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Why do we laugh? 为什么我们会笑？

4. How do you make a rat laugh?

5. True or false? The part of the brain responsible for speaking is newer than the part used for laughing.

2. 请你在不参考课文的情况下完成下列练习。选择一个意思合适的单词填入句子的空格处。

1. I can't stop _________ whenever Tim talks. He's just so funny.

rib-tickling splitting giggling groaning

2. He _________ his claim with photographic evidence.

back upped back up heightened backed up

3. After running for 10 miles I was _________ heavily.

wheezing snorting chortling tickling

4. Don't you dare say that again or you'll be laughing on the other side _________.

of my face of your face of our face of the face

5. Police were sent in to deal with a _________ situation.

threatened non-verbal non-threatening threatening

答案 1. 阅读课文并回答问题。

1. Why do we laugh so much when we're with others?

We laugh because it helps us make and maintain social connections, it helps us understand situations are non-threatening, and because it can make us more popular.

2. How is laughing unlike speaking?

Laughter is produced in a different way physically: by forcing air out quickly, without using the teeth or lips. The sounds made are similar to those we make when highly emotional, not to words. Laughing is similar to animal noises – and uses a different part of the brain to speech.