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Unit 1 Post-Reading ReadingComprehension 1．Understanding the Organization of the Text Para．1-3 Humor is universa1，but people’s sense of humor varies． Para．4． Even animals have a sense of humor．The author’s dog is a good example． Para．5 The typical three parts of a joke：1)setup，2)body，3)punch line． Para．6—12 Different forms of humor:1) slap-stick,2) Chinese cross-talk,3) a play on words,4)puns and double entendres Para.13 Humor will persist even though some professional humorists think today’s humor is not very intelligent or sophisticated． 2．Understanding Specific Information 1)B 2)D 3)C 4)A 5)C 6)A 7)A 8)D 9)B 10)B 3．Explaining the Difference I think there are several factors that lead to the different responses ，such asone’spersonality,knowledgeoftheworld，culturalbackgrounds，etc．Somepeople aremoresensitivetohumor．Theyliketolaugh，andtheyenjoyjokes．Theyaremore imaginative．Afterheatingajoke，theywillusetheirimaginationtomakethejoke more laughable．Some people，because of their limited cultural backgrounds，can’ t understand the joke well．Or ,they don’t think it amusing because they don’t have the right knowledge．It’S not because they are not sensitive to humor, but becausetheydon’tunderstandverywell．Anotherbarrier,Ithink，isthelanguage． Some—times when a foreign teachertells a joke，the students cannot understand it because of some difficult words． 4．Analyzing Jokes JOKE ONE： 【 One day a visitor from the city came to a small rural area to drive around onthecountryroads，seehowthefarmslooked，andperhapstoseehowfarmersearned a living．(SETUP)】 [The city mansaw a farmer in his yard，holdinga pig up inhis hands，and liftingit so that the pig could eatapples froman apple tree．The city man said to the farmer,‘‘I see that your pig likes apples，but isn’t that quite a waste of time?”(BODY)】 【The farmer replied，“What’s time to a pig?”(PUNCH LINE)】 JOKE TWO ： [Oneabsent—mindedprofessorapproachedtheedgeofawideriver，andfaracross onthe o