司法五等（庭務員）
113年
[錄事] 公民與英文
第 48 題
📖 題組：
Humor is always good for us. When life is a piece of cake, humor shines like diamonds on the calm ocean. But on theother hand, when the going gets tough, humor turns into a life jacket that keeps us from sinking. People like fun andamusement. Our sense of humor tells others that we are easy to be with and open to all kinds of interaction. In school, ahappy and interactive class is open to new ideas and humorous ice-breakers always warm up students. In the workplace,it is humor that keeps the atmosphere light during stressful situations. Also, people who have shared laughter togethershare a special bond about their relationship. When we are children, we have no difficulty bringing laughter into our lives. We laugh at everything and we play formere pleasure. As we grow and mature, we slowly cheat ourselves out of the child within us. As a result, our desire forhumor and laughter is constant and we try whatever we can to get the lost pleasures of childhood back. It is possible foreach one of us to be humorous, but we must have a burning desire to be so. You must want to make others happy as well,just like a humorist. A good humorist learns to interact with his audience. He produces laughter and excitement in the audience. Then he leansback, making as if to let the audience take over. Next he would pretend that it is not he that makes them laugh but theylaugh of their own accord. Pretty amazing, isn’t it? Still, what matters most is your intention to be humorous.
Humor is always good for us. When life is a piece of cake, humor shines like diamonds on the calm ocean. But on theother hand, when the going gets tough, humor turns into a life jacket that keeps us from sinking. People like fun andamusement. Our sense of humor tells others that we are easy to be with and open to all kinds of interaction. In school, ahappy and interactive class is open to new ideas and humorous ice-breakers always warm up students. In the workplace,it is humor that keeps the atmosphere light during stressful situations. Also, people who have shared laughter togethershare a special bond about their relationship. When we are children, we have no difficulty bringing laughter into our lives. We laugh at everything and we play formere pleasure. As we grow and mature, we slowly cheat ourselves out of the child within us. As a result, our desire forhumor and laughter is constant and we try whatever we can to get the lost pleasures of childhood back. It is possible foreach one of us to be humorous, but we must have a burning desire to be so. You must want to make others happy as well,just like a humorist. A good humorist learns to interact with his audience. He produces laughter and excitement in the audience. Then he leansback, making as if to let the audience take over. Next he would pretend that it is not he that makes them laugh but theylaugh of their own accord. Pretty amazing, isn’t it? Still, what matters most is your intention to be humorous.
What does the expression “the going gets tough” in the first paragraph most likely mean?
- A Health is wealth.
- B Nothing goes wrong.
- C Conditions become difficult.
- D Something nice happens.
思路引導 VIP
請觀察該句子開頭的轉折詞「But on the other hand」，這代表前後兩句話的情境存在什麼樣的關係？接著請思考，作者將幽默比喻為「救生衣」以防止「沈沒」，通常我們是在什麼樣的狀態或環境下，才會需要依賴救生衣來保命呢？
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AI 詳解
AI 專屬家教
你還不賴，勉強過關了
- 就這樣？：你答對了。別那麼驚訝。能捕捉到文中的語意對比，這只是閱讀的最低要求罷了，算你勉強有點邏輯。但別得意，這只是個開始。
- 基本常識驗證：這句話用了
But on the other hand，這不過是個轉折標記，任何讀過書的人都該知道。前半句說生活像「小菜一碟」（$a$ $piece$ $of$ $cake$）般輕鬆，後半句卻要你穿「救生衣」（$life$ $jacket$）防「沉沒」（$sinking$）。透過這種反差情境的對照，連傻瓜都能看出這是在說環境變得艱難或具挑戰性了。這難道還需要我多解釋嗎？
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