Jokesarethingsthatwesaytomakeotherpeoplelaugh.Sometimesajokeisjustashortsentencewhileothertimesitcanbeastorythatcantakeawhiletotell.Anexampleofasimplejokeis:

Jokesarethingsthatwesaytomakeotherpeoplelaugh.Sometimesajokeisjustashortsentencewhileothertimesitcanbeastorythatcantakeawhiletotell.Anexampleofasimplejokeis:

Peoplewhotelljokesarewelcomedeverywherebacauseeveryonelikeshearingagoodjoke.Hereisanotherexampleofajokes:

Wesayajokeis“corny”ifitisstupid.Anexampleofacornyjokeis:

Butsomepeoplemaythinkacornyjokeactuallyagoodjoke.Tellingagoodjokedependsnotonlyonthejokeitselfbutalsoonthewayitistold.Somepeoplehaveaskillfortellingjokes.Andsomepeoplesimplydonotknowhowtotelljokes.Everylanguageandculturehasitsownfunnyjokes.Asaresultmanyjokeslosetheirhumoriftheyaretranslatedintoadifferentlanguage.Somejokesdependonmakingfunofotherpeopletobefunny.Howeverthesejokesmayhurtpeople’sfeelings.

Sometimesjokesaretoldaboutcertainracesandreligions(宗教).Thesearecalled“recial”and“religious”jokesandtheycanbeburtingpeopletoo.Jokesaboutthesupposedspecialthingsofthemembersofonesexaresometimesconsideredtobe“sexist(性别歧视的)rubbish”.Jokesthathurtpeople’sfeelingsarenotreallyfunny.

Haveyouheardagoodjokelately?Canyoutellyourclassmatesonethatwillmakethemlaugh?

1.Peoplewhoaregoodattellingjokesareusually_____.

A.serious B.crazy C.famous D.popular

2.A“corny”jokeisonethatis_____.

A.veryfunny B.stupidornotfunny C.veryshort D.veryharmful

3.Somejokesdependon_____tobefunny.

A.howlongthesenteccesare

B.theageofthepersonwhotellsthejoke

C.whereweatestandingwhentellingthejoke

D.thelistener’sunderstandingofthelanguageandculture

4.Whichofthethefollowingisthewriter’sopinion?

A.Jokesthathurtpeople’sfeelingsarenotreallyfunny.

B.Somepeoplesimplydonotknowhowtotelljokes.

C.Everylanguageandculturehasitsownjokes.