大学体验英语听说教程3听力材料

大学英语听说教程III听力原文(Unit10)
2005-4-8
UNIT 10
Part B
Text 1
How to Get a Laugh
Gene Perret has been a joke writer for twenty years and has taken hundreds of flights. So he was only half listening when the air steward began going over the safety instructions. Suddenly Perret's ears stood up. 'There may be 50 ways to leave your lover,' the steward said, 'but there are only five ways to leave this airplane.' And then he added: 'Please return your seat to its upright and most uncomfortable position. Later you may lean back and break the knees of the passenger behind
you. '
Perret uses the air steward story to make a serious point: humor can catch someone's attention and get a message across. 'Some people can't tell a joke to save their lives,' says Perret, 'but everyone can learn to use humor effectively. The secret is developing your own style, learning a few tricks and taking the time to practice.'<