起作用 9. conflict [?k?nf