Unit 9
Part One
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 by 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.
1. To make your humor work, you should ________.
[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.
2. The joke about doctors implies that, in the eyes of nurses, they are ________.
[A] impolite to new arrivals. [B] very conscious of their godlike role.
[C] entitled to some privileges. [D] very busy even during lunch hours.
3. It can be inferred from the text that public services ________.
[A] have benefited many people. [B] are the focus of public attention.
[C] are an inappropriate subject for humor. [D] have often been the laughing stock.
4. To achieve the desired result, humorous stories should be delivered ________.
[A] in well-worded language. [B] as awkwardly as possible.
[C] in exaggerated statement. [D] as casually as possible.
5. The best title for the text may be ________.
[A] Use Humor Effectively. [B] Various Kinds of Humor.
[C] Add Humor to Speech.[D] Different Humor Strategies.
Unit 9（2002） Part 1
重點詞匯：
1.identify（辨別；視為同一）即ident+ify，ident詞根“同一”，-ify動詞后綴“使……”；identification（識別；身份證明）←identify去y加-ication名詞后綴；identical（同一的）←ident+ical形容詞后綴。Any man over thirty identifies his youth with the worst fault he thinks he is capable of.任何過了三十歲的人都把自己的青年時代視為自認所能犯下的錯誤。
2.relevant（相關的；意義重大的）即re+lev+ant，re-前綴，lev詞根“升，舉”，-ant形容詞后綴，故“從……升起的”→“源自……的”→相關的。同根詞：elevate（升舉，提高）←e+lev+ate；elevator（電梯，升降機）←e+lev+at（e）+or。
3.sympathy（n.同情；共鳴）即sym+path+y，sym-（=syn-，在p前n變形為m以方便發(fā)音，前綴“同”），path詞根“感情”，-y抽象名詞后綴；sympathize/sympathise（v.同情；共鳴），-ize/-ise為動詞后綴；sympathetic（同情的；共鳴的）←sym+path+etic形容詞后綴。
4.alternatively（二者擇一地；另外）←alter改變+nat（e）+ive+ly；alternative（二者擇一的；供選擇的事物）←alter+nat（e）+ive；alternate（v.交替；交替的）←alter+nate。Love's alternate joy and woe.愛情就是交替的歡樂與痛苦。
5.convention?。ù髸?；慣例；公約）即con+ven（t）+tion，con-一起，ven（t）來，-tion名詞后綴，故“人們來到一起”→開“大會”，而“大會制定的規(guī)則”即是“公約”，公約遵守時間長了就成為“慣例”。stomp（n.v.重踏）←stamp（郵票；標志）也有相同含義，想象“猛蓋郵戳”→重踏。
6.appropriate（適當?shù)模┘碼p+propri+ate，ap-前綴加強語氣，propri看作proper（適當?shù)模?ate后綴；
7.inappropriate（不適當?shù)模鹖n否定前綴+appropriate。Extreme remedies are very appropriate for extreme diseases.烈性藥物對于重病是非常適宜的。←這句話是西方醫(yī)學之父希波克拉底說的。
8.inedible（不可食的）←in否定前綴+ed（=eat）+ible能……的。
9.resent?。╲.憤怒、怨恨）即re+sent，re（=against反對），sent（=sense感覺），于是“在感覺上反對”→憤恨。People don't resent having nothing nearly as much as too little.人們所不滿的往往是太少，而不是沒有。
10.disparaging?。ㄝp視的）←dis否定前綴+par平等+ag（e）后綴+ing后綴。
11.scapegoat?。ㄌ孀镅颍┛蛇@樣記：escape（n.v.逃跑）←e+scape，把e看作ex-，則scape就是沒有“離開”的→“逃不掉的”→“留下來替罪的”，于是scape+goat→替罪羊。與“羊”有關的另一習語：black sheep（害群之馬；敗家子），源自諺語There is a black sheep in every flock.
12.casual（偶然的；漫不經(jīng)心的）即cas降落+ual后綴；casualty（嚴重意外事故；傷亡者）←cas+ual+ty名詞后綴。Aoff-the-cuff 即席的。
13.deliver?。╲.傳遞；釋放；發(fā)表；分娩）即de+liver，de-前綴“使”，liver（=liber）詞根“自由”，于是從“使自由”推出deliver的各項含義；delivery?。▊鬟f）←deliver+y名詞后綴。
14.light-hearted 輕松愉快的。
15.familiar?。ㄊ煜さ?；親近的）即famil（y）+iar形容詞后綴，“感覺像家一樣的”；familiarity（熟悉）←familiar+ity名詞后綴。exaggeration（夸張）←ex加強語氣+agger堆積+ation名詞后綴；exaggerate（夸張）←ex+agger+ate動詞后綴。understatement?。ㄑ陲?；輕描淡寫的陳述）←under+statement；反義詞：overstatement（夸大的陳述）←over+statement。
16.privilege?。╪.優(yōu)惠；特權v.給予優(yōu)惠或特權）即privi+leg+e，privi（=private）詞根“私人的”，leg詞根“法律”（如legal“法律的；合法的”←leg+al），→特權。To have become a deeper man is the privilege of those who have suffered.變得更加深謀遠慮是受過磨難的人的特權。
17.effectively（有效地）即ef+fect+ive+ly，ef-前綴表“加強”，fect詞根“做”，-ive形容詞后綴，-ly副詞后綴；去ly即為形容詞effective。
難句解析：
① 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.
該句是一個復雜單句，句子的主語是your humor，后面有兩個平行的謂語must be和should help，它們后面分別有其賓語。其中should help后面的賓語是不定式to show，而它的賓語比較復雜，是兩個并列的賓語從句：that you are one of them和that you understand their situation and are in sympathy with their point of view，中間用or連接。
本句結構比較簡明，只需注意show them后面是兩個并列的賓語從句就可以了。后面的賓語從句中有個很有用的詞組in sympathy with，表示同情、同意、贊同。
② 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.
if引導了一個條件從句，而后面的主句是兩個子句構成的并列句。在第一個子句you will be in a position to know the experiences and problems which are common to all of you中又有一個定語從句which are common to all of you來修飾the experiences and problems，而后面的子句的結構是一個it is adj. for sb. to do sth.的結構。
要看懂本句，重點在于要把后面的兩個子句斷開，并分別理解。
③ Include a few casual and apparently off-the-cuff remarks which you can deliver in a relaxed and unforced manner.
該句是一個祈使句。謂語是include，賓語是remarks，后面有一個定語從句修飾它。
注意該句的特性。另外注意off-the-cuff的意思。
④Often 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.
整句可以看成是由so連接的并列句，前后有一定的因果關系。前面的子句是一個強調(diào)結構，而后面又是一個祈使句，其謂語動詞是speak和remember。而remember后面又是一個很長的賓語從句。
要理解前后的因果關系。
試題解析：
1. 【正確答案】 [C]
本題考的是局部信息?？忌灰炊说谝欢蔚谌湓挕癉epending on whom you are addressing, the problems will be different”以及后面的supporting evidence，就能夠準確地回答本題。
2. 【正確答案】[B]
本題的關鍵是看學生是否理解第二段結尾St．Peter的話。有42.8％的考生選C項是因為沒有理解St．Peter的話，而把注意力放在了醫(yī)生的所作所為上，即醫(yī)生把新來的人推到一邊，沖到隊伍的最前面等等，因而給人一種他享有特權的印象。
3. 【正確答案】 [D]
本題的關鍵是第三段的最后一句話，意思是：你去開郵局或電話系統(tǒng)（即public services）的玩笑則比較安全，不會有冒犯什么人的危險，同時本句中還出現(xiàn)了一個關鍵詞“scapegoats”，說明public services常常成為人們的笑柄。
4. 【正確答案】[D]
本題主要考第四段的內(nèi)容。其中有一些關鍵詞，如：“natural”，“relaxed”，“unforced”，“l(fā)ight-hearted”等。只要考生看懂了這些詞的意思，這道題就很容易了。
5. 【正確答案】 [A]
這道題考的是對全文的理解，是一道總括題。答總括題需要利用全文的信息。從全文各段的內(nèi)容來看，文章主要是講如何有效地使用幽默。采用排除法很容易確定本題的答案。
全文翻譯：
如果你想在談話中用幽默來使人發(fā)笑，你就必須知道如何識別共同的經(jīng)歷和共同的問題。你的幽默必須與聽眾有關，能夠向他們顯示你是他們的一員，或者你了解他們的情況，同情他們的觀點。根據(jù)與你談話的不同對象，問題也有所不同。如果你在和一群經(jīng)理談話，你就可以評論他們秘書的工作方法紊亂；相反，如果你在和一群秘書談話，你就可以評論她們老板的工作方法紊亂。
下面舉一個例子，它是我在一個護士大會上聽到的。這個故事效果很好，因為聽眾對醫(yī)生都有同樣的看法。一個人到了天堂，由圣彼得帶著他參觀。他看到了豪華的住宅、美麗的花園、晴朗的天氣等等。所有人都很安靜、禮貌和友善，然而當這位新來的人在排隊等候午餐時，突然被一位穿白大褂的人推到一旁。只見這人擠到了隊伍的前頭，抓起他的食物，噔噔地旁若無人地走到一張餐桌旁?！斑@是誰??？”新來的人問圣彼得?！芭?，那是上帝，”他回答說，“但有時也認為自己是一名醫(yī)生?！?BR> 如果你是你談話對象集體中的一員，你就能夠了解你們所共有的經(jīng)歷和問題，你就可對餐廳極難吃的食物或者總裁在選擇領帶方面差勁的品味進行評頭論足。而對于其他聽眾，你就不能試圖貿(mào)然地講這種幽默，因為他們也許不喜歡外人對他們的餐廳或總裁有如此微詞。如果你選擇去評論郵局或電話局這樣的替罪羊，那你就會很安全。
如果你在幽默時感到很別扭，你應該進行練習使它變得更自然。包括一些很隨便的、看上去是即興的話，你可以用輕松的、不做作的方式把它們說出來。常常是你說話的方式使聽眾發(fā)笑，因此說慢一些，并且記住揚揚眉毛或者做出一種不相信的表情都會向人們顯示你正在說笑話。
留意幽默，它常常是在出其不意的時候出現(xiàn)。它可以是一句常言的歪曲如“你要是一開始不成功，就放棄”，或者是玩弄語言和情景。留意夸張和打折扣的話?？紤]一下你的談話，選出一些詞匯和句子，顛倒它們的秩序，并注入一些幽默。
Part One
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 by 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.
1. To make your humor work, you should ________.
[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.
2. The joke about doctors implies that, in the eyes of nurses, they are ________.
[A] impolite to new arrivals. [B] very conscious of their godlike role.
[C] entitled to some privileges. [D] very busy even during lunch hours.
3. It can be inferred from the text that public services ________.
[A] have benefited many people. [B] are the focus of public attention.
[C] are an inappropriate subject for humor. [D] have often been the laughing stock.
4. To achieve the desired result, humorous stories should be delivered ________.
[A] in well-worded language. [B] as awkwardly as possible.
[C] in exaggerated statement. [D] as casually as possible.
5. The best title for the text may be ________.
[A] Use Humor Effectively. [B] Various Kinds of Humor.
[C] Add Humor to Speech.[D] Different Humor Strategies.
Unit 9（2002） Part 1
重點詞匯：
1.identify（辨別；視為同一）即ident+ify，ident詞根“同一”，-ify動詞后綴“使……”；identification（識別；身份證明）←identify去y加-ication名詞后綴；identical（同一的）←ident+ical形容詞后綴。Any man over thirty identifies his youth with the worst fault he thinks he is capable of.任何過了三十歲的人都把自己的青年時代視為自認所能犯下的錯誤。
2.relevant（相關的；意義重大的）即re+lev+ant，re-前綴，lev詞根“升，舉”，-ant形容詞后綴，故“從……升起的”→“源自……的”→相關的。同根詞：elevate（升舉，提高）←e+lev+ate；elevator（電梯，升降機）←e+lev+at（e）+or。
3.sympathy（n.同情；共鳴）即sym+path+y，sym-（=syn-，在p前n變形為m以方便發(fā)音，前綴“同”），path詞根“感情”，-y抽象名詞后綴；sympathize/sympathise（v.同情；共鳴），-ize/-ise為動詞后綴；sympathetic（同情的；共鳴的）←sym+path+etic形容詞后綴。
4.alternatively（二者擇一地；另外）←alter改變+nat（e）+ive+ly；alternative（二者擇一的；供選擇的事物）←alter+nat（e）+ive；alternate（v.交替；交替的）←alter+nate。Love's alternate joy and woe.愛情就是交替的歡樂與痛苦。
5.convention?。ù髸?；慣例；公約）即con+ven（t）+tion，con-一起，ven（t）來，-tion名詞后綴，故“人們來到一起”→開“大會”，而“大會制定的規(guī)則”即是“公約”，公約遵守時間長了就成為“慣例”。stomp（n.v.重踏）←stamp（郵票；標志）也有相同含義，想象“猛蓋郵戳”→重踏。
6.appropriate（適當?shù)模┘碼p+propri+ate，ap-前綴加強語氣，propri看作proper（適當?shù)模?ate后綴；
7.inappropriate（不適當?shù)模鹖n否定前綴+appropriate。Extreme remedies are very appropriate for extreme diseases.烈性藥物對于重病是非常適宜的。←這句話是西方醫(yī)學之父希波克拉底說的。
8.inedible（不可食的）←in否定前綴+ed（=eat）+ible能……的。
9.resent?。╲.憤怒、怨恨）即re+sent，re（=against反對），sent（=sense感覺），于是“在感覺上反對”→憤恨。People don't resent having nothing nearly as much as too little.人們所不滿的往往是太少，而不是沒有。
10.disparaging?。ㄝp視的）←dis否定前綴+par平等+ag（e）后綴+ing后綴。
11.scapegoat?。ㄌ孀镅颍┛蛇@樣記：escape（n.v.逃跑）←e+scape，把e看作ex-，則scape就是沒有“離開”的→“逃不掉的”→“留下來替罪的”，于是scape+goat→替罪羊。與“羊”有關的另一習語：black sheep（害群之馬；敗家子），源自諺語There is a black sheep in every flock.
12.casual（偶然的；漫不經(jīng)心的）即cas降落+ual后綴；casualty（嚴重意外事故；傷亡者）←cas+ual+ty名詞后綴。Aoff-the-cuff 即席的。
13.deliver?。╲.傳遞；釋放；發(fā)表；分娩）即de+liver，de-前綴“使”，liver（=liber）詞根“自由”，于是從“使自由”推出deliver的各項含義；delivery?。▊鬟f）←deliver+y名詞后綴。
14.light-hearted 輕松愉快的。
15.familiar?。ㄊ煜さ?；親近的）即famil（y）+iar形容詞后綴，“感覺像家一樣的”；familiarity（熟悉）←familiar+ity名詞后綴。exaggeration（夸張）←ex加強語氣+agger堆積+ation名詞后綴；exaggerate（夸張）←ex+agger+ate動詞后綴。understatement?。ㄑ陲?；輕描淡寫的陳述）←under+statement；反義詞：overstatement（夸大的陳述）←over+statement。
16.privilege?。╪.優(yōu)惠；特權v.給予優(yōu)惠或特權）即privi+leg+e，privi（=private）詞根“私人的”，leg詞根“法律”（如legal“法律的；合法的”←leg+al），→特權。To have become a deeper man is the privilege of those who have suffered.變得更加深謀遠慮是受過磨難的人的特權。
17.effectively（有效地）即ef+fect+ive+ly，ef-前綴表“加強”，fect詞根“做”，-ive形容詞后綴，-ly副詞后綴；去ly即為形容詞effective。
難句解析：
① 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.
該句是一個復雜單句，句子的主語是your humor，后面有兩個平行的謂語must be和should help，它們后面分別有其賓語。其中should help后面的賓語是不定式to show，而它的賓語比較復雜，是兩個并列的賓語從句：that you are one of them和that you understand their situation and are in sympathy with their point of view，中間用or連接。
本句結構比較簡明，只需注意show them后面是兩個并列的賓語從句就可以了。后面的賓語從句中有個很有用的詞組in sympathy with，表示同情、同意、贊同。
② 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.
if引導了一個條件從句，而后面的主句是兩個子句構成的并列句。在第一個子句you will be in a position to know the experiences and problems which are common to all of you中又有一個定語從句which are common to all of you來修飾the experiences and problems，而后面的子句的結構是一個it is adj. for sb. to do sth.的結構。
要看懂本句，重點在于要把后面的兩個子句斷開，并分別理解。
③ Include a few casual and apparently off-the-cuff remarks which you can deliver in a relaxed and unforced manner.
該句是一個祈使句。謂語是include，賓語是remarks，后面有一個定語從句修飾它。
注意該句的特性。另外注意off-the-cuff的意思。
④Often 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.
整句可以看成是由so連接的并列句，前后有一定的因果關系。前面的子句是一個強調(diào)結構，而后面又是一個祈使句，其謂語動詞是speak和remember。而remember后面又是一個很長的賓語從句。
要理解前后的因果關系。
試題解析：
1. 【正確答案】 [C]
本題考的是局部信息?？忌灰炊说谝欢蔚谌湓挕癉epending on whom you are addressing, the problems will be different”以及后面的supporting evidence，就能夠準確地回答本題。
2. 【正確答案】[B]
本題的關鍵是看學生是否理解第二段結尾St．Peter的話。有42.8％的考生選C項是因為沒有理解St．Peter的話，而把注意力放在了醫(yī)生的所作所為上，即醫(yī)生把新來的人推到一邊，沖到隊伍的最前面等等，因而給人一種他享有特權的印象。
3. 【正確答案】 [D]
本題的關鍵是第三段的最后一句話，意思是：你去開郵局或電話系統(tǒng)（即public services）的玩笑則比較安全，不會有冒犯什么人的危險，同時本句中還出現(xiàn)了一個關鍵詞“scapegoats”，說明public services常常成為人們的笑柄。
4. 【正確答案】[D]
本題主要考第四段的內(nèi)容。其中有一些關鍵詞，如：“natural”，“relaxed”，“unforced”，“l(fā)ight-hearted”等。只要考生看懂了這些詞的意思，這道題就很容易了。
5. 【正確答案】 [A]
這道題考的是對全文的理解，是一道總括題。答總括題需要利用全文的信息。從全文各段的內(nèi)容來看，文章主要是講如何有效地使用幽默。采用排除法很容易確定本題的答案。
全文翻譯：
如果你想在談話中用幽默來使人發(fā)笑，你就必須知道如何識別共同的經(jīng)歷和共同的問題。你的幽默必須與聽眾有關，能夠向他們顯示你是他們的一員，或者你了解他們的情況，同情他們的觀點。根據(jù)與你談話的不同對象，問題也有所不同。如果你在和一群經(jīng)理談話，你就可以評論他們秘書的工作方法紊亂；相反，如果你在和一群秘書談話，你就可以評論她們老板的工作方法紊亂。
下面舉一個例子，它是我在一個護士大會上聽到的。這個故事效果很好，因為聽眾對醫(yī)生都有同樣的看法。一個人到了天堂，由圣彼得帶著他參觀。他看到了豪華的住宅、美麗的花園、晴朗的天氣等等。所有人都很安靜、禮貌和友善，然而當這位新來的人在排隊等候午餐時，突然被一位穿白大褂的人推到一旁。只見這人擠到了隊伍的前頭，抓起他的食物，噔噔地旁若無人地走到一張餐桌旁?！斑@是誰??？”新來的人問圣彼得?！芭?，那是上帝，”他回答說，“但有時也認為自己是一名醫(yī)生?！?BR> 如果你是你談話對象集體中的一員，你就能夠了解你們所共有的經(jīng)歷和問題，你就可對餐廳極難吃的食物或者總裁在選擇領帶方面差勁的品味進行評頭論足。而對于其他聽眾，你就不能試圖貿(mào)然地講這種幽默，因為他們也許不喜歡外人對他們的餐廳或總裁有如此微詞。如果你選擇去評論郵局或電話局這樣的替罪羊，那你就會很安全。
如果你在幽默時感到很別扭，你應該進行練習使它變得更自然。包括一些很隨便的、看上去是即興的話，你可以用輕松的、不做作的方式把它們說出來。常常是你說話的方式使聽眾發(fā)笑，因此說慢一些，并且記住揚揚眉毛或者做出一種不相信的表情都會向人們顯示你正在說笑話。
留意幽默，它常常是在出其不意的時候出現(xiàn)。它可以是一句常言的歪曲如“你要是一開始不成功，就放棄”，或者是玩弄語言和情景。留意夸張和打折扣的話?？紤]一下你的談話，選出一些詞匯和句子，顛倒它們的秩序，并注入一些幽默。