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
外语
Human and Life If you intend using humor in your talk to make people smile, you must know how to identify shared experience
Human and Life If you intend using humor in your talk to make people smile, you must know how to identify shared experience
admin
2010-01-14
80
问题
Human and Life
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 of 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 under statements. Look at your talk and pick out a few words or sentences which you can turn about and inject with humor.
To make your humor work, you should______.
选项
A、take advantage of different kinds of audience
B、make fun of the disorganized people
C、address different problems to different people
D、show sympathy for your listeners
答案
C
解析
细节题。第一段第三句说:你的听众不同,你要谈的问题也应不同,所以C应是正确答案。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/oghd777K
本试题收录于:
职称英语理工类基础题库职称英语分类
0
职称英语理工类基础
职称英语
相关试题推荐
Asmallnumberoffirmshavestoppedtrading.
AHealthProfileAhealthprofileisaportraitofallofthefactorsthatinfluenceyourhealth.Todrawyourhealthprofile,y
A.HowshouldItakeZYBAN?B.WhatisZYBAN?C.WhatarethesideeffectsoftakingZYBAN?D.WhoinventedZYBAN?E.Howlongs
LoweringtheRiskofHeartDiseaseLikemillionsofotherAmericans,Icomefromafamilywithahistoryofheartdisease.Myfa
IcyMicrobes1InicethathassealedasaltyAntarcticlakeformorethan2,800years,scientistshavefoundfrozenbacteriaa
Trafficreachesitsrushhourbetween8:00and9:00inthemorning.
Earthquake1.Everyyearearthquakesareresponsibleforalargenumberofdeathsandavastamountofdestructioninvariou
Thenewservicehelpedboostpre-taxprofitsby10%.
WhatdoesStanFieldtakeatbreakfast?Accordingtothewriter,thesecrettoperfectmemory
Angiogenesisfactorisasubstancethatcanpromoterapidhealingofwounds.Themanufacturesareseekingapprovaltoputthis
随机试题
党和国家干部管理制度的根本原则是()
药品监督管理部门在对甲药品经营企业监督检查中发现,该企业药品经营许可证核定的经营方式为零售(连锁),经营范围为中药饮片、中成药、化学药制剂、抗生素制剂,药品经营许可证发证时间为2014年10月8日。检查人员现场检查时还发现,在货架上摆放有生物制品人血白蛋白
根据有关规定,下列关于工程保修金使用的说法,正确的是()。
箱涵顶进在穿越铁路路基时,必须对铁道线路进行适当加固并()。
某基金会于年末结转净资产,2018年至2019年发生下列业务:资料一:2018年10月6日,收到甲公司500万元的现金捐赠,甲公司要求该基金会在2019年内使用该款项资助贫困母亲。资料二:2018年11月8日,收到乙公司800万元的现金捐赠,乙公司要求
下列属于教材的有()
爱岗敬业是师生情感的纽带。()
在动物界,每种动物都是其他种动物潜在的食物。当一种动物观察到另外一种动物进入它的视野的时候,它要决定是“进攻”、“原地不动”还是“逃跑”。选择“进攻”可以使对方成为自己的食物。选择“原地不动”,可以静观时变,但也可能坐失进攻或逃跑的良机。选择“逃跑”是最为
班杜拉的社会学习理论强调塑造是发展的重要源泉,而塑造也可以表述为_____________或观察学习。
社区防控一线,有他们的身影;物资运输保障,有他们的汗水;心理疏导支持,有他们的温馨……他们,就是奋战在抗疫一线的广大志愿者。在抗击疫情这场严峻的斗争中,广大志愿者真诚奉献、不辞辛劳,为疫情防控作出了重大贡献。志愿服务所体现出来的奉献精神有助于
最新回复
(
0
)