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1、2019-2020年高考英语二轮复习政治经济文化类阅读理解精练（5）xx高考英语阅读理解--政治经济文化类Whatisfunny?Theshortansweris:Whoknows?Thejokethatcausesaburstoflaughterfromonelistenermightbemetwithapuzzledlookfromanother.Ingeneral,youshouldavoidjokesatanybusinessorsocialgatheringwheretherearemorethantwopeopleinyourconversationalgroup.Iftherea
2、reonlytwopeople—andtheyconsistofyouandyourbestfriend—goaheadandtellit.Admittedly,afewpeoplepossessaperfectsenseoftiming,appropriateness,andjokedelivery.Youareprobablynotoneofthem.Youmightbequitefunnyandhavemanygreatjokes.Butthere’saplaceforjokes—overdinnerwithfamily,hikingwithfriends,butbusinessorso
3、cialaffairswithcolleaguesandacquaintances(熟人)arenotit.Ittakesawholeotherlevelofjoke-tellingabilitytoputajokeintothemoreformalconversations.Thebestjokeseintotheconversationsothatbythetimelistenersrealizeajokeisinprogress,thepunchlinethatproduceshumourisbeingdelivered—totheirsurpriseanddelight.Jokesdo
4、n’ttranslatewellwhenyou’reinagroupwithmixedbackgrounds:thosewhosefirstlanguageisnotEnglish,thosewhomightnotunderstandaspecialtermoran“in”expression,youngpeoplewhowouldn’tcatchareferencetosomebitofculturefamiliartoolderpeople—andviceversa(反之亦然).Neverjokeaboutanotherpersoninthegroup—abouttheirname,hab
5、its,hometown,profession,appearance,orpast.It’snotaquestionofwhetherthejokeischeeryorappropriate.Nooneenjoysbeingsingledoutthisway.Whenyouarethesubjectofthejoke,thelaughterdoesn’tfeelgoodnomatterhowhardyoutrytotellyourselfthey’renotlaughingatyou.Becausethat’swhatitfeelslike.Whatdoyousayifyourealizeyo
6、urjokeupsetsomeone?Apologizeasbrieflyandassincerelyasyoucan,andhopethatsomeonechangesthesubject.Trysaying:“I’msorry.Ishouldhaveknownbetter”or“I’msorry.Iwasn’tthinking.”Whatdoyoudoifpeopledon’tgetyourjokeordon’tappeartofinditasfunnyasyoudo?First,donotretellit,onlylouderthistime,hopingthepointofthejok
7、ewillbeseen.Second,don’ttrytopushpeopletogetit.Peopledonotlikepeoplewhosejokestheydon’tunderstand.Theyfeelstupidandneedtoblamesomeone.Ifyouwanttoleavewiththegoodwillofyourlisteners,saysomethingtomaket
