【BeforeIstudiedpsychology（心理学），Iusedtothinkthatpeoplewouldlaughwhenfunnythingshappened．WhileIwasrightaboutthat，Idiscoveredtherearelotsofotherpsychologicalfactorsthatmakepeoplelaughotherthanthefunnypa】

　　BeforeIstudiedpsychology（心理学），Iusedtothinkthatpeoplewouldlaughwhenfunnythingshappened．WhileIwasrightaboutthat，Idiscoveredtherearelotsofotherpsychologicalfactorsthatmakepeoplelaughotherthanthefunnypartofajoke．Whensomeonelaughsatajoke，therewillusuallybemorethanonereasonthatmakeshimlaugh-andthemorereasonsthereare，themorepowerfulthejokewillbe．

　　Iwasattendingastand-upcomedyshowinEgypt，andwhenthemanstartedtomakefunofpedestrians（personwalkinginthestreet）crossingstreets，everyonelaughedtheirheartsout．Themainreasonthosepeoplestronglylaughedwasthatalmostallofthemfeltangrytowardspedestrianswhocrossedstreetscarelessly．Thejokewasn'tonlyfunny，italsomadetheaudiencefeelthattheywererightaboutbeingangryatthosepedestrians．Thatis，peoplewerelaughingbothbecauseofthefunnyjokeandbecauseofthehappinessexperiencedasaresultofthepsychologicalsupporttheygot．

　　Thebetterajokemakesapersonfeel，andthemoreitincludesotherpsychologicalfactors，themorethepersonwilllikeit．Forexample，ifyouenvyoneofyourfriends，andsomeonetellsajokethatisfunnyand，atthesametime，makes yourfriendseemstupid，thenyouwillprobablylaughatitlouderthanifyouweren'tjealousofhim．

　　Inshort，wedon'tlaughonlywhenwehearsomethingfunny；wealsolaughwhenweexperiencesomekindofhappinessthatresultsfromtheotherpsychologicalfactorsinvolvedinthejoke．Istronglydiscouragemakingfunofanyoneorbelittling someonetomakesomeoneelselaugh．AllIwanttoexplainisthatifyourjokesupportsaperson'semotions，hewillcertainlylikeitalot．

　　25．Whatdidtheauthorfindoutafterstudyingpsychology？___

　　A．Onlygoodjokesmakepeoplelaugh

　　B．Manyfactorsleadtopeoplelaughing．

　　C．Funnythingscanmakepeoplelaugh

　　D．Laughtercanmakepeoplehealthy．

　　26．Whydidtheaudiencelaughloudatthepedestrians？___

　　A．Theiremotionwasapprovedofbytheshow．

　　B．Thepedestriansbehavedinafunnyway．

　　C．Theycouldfeelthepedestrians'happiness．

　　D．Theyplayedatrickonthepedestrians．

　　27．Whatdoestheunderlinedword"belittlin