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1、Unit3AtasteofEnglishhumourⅠ.阅读理解WhenDannyWallace,26,gotbored,heputanadontheworldwidewebreadingsimply,“JoinMe.Sendapassportphoto.”AyearandahalflaterhiseastLondonflatistheheadquartersforaglobalinternet-based“club”whosememberscarryoutgooddeedsforstrangerseveryFriday.It'snotcommonforpeople
2、inLondontotalktostrangers.Ifyouseesomeonestrugglingwithsomething,partofthebraingoes“Iwanttohelp”.Butthetrainedpartofthebrainsays,“Theywillthinkyouaremadorgoingtomugthem”,soyouwalkaway.JoinMenowhasabout3,000membersaroundtheworldwhodoanactofkindnesseveryFriday.Forexample,I'musuallyoutonF
3、ridaysoIgoforoneofthestandardacts—theunexpectedcupofcoffee.Youmightbesittinginacafeandseeanoldmaninthecornerdrinkingcoffeeortea,andyouwalkupwithanothercupofwhatevertheyaredrinking,andsay,“I'veboughtyouacoffee”andwalkaway.It'sapleasuretoseethelookofsurpriseontheirfaces.Therecanbesomesus
4、picion,butIthinkthatwasmostlyintheearlydayswhenIdidn'tknowhowtodoitproperly.IwouldwalkupquitenervouslylikeIwasdoingsomethingwrongandIdidn'tknowwhentoleave.Intheend,Ilearnedthroughtrialanderror.Sometimesitworked,othertimesitdidn't.Idiscoveredthatyouhavetowalkupwithconfidenceandhumourand
5、not“getintheirfaces”.Yousay,“Thisisforyou”,thenyougo.It'shit-and-runkindness.Andthereisnopointindoingithalf-heartedly.You'vegottodoitbecauseyoureallymeanit.JoinMeiswithoutgeographicalboundaries,buttherearequiteafewmembersinLondon,andsuchstoriesaboutthingshappenontheundergroundoronthebu
6、ses.Oneladygotonthebusandputa£10notedownandsaid,“That'sformeandthenextninepeople.”Soateverystop,anyonewhogotonwastolditwaspaidfor.Alotofpeopleweredoingthissortofthinganyway.Forthemit'sanexcuseorreasontodosomethingniceforacompletestranger,anditgivesthemtheconfidencetowalkupandstartchatt
7、ing.1.WhenLondonersseesomeoneintrouble,they.A.oftengiveahandB.stopandaskquestionsC.pretendnottohaveseenitD.telephonethepolice2.Accordingtothepassage,membersofJoinMeoften.A.putanadvertisementontheworldwidewebB.gooutandmakefriendswithstrangersC.doanactofkindnesseveryFriday5D.buycoffees