Humor
If you see humor as an optional form of entertainment，you're missing some of its biggest benefits：Humor makes average﹣looking people look cute and uninteresting people seem entertaining．Studies show that a good sense of humor even makes you seem smarter．
Best of all，humor raises your energy，and that can have an effect on everything you do at school，at work，or in your personal life．The increase of energy will even make you more willing to exercise，and that will raise your overall energy even more．
Humor also transports your mind away from your daily troubles．Humor lets you better understand life and sometimes helps you laugh at even the worst of your problems．
In my experience，most people think they have a sense of humor，and to some degree that's true．But not all senses of humor are created equal．So I thought it would be useful to include some humor tips for everyday life．
You don't have to be the joke teller in the group in order to show your sense of humor．You can be the one who directs the conversation to fun topics that are ripe for others to add humor．Every party needs a straight person．You'll appear fun and funny by association．
When it comes to in﹣person humor，effort counts a lot．When people see you trying to be funny，it frees them to try it themselves．So even if your own efforts at humor fall short，you might be freeing the long kept humor in others．People need permission to be funny in social settings because there's always a risk that comes with humor．For in﹣person humor，quality isn't as important as you might think．Your attitude and effort count a lot．
Some people﹣and I was one of them﹣believe that humorous complaints about the little problems of life make humor，and sometimes that is the case．The problem comes when you start doing too much complaint﹣based humor．One funny observation about problem in your life can be funny，but five is just complaining，no matter how smart you think you are．Funny complaints can wear people out．
Self﹣deprecating（自嘲式） humor is usually the safest type，but here again you don't want to overshoot the target．One self﹣deprecating comment is a generous and even confident form of humor．You have to be at least a bit self﹣assured to laugh at yourself in front of others．But if you do it too often，you can transform in the eyes of others from a confident joker to a Chihuahua dog．
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Benefits of humor |
●Humor is form of （1） ．Humor can improve one's （2） and personality． ●Humor can make one （3） in his work，study，and life． ●Humor has a positive（4） effect when we are in difficulties． |
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●（6） others for a conversation of fun is as good as telling a joke yourself when showing your sense of humor． ●Quality counts （7） than attitude and effort﹣even a stupid joke can （8） others of risk and embarrassment． |
Traps to （9） |
●One humorous complaint makes funny person．But too many complaints will （10） your audience． ●Self﹣deprecating comments show one's assurance．But too much deprecation will make a Chihuahua dog． |
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One day a young man was standing in the middle of the town proclaiming(宣告)that he had the most beautiful heart in the whole valley. A large crowdgather), and they all admired his heart for it was perfect.
Suddenly, an old man appeared and said, “Why, your heart is not nearly as beautiful as. ”The crowd and the young man looked at the old man’s heart,
was full of scars. It had places where pieces had been removed and other pieces put in, but they didn’t fit quite right, and there were several jagged(凹凸不平的)edges. In fact, in some places there were deep gouges(沟槽)where whole pieces were
(miss).
The young man laughed. “Comparing your heart with mine, mine is perfect and yours is a mess of scars. ”“Yes, ”said the old man, “Yours looks perfectI would never trade with you. You see, every scar represents a person to
I have given my love. I tear out a piece of my heart and give it to them, and often they give me a piece of their heart that fits into the empty place in my heart. But because the pieces aren’t exact, I have some rough edges, which I cherish, because they remind me of
love we shared. Sometimes I have given pieces of my heart away, and the other person hasn’t returned a piece of his or her heart
me. These are the empty gouges. Although these gouges are painful, they stay open,
(remind)me of the love I have for those people. So now do you see
true beauty is? ”
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Louis invited his friends to lunch one day. He was cooking some delicious food in the kitchen. Suddenly, he (find) that he had run out of salt. So Louis called to his son, “Go to the village and buy some salt, but pay a fair price for it: neither too much
too little.”
His son looked surprised. “I can understand why I shouldn’t pay too much, Father, but if I can pay less, not save a bit of money?”
“That would be a very (reason) thing to do in a big city, but it could destroy a small village like ours,” Louis said.
Louis’s guests, had heard their conversation, asked why they should not buy sale more cheaply if they could. Louis replied, “The only reason why a man would sell sale
a lower price would be that he was desperate for money. And anyone who took advantage of that situation would be showing a lack of respect for the sweat and struggle of the man who worked very hard to produce
.”
“But such a small thing couldn’t (possible) destroy a village.”
“In the beginning, there was only very small amount of unfairness in the world, but everyone added a little, always
(think) that it was only small and not very important, and look where we have ended up today.”
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There are moments in life you miss someone so much that you just want to pick them from your dreams and hug them for real!
When one door of happiness closes, opens, but often we have been looking so long at the closed door
we don't see the one which
(open) for us already. Don't go for looks; they can deceive(欺骗). Don't go for wealth; that fades away. Go for someone
makes you smile because
takes only a smile to make a dark day bright. Dream what you want to dream; go
you want to go; be what you want to be. The happiest people don't
(necessary) have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way. The brightest future will always be
(base) on a forgotten past. When you were born, you were crying and everyone
you was smiling. Live your life so that when you die, you're the one who is smiling and everyone around you is crying.
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Once, in a lovely garden, lived the most beautiful butterfly in the world. She was so pretty, and had won so many beauty competitions she had become very proud. One day, a naughty cockroach (蟑螂) got fed up with her showing off, and decided
(teach) her a lesson.
She went to see the butterfly, and in front of everyone she told her that she wasn’t really that beautiful, and that the butterfly only won the competitions the judges had been paid. In
(real), the cockroach was the most beautiful.
The butterfly was angry and told the cockroach, “I (beat) you in a beauty competition, with whichever judges you choose.” “OK, I accept. See you on Saturday,” answered the cockroach, and left
waiting for a reply.
That Saturday everyone went to beauty competition. The butterfly arrived completely confident of victory until she saw
the judges were: cockroaches, worms, beetles. All of
preferred the ugliness and bad smell of the cockroach.
The butterfly was left (sob) and disappointed, wanting never to enter another beauty competition in her life. Fortunately, the cockroach forgave the butterfly for her pride and they became friends.
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I'd like to talk about the school system in Australia today. The school system in Australia does depend on _______ you go to a private school or a public school. In the state I’m from, there are a lot of private schools, and generally they are single-sex high schools. The public high schools are generally
______ (mix). All of the private high schools insist that you should wear their school uniforms,
____that might mean
(wear) a school tie and a school jacket. However, the public high schools often give you a
______(choose) of whether you want to wear a uniform or not. The school classes generally start anywhere
____ 8:30 and 9 o’clock in the morning and run
_____ 3:30 in the afternoon, and they’re followed by after-school
____ (active) like sports and music theater. The school year generally starts in the
____ (begin) on February, after our summer vacation, which lasts about six weeks around the Christmas period.
The only thing I don't like about our school system is the idea of the difference in quality of education between the private and the public schools. It remains ___(see) whether you can get a better education, even if you are in a private high school. Most of our public high schools are quite good.
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