Lesson 2
Laughter Is the Best Medicine
psychology
acknowledge
being
get rid of
profession
n.
心理学
vt
.
认可，承认
n.
物，生物，人
处理掉，摆脱
n.
职业，专业
fool around
from time to time
authority
figure
campaign
result in
胡闹，瞎弄
不时地
n.
权力，权威
n.
人物
n.
运动
导致，造成
alongside
resist
tension
caution
scratch
scold
forbid
run into
adv.
在
……
旁边，与
……
并排
vt
.
抵抗，抵制
n.
紧张，焦虑
vt
.
骂，责骂
vt
.
禁止，不准
撞上
n.
谨慎，小心
vt
.
抓（伤），划（破）
Exercise 2
It is not an easy _________.
When I perform at company parties,
I can _____
the managers.
I can ______
them from giving people
too much work…
profession
scold
forbid
Who gets to say these kinds of things
to an _______________
But I still have to remember to use
_______ sometimes.
One time, I _________ a man’s head
as I …
authority figure...
caution
scratched
The scientists have found that
laughter __________(
和
…
联系
) with
happiness has an ______(
对
…
有影响
)
on most of the major physiologic
system (that is, the normal functions)
of the body. These effects have been
______________(
显示
) by lab
experimentation.
associated
effect
demonstrated
The ___________(
相互作用
) between ______
（
幽默
）
and ______(
压力
) is complicated because stress itself is complicated. Some stress is ________(
需要的
) in human beings to ________
（
保持
）
interaction
humor
stress
desirable
maintain
their health---even their _______(
生存
). We can not live without some environmental demands on our physical beings. If humor were to ________(
去除
)
those demands, the human race would die.
survival
eliminate
Listen and finish exercise 3 and 4
Look at the pictures and decide what the joke is about.
Two brothers drove their parents’
car when they went away.
And the two brothers really enjoyed
the driving, but when they came
back home, they found a scratch
on the car.
They knew their father would go
mad, and they decided to repair it.
However, when their father reached
home, he felt so surprised because
the scratch was caused by himself
before he went away.
Listen to the tape and finish exercise 7 and 8.
And try to make up a funny story.
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