【Doyouwanttoliveahappierlessstressfullife?Trylaughingfornoreasonatall.That’showthousandsofpeoplestarttheirdayatLaughterClubsaroundtheworld.ThefirstLaughterClubwasstartedinMumbaiIndiain1995by】
Doyouwanttoliveahappierlessstressfullife?Trylaughingfornoreasonatall.That’showthousandsofpeoplestarttheirdayatLaughterClubsaroundtheworld.
ThefirstLaughterClubwasstartedinMumbaiIndiain1995byDrMadanKataria.“Childrenlaughabout300timesaday.Adultslaughbetween7and15timesaday”saysDrKataria.“Everyone’snaturallygoodatlaughing—it’stheuniversal(共同的)language.”Therearenowmorethan500LaughterClubsinIndiaandover1300worldwide.
Manydoctorsarealsointerestedintheeffectsoflaughteronourhealth.Accordingtoa5-yearstudyattheUCLSSchoolofMedicineinCaliforniawithlaughingthereislessstressinthebody.Laughterimprovesourhealthagainstillnessbyabout40%.
SowhathappensataLaughterClub?IwentalongtothenearestclubinthesouthofLondontofindout.Iwasquitenervousatthebeginningoftheclass.IhadnointerestinlaughingwithagroupofstrangersandIwasworriedaboutlookingstupid(愚蠢的).Ourlaughterteachertoldustoclapourhands(拍手)andsay“hohohohahaha”whilelookingateachother.Althoughwecouldn’ttellthedifferencesbetweenfakelaughterandreallaughtertheystillproducedthesamehealthyeffects.
Surprisinglyitworked!Aftertenminuteseverybodytherewaslaughingforrealandsomepeoplejustcouldn’tstop!AttheendoftheclassIwasshockedbyhowrelaxedandcomfortableIfelt.Soifyou’reunderstressthenstartlaughing.
1.Thepassageisprobablytakenfrom______________ .
A.astorybookB.ahealthmagazine
C.acomicbookD.atravelmagazine
2.Thewriterwasnervousatthebeginningoftheclassbecause_______________.
A.hewasnotcleverenough
B.hewasn’tinterestedinlaughingatall
C.hewasn’tgoodatgettingalongwithothers
D.heknewnoonethereandwasafraiditwouldlooksillytolaughfornoreason
3.Theunderlinedword“fake”probablymeans“___________”inChinese.
A.假的B.真诚的C.真的D.难堪的
4.AccordingtothepassagewhichofthefollowingisNOTtrue?
A.Peoplefeellessstressedwhentheylaugh.
B.Adultsdon’tlaughasoftenaschildren.
C.Peoplewhooftenlaughneverfallillintheirlives.