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題干：Ifyouintendusinghumorinyourtalktomakepeoplesmile，youmustknowhowtoidentifysharedexperiencesandproblems.Yourhumormustberelevanttotheaudienceandshouldhelptoshowthemthatyouareoneofthemorthatyouunderstandtheirsituationandareinsympathywiththeirpointofview.Dependingonwhomyouareaddressing,theproblemswillbedifferent.Ifyouaretalkingtoagroupofmanagers，youmayrefertothedisorganizedmethodsoftheirsecretaries；alternativelyifyouareaddressingsecretaries，youmaywanttocommentontheirdisorganizedbosses.Hereisanexample，whichIheardatanurses'convention，ofastorywhichworkswellbecausetheaudienceallsharedthesameviewofdoctors.AmanarrivesinheavenandisbeingshownaroundbySt.Peter.Heseeswonderfulaccommodations,beautifulgardens,sunnyweather,andsoon.Everyoneisverypeaceful,politeandfriendlyuntil,waitinginalineforlunch,thenewarrivalissuddenlypushedasidebyamaninawhitecoat，whorushestotheheadoftheline,grabshisfoodandstompsovertoatablebyhimself.“Whoisthat?”thenewarrivalaskedSt.Peter.“Oh,that'sGod，”camethereply，“butsometimeshethinkshe'sadoctor.”Ifyouarepartofthegroupwhichyouareaddressing，youwillbeinapositiontoknowtheexperiencesandproblemswhicharecommontoallofyouandit’llbeappropriateforyoutomakeapassingremarkabouttheinediblecanteenfoodorthechairman'snotoriousbadtasteinties.Withotheraudiencesyoumustn'tattempttocutinwithhumorastheywillresentanoutsidermakingdisparagingremarksabouttheircanteenortheirchairman.YouwillbeonsafergroundifyousticktoscapegoatslikethePostOfficeorthetelephonesystem.Ifyoufeelawkwardbeinghumorous，youmustpracticesothatitbecomesmorenatural.Includeafewcasualandapparentlyoff-the-cuffremarkswhichyoucandeliverinarelaxedandunforcedmanner.Oftenit'sthedeliverywhichcausestheaudiencetosmile，sospeakslowlyandrememberthataraisedeyebroworanunbelievinglookmayhelptoshowthatyouaremakingalight-heartedremark.Lookforthehumor.Itoftencomesfromtheunexpected.Atwistonafamiliarquote“Ifatfirstyoudon’tsucceed,giveup”oraplayonwordsoronasituation.Searchforexaggerationandunder-statements.Lookatyourtalkandpickoutafewwordsorsentenceswhichyoucanturnaboutandinjectwithhumor.
題目：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
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參考答案【正確答案：D】
推理題。文章第三段指出，如果談話者是聽眾集體中的一份子，就可以用雙方共同的經(jīng)歷作為幽默的素材，否則這樣做就不合適。最后一句指出，如果拿公共服務行業(yè)作為替罪羊來調(diào)侃的話, 你就會平安無事。即針對任何聽眾都可以以它們?yōu)樾α稀Ｓ纱丝芍? 它們是大家經(jīng)常談論的笑料。因此D選項是正確答案。
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