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If you intend usinghumor in your talk to make people smile, you must know
how to identify sharedexperiences and problems. Your humor must be relevant to
the audience andshould help to show them that you are one of them or that you
understand theirsituation and are in sympathy with their point of view.
Depending on whom youare addressing, the problems will be different. If you are
talking to a groupof managers, you may refer to the disorganized methods of
their secretaries;alternatively if you are addressing secretaries, you may want
to comment ontheir 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 ofdoctors. A man
arrives in heaven and is being shown around by St. Peter. Hesees wonderful
accommodations, beautiful gardens, sunny weather, and so on.Everyone is very
peaceful, polite and friendly until, waiting in a line forlunch, the new arrival
is suddenly pushed aside by a man in a white coat, whorushes to the head of the
line, grabs his food and stomps over to a table byhimself. “Who is that?” the
new arrival asked St. Peter. “Oh, that’s God,” came thereply, “but sometimes he
thinks he’s a doctor。”
If you are part of the group which you are addressing, you will bein a
position to know the experiences and problems which are common to all ofyou and
it’ll be appropriate for you to make a passing remark about theinedible canteen
food or the chairman’s notorious badtaste in ties. With other audiences you
mustn’t attempt to cut inwith humor as they will resent an outsider making
disparaging remarks abouttheir canteen or their chairman. You will be on safer
ground if you stick toscapegoats like the Post Office or the telephone
system。
If you feel awkward being humorous, you must practice so that itbecomes
more natural, include a few casual and apparently off-the-cuff remarkswhich you
can deliver in a relaxed and unforced manner. Often it’s thedelivery which
causes the audience to smile, so speak slowly and remember thata raised eyebrow
or an unbelieving look may help to show that you are making alight-hearted
remark。
Look for the humor. It often comes from the unexpected. A twist ona
familiar quote “If at first you don’t succeed, give up” or a play on words or on
a situation. Search for exaggeration andunderstatements. Look at your talk and
pick out a few words or sentences whichyou can turn about and inject with
humor。
21. 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。
22. The joke about doctors implies that, in the eyes of nurses, theyare
[A]impolite to new arrivals。
[B]very conscious of their godlike role。
[C]entitled to some privileges。
[D]very busy even during lunch hours。
23. 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。
24. To achieve the desired result, humorous stories should bedelivered
[A]in well-worded language。
[B]as awkwardly as possible。
[C]in exaggerated statements。
[D]as casually as possible。
25. 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。
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