21 Laugh At Oneself
Small children often laugh at a lame of a blind person, or at someone who isn’t dressed as well as they are. But as they grow up, they learn not to hurt people’s feelings by laughing at their problems. They learn to laugh at other things. Most important, they learn to laugh at themselves.
Suppose you are playing a game. You make a silly mistake and lose. Do you become angry Or can you laugh at yourself and hope to do better next time
Suppose you are at a special dinner. You carelessly spill some food. Why keep worrying about it Why not laugh it off and enjoy yourself anyway
If you can, it shows that you have really grown up.
自我解嘲
小孩子们经常嘲笑踱子或盲人，或者其他不如他们穿着好的人。 但当他们长大后，他们学会不再因嘲笑别人的缺点而伤害他人的感情。他们学着嘲笑其他东西。最重要的是他们学会了自嘲。
假设你在玩游戏。你犯了一个愚蠢的错误并且输掉了。你会生气吗？或者你自我解嘲以期下次玩得好些？
如果你出席一个很特别的宴会，不小心洒出了一些食物。为什么总是为此耿耿于怀呢？为何不一笑了之，使自己开心？
如果你能够做到这些，就说明你真正地长大了。
参考译文
词汇：
Laugh at 嘲笑 lame 瘸的
Suppose 假设，推测 spill 洒，溢出去
Worry 担心，忧虑 anyway 无论如何
I．听全文录音，判断正(T)误（F)
1 .Small children often laugh at others，
2 .One will‘hurt people’s feelings by laughing at their problems.
3 .The writer thinks that as one grows up，he learns to laugh at himself
4 ．The writer thinks that if one loses a game, he shouldn't laugh at himself．
II .听录音，补全下列段落
Suppose you are playing a 1 . You make a 2 mistake and 3 . Do you
become 4 Or can you laugh at 5 and hope to do 6 next time
Suppose you are at a 7 dinner. You carelessly 8 some food. Why 9 worrying about it Why not laugh it off and enjoy yourself 10 ？
答案:
I．1．T2．T 3．T 4．F
II．1 ．game．silly 3. lose 4. angry 5．yourself
6. better 7．special 8．spill 9. keep 10．anyway
