首页
登录
职称英语
[originaltext][12] In today’s personality stakes, nothing is more highly valued
[originaltext][12] In today’s personality stakes, nothing is more highly valued
游客
2024-04-04
32
管理
问题
[12] In today’s personality stakes, nothing is more highly valued than a sense of humor. We seek it out in others and are proud to claim it in ourselves, perhaps even more than good looks or intelligence. [13] If someone has a great sense of humor, we reason, it means that they are happy, socially confident and have a healthy perspective on life.
[14] This attitude would have surprised the ancient Greeks, who believed humor to be essentially aggressive. And in fact, our admiration for the comically gifted is relatively new, and not very well-founded, says Rod Martin, a psychologist at the University of Western Ontario. Being funny isn’t necessarily an indicator of good social skills and well-being, his research has shown. It may just as likely be a sign of personality flaws.
[15] He has found that humor is a double-edged sword. It can forge better relationships and help you cope with life, or it can be corrosive, eating away at self-esteem and irritating others. “It’s a form of communication, like speech, and we all use it differently,” says Martin. We use bonding humor to enhance our social connections, but we also may employ it as a way of excluding or rejecting an outsider.
Though humor is essentially social, how you use it says a lot about your sense of self. Those who use self-defeating humor, making fun of themselves for the enjoyment of others, tend to maintain that hostility toward themselves even when alone. Similarly, those who are able to view the world with amused tolerance are often equally forgiving of their own shortcomings.
Questions 12 to 15 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
1.What’s today’s most highly valued personality stakes?
2.How do people today view humor according to the speaker?
3.What did the ancient Greeks think of humor?
4.What has psychologist Rod Martin found about humor?
选项
A、It is a double-edged sword.
B、It is a feature of a given culture.
C、It is a unique gift of human beings.
D、It is a result of both nature and nurture.
答案
A
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3540174.html
相关试题推荐
ThereisnothingnewaboutTVandfashionmagazinesgivinggirlsunhealthyi
ThereisnothingnewaboutTVandfashionmagazinesgivinggirlsunhealthyi
ThereisnothingnewaboutTVandfashionmagazinesgivinggirlsunhealthyi
ThereisnothingnewaboutTVandfashionmagazinesgivinggirlsunhealthyi
[originaltext]Whenwethinkofgames,thereareallkindsofthings.Maybeyou’
[originaltext]Whenwethinkofgames,thereareallkindsofthings.Maybeyou’
[originaltext]MyfellowSingaporeans:Whatwereyourmostmemorablemoments
[originaltext]MyfellowSingaporeans:Whatwereyourmostmemorablemoments
[originaltext]AbeetleinvasionintheUnitedStateshaskilledatleasttwenty
[originaltext]AbeetleinvasionintheUnitedStateshaskilledatleasttwenty
随机试题
Accordingtotheauthor,______.[br]Whenwemakefriends,wemightconsiderth
America’smorecapitalistsportsfanscommonlyacknowledgethattheircountr
[originaltext]Atonetimeitwasthemostimportantcityintheregion—abu
可能存在的高温、强热辐射的作业环境是A.深井煤矿工作场所 B.缫丝车间 C.
A.生物剂量测定器有6个长方形窗孔 B.以出现最弱红斑反应后所需的时间为标准
在无牙颌模型上,哪一区域如不缓冲易形成支点,使义齿产生前后翘动()A
正常人血浆纤维蛋白原的含量是A.2~5g/L B.2~4g/L C.2~3g
既能发表,又能利水的药组是A.麻黄、桂枝 B.香薷、紫苏 C.麻黄、香薷
帮助患者下颌自然回到正中关系位,下面哪种方法不正确A.肌肉疲劳法 B.吞咽
(2020年真题)关于工程建设国家标准的制定,国务院标准化行政主管部门负责工程建
最新回复
(
0
)