【单选题】
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B.We wish to hide our indifference to their misfortune.
C.We derive some humorous satisfaction from their misfortune.
D.We think it serves them right for being mean to other people.
网考网参考答案:C
网考网解析:
[听力原文] 19-22 W: You know I’ve often wondered why people laugh at the picture of a big belly businessman slipping on a banana skin and falling on his bottom. We are to feel sorry for them. M: Actually, Laura, I think we laugh because we are glad it didn’t happen to us. But of course there is also a kind of humorous satisfaction in seeing somebody self-important making a fool of themselves. W: Yes, and there are a lot of jokes about people who are too fat or physically handicapped, you know, deaf, or shortsighted things like that. After all, it’s not really funny to be like that. M: Oh, I think that’s because we’re embarrassed. We don’t know how to cope with the situation. Perhaps we are even a bit frightened we may get like that, so we laugh. M: What about the custard pie routine W: What do you mean custard pie routine’ M: You knoy, all those old films where someone gets so outraged with his boss, He picks up a custard pie and plasters it all over the other person’s face. W: That never makes me laugh much, because you can guess what’s going to happen. But a lot of people still find it laughable. It must because of the sort of the thing we’d all love to do once in a while and never quiet have the courage to. M: I had an old aunt who used to throw cups of tea at people when she was particularly irritated. She said it relieved her feelings. W: It must have come a bit expensive. M: Not really. She took care never to throw her best china. [解析] 从But of course there is also a kind of humorous satisfaction in seeing somebody self-important making a fool of themselves.一句中,可知,我们会嘲笑他人的不幸,是因为我们可以从中得到一种幽默的满足,derive from 意为得到,取得, make a fool of 意为愚弄,出洋相,所以正确答案是C document.getElementById("warp").style.display="none"; document.getElementById("content").style.display="block"; 查看试题解析出处>>
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