外刊精读Why do we laugh 我们为什么会笑？学案-2024届高三英语一轮复习

2024届高考备考 外刊精读 Day 57 Why do we laugh 我们为什么会笑? 学案 文本导读: 什么能让你发笑?能让我们笑出声的原因有很多,其中一个主要原因是为了建立和维持社会联系。你觉得和朋友在一起的时候更容易笑吗?本文讨论为什么要笑,笑对我们有哪些好处。 Step 1:词汇温习 chuckle 轻声笑,暗自笑 burst into laughter 突然开始大笑 humorous 幽默的,滑稽的 gelotologist 笑学家 primitive 原始的 gasp 喘息,倒抽气 snort 鼻息声,哼哼声 involuntary 不由自主的 contagious 具有感染力的 spontaneous laughter 自发的笑 conversational laughter 交谈中的笑 infectious 有感染力的 non-threatening 不具威胁性的 social bond 社会关系 no laughing matter 不是开玩笑的事,正经事 laughter therapy 笑声疗法 Step 2: 原文精听+精读 What things make you laugh? There are many things that make us chuckle or burst into laughter. This natural show of emotion gives off signals that we are happy, we find something humorous or even that we’re just a barrel of laughs! Gelotologists have been looking at why we do it and what the benefits are. Laughter is a very primitive way of making a sound. When we do it, we make very strange noises – from wheezes and squeaks to gasps and snorts – and each sound simply reflects the muscles in the chest squeezing out air from our ribcages under very high pressure. Most of the time our laughter is involuntary and contagious, particularly between friends. Neuroscientist, Sophie Scott, told the BBC that it’s “a social emotion. It’s better to laugh with people we like.” She defines two types of laughter – spontaneous laughter, where we laugh instantly and uncontrollably, and conversational laughter – where we laugh together with friends. Research found, on average, people laugh seven times for every ten minutes of conversation. The BBC World Service programme Crowd Science examined the science of laughter. It wanted to know what caused this highly infectious repetitive action. It found we use laughter to show others that we’re being playful and non-threatening, and this serves to make and maintain social bonds. Also, people outside of our social group can understand the relationship between the laughers by the sound of our chuckles. While our health is no laughing matter, research has found a go