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1、LearningtoLaughAtYourselfTheabilitytolaughatyourownflaws,weaknessesandblundershaslongbeenrecognizedasasignofmaturity.AsEleanorRooseveltputit,"Youdon'tgrowupuntilyouhaveyourfirstgoodlaughatyourself."Andyetthisisoneofthemostdifficultaspectsofyoursenseofhumor

2、todevelop.It'seasytoseethehumorinsomeoneelse'sblundersorflaws,butit'sanotherstorywhenthesamethinghappenstous.That'swhywe'veputoffworkingonthispartofyoursenseofhumoruntilyou'vealreadyestablishedsomegoodhumorskillsinareasthathavenothingtodowithlaughingatyour

3、self.(很久以来，嘲笑自己缺点、弱点和失误的能力被认为是成熟的标志。正如伊琳娜*罗斯福所说：“当你第一次痛快地嘲笑自己一番时，你便长大了。”然而，这是幽默感中最难培养的一点。笑看别人的失误和缺点很容易，但当自己有同样的失误和缺点时，那就是另一回事儿了。这就是为何我们在掌握了其他幽默技巧后，才着手培养自嘲的原因。)OscarWildeonceofferedavaluableinsightaboutthewayweliveourliveswhenhesaidthat"Lifeistooimportantto

4、betakenseriously."Whatdoyouthinkhemeantbythis?Idon'tthinkhemeantyoudon'thavetotakeyourresponsibilities,promises,work,etc.seriously.Hedidn'tmeanthatit'sOKtolivelifewithnointegrity.Ithinkhemeantthatthequalityofourlifesufferswhenweapproacheverythinginaserious

5、manner.Welosethealiveness,joyandspontaneitywehadwhenwewerekidswhenwetakeeverythingsoseriously--especiallywhenwetakeourselvessoseriously.(奥斯卡*王尔德对我们的生活方式曾有过很有价值的观察，他说：“生活太重要了，我们不能太认真。”你认为他这样说意义何在？我想他并非说你不必认真承担责任、工作和对待承诺等，也不是说可以做不正直的人。我认为他是指：当我们严肃对待每件事时，生活质量

6、就会受影响。当我们一本正经对待一切--尤其是对待自己时，我们便丧失了孩提时所拥有的活泼、快乐和自然天性。)Ithinkthekeyhereistotakeyourworkandyourresponsibilityseriously,buttakeyourselflightlyintheproccess.Whenyoutakeyourselfseriouslyallthetime,youwilllosemanybenefitsthataplayfulattitudeandhumorcanoffer.(我想这里

7、的关键是要认真对待你的工作和责任，但在此过程中要轻松对待自己。当你总跟自己太认真时，你会失去愉快态度和幽默带给你的许多好处。).-1-