首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
考研
If you intend using humor in your talk to make people smile, you must know how to identify shared experiences and problems. Your
If you intend using humor in your talk to make people smile, you must know how to identify shared experiences and problems. Your
admin
2012-05-19
74
问题
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 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 group 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 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 man in a white coat, who rushes to the head of the line, grabs his food and stomps over to a table himself. "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 position to know the experiences and problems which are common to all of you and it’ll be appropriate for you to make a passing remark about the inedible canteen food or the chairman’s notorious bad taste in ties. With other audiences you mustn’t attempt to cut in with humor as they will resent an outsider 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-the-cuff remarks which you can deliver in a relaxed and unforced manner. Often it’s 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 comes from the unexpected. A twist on a familiar quote "If at first you don’t 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.
The best title for the text may be______.
选项
A、Use Humor Effectively
B、Various Kinds of Humor
C、Add Humor to Speech
D、Different Humor Strategies
答案
A
解析
标题概括题。本文前三段主要讲了针对不同的听者选择不同的幽默内容。后两段主要讨论了如何讲述幽默故事。因此,整篇文章的中心是“怎样有效地运用幽默”。A为最佳标题。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/W8p4777K
0
考研英语一
相关试题推荐
ThefirstsentenceinParagraph1isusedbyAmericanschoolchildrenbecauseWecanlearnfromthepassagethatthenameofth
Broadlyspeaking,theEnglishmanisaquiet,shy,reservedpersonwhoisfully(1)_____onlyamongpeopleheknowswell.In
Broadlyspeaking,theEnglishmanisaquiet,shy,reservedpersonwhoisfully(1)_____onlyamongpeopleheknowswell.In
Broadlyspeaking,theEnglishmanisaquiet,shy,reservedpersonwhoisfully(1)_____onlyamongpeopleheknowswell.In
Studythefollowingdrawingcarefullyandwriteanessayinwhichyoushould1)describethedrawing,2)interpretitsm
OnthemorningofApril15,38,500worshippersfromallovertheworldwilldescenduponthetinytownofHopkinton,Massachuset
EuropeansandAmericansalikehavecertainromanticnotionsaboutSweden.Weimagineitasalandofliberal-mindedpeoplelivin
Youaregoingtoreadatextaboute-mail,followedbyalistofdetailexplanationsorcitedstatements.Choosethebestrelate
Studythefollowingdrawingcarefullyandwriteanessayinwhichyoushould1)describethedrawing,2)interpretitsm
Studythefollowingchartcarefullyandwriteanessayinwhichyoushould1)interpretthechart,and2)giveyourcomm
随机试题
麻醉前用药的目的在于
儿童期指的是:
下列与慢性支气管炎发病有关的因素是
关于建筑地面排水,下列哪项要求是错误的?[1999—101]
用统筹法计算工程量的说法错误的是()。
现行《企业所得税法》规定的企业所得税的税收优惠方式包括( )。
ETF的信息披露中,交易日的基金份额净值除了按规定于当日在指定报刊和管理人网站披露外,也将通过证券交易所的行情发布系统于次一交易日揭示。()
甲、乙公司签订买卖合同,合同标的额为5万元。2013年8月1日,买方甲公司签发一张2013年9月1日到期的银行承兑汇票,9月1日,承兑申请人甲公司的银行账户上无足够资金,尚缺2万元。直到2013年9月21日,甲公司存人5万元。根据有关规定,对甲公司计收的罚
如果能有效地利用互联网,能快速方便地查询世界各地的信息,对科学研究、商业来往乃至寻医求药都带来很大的好处。然而,如果上网成瘾,也有许多弊端,还可能带来严重的危害。尤其是青少年,上网成瘾可能荒废学业、影响工作。为了解决这一问题,某个网点上登载了“互联网瘾”自
以张伟的名义于2006年12月30日写一封投诉信。信中应包括以下内容:1.一周前买的型号为X2000乐人牌MP3播放器,使用一周内效果良好;今晨一开机,无声音,显屏也不正常;电池是新的,无毛病。2.要求免费换或退货。3.希望
最新回复
(
0
)