首页
登录
职称英语
[originaltext] In today’s personality stakes, nothing is more highly valued
[originaltext] In today’s personality stakes, nothing is more highly valued
游客
2024-04-27
16
管理
问题
In today’s personality stakes, nothing is more highly valued than the 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. 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. 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 exactly be a sign of personality flaws." 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 your 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, of 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.
23. How do people today view humor according to the speaker?
24. What did ancient Greeks think of humor?
25. What has psychologist Rod Martin found about humor?
选项
A、It was self-defeating.
B、It was aggressive.
C、It was the essence of comedy.
D、It was something admirable.
答案
B
解析
事实细节题。短文中提到,现代人对幽默的看法可能会吓到古希腊人,因为古希腊人认为幽默在本质上具有挑衅性。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3573447.html
相关试题推荐
[originaltext]Intoday’spersonalitystakes,nothingismorehighlyvalued
[originaltext]Intoday’spersonalitystakes,nothingismorehighlyvalued
[originaltext]PhillisWheatleywasayoungAfrican-Americanslavewhobelon
[originaltext]PhillisWheatleywasayoungAfrican-Americanslavewhobelon
[originaltext]Larryarrivedearlyforhisspeakingengagement.Hepositione
[originaltext]Larryarrivedearlyforhisspeakingengagement.Hepositione
[originaltext]Larryarrivedearlyforhisspeakingengagement.Hepositione
[originaltext]M:YoualsohirethemistressesofOxfordHighSchoolforgirls.
[originaltext]W:Hasmyorderarrivedyet?Ihavebeenexpectingitlastweek.
[originaltext]W:Hasmyorderarrivedyet?Ihavebeenexpectingitlastweek.
随机试题
Theroomwasnottidy.Shoes,socksandbookswereseen___________onthefloor.A
Although"namingrights"haveproliferatedinAmericanhighereducationfor
[originaltext]Yourassignmentsthistermwillbetowritetwomajorresearc
教师指导学生毕业论文(设计)的原则有哪些?
脑膜炎奈瑟菌分解葡萄糖和麦芽糖:A.不产酸不产气 B.产酸产气 C.不产酸产
根据《巴塞尔新资本协议》的要求,商业银行的内部评级系统应当包括()两个维度。A
工资总额的准确统计为国家( )提供了重要依据。A.计算经济补偿金 B.了
劳动定额管理的内容主要包括( )。A.劳动定额的制定 B.劳动定额的贯彻
真核生物mRNA前体剪接部位的结构有( )。A.5′-剪接位点为GU B.3
胆汁质气质的人,其高级神经活动类型属于A:强、均衡而灵活的活泼型 B:强、均衡
最新回复
(
0
)