记者 薛慧晶

10月11日晚上7点，外院本学期首场外教讲座在乐育楼C106成功举办。本次讲座主讲人是来自外院的Mr. Andrew Engler, 主题是 “各种类型的幽默”。

本次讲座分为了三个部分。首先 , Andrew讲述了各种类型的幽默：政治类笑话、双关语类笑话、黑色幽默、洗手间的笑话、冷笑话以及冗长无聊笑话。他通过夸张的动作生动地诠释了这些幽默，全场沉浸在欢乐活跃的海洋中。紧接着，Andrew简述了讲笑话的好处，他指出讲笑话能够交到更多的朋友以及能够提高朋友间的信任度，而且经常讲笑话有益于人的身心发展，如呼吸更多的氧气、促进血液循环以及增强免疫抗体。最后，Andrew向大家介绍了各种不同的笑声与笑法，如礼貌地笑、无奈地笑、捧腹大笑、偷笑、邪恶地笑等等，教大家如何在不同场合中运用不同的笑声和笑法。

伴着欢声笑语，本学期外院第一场外教讲座拉下了帷幕。

A Lecture: Different Types of Humor

By XUE Huijing

At 7 p.m. October 11th, Mr. Andrew Engler, the overseas teacher of the School of Foreign Languages, held a lecture named Different Types of Humor in Leyu C106.

This lecture was composed of three parts. First of all, Andrew introduced different types of humor, namely political jokes, dark jokes, toilet jokes, lame jokes and shaggy dog jokes. He performed vividly to explain these types of humor, and the classroom was filled with laughter.

Secondly, Andrew emphasized the importance of making proper jokes. He told the students that making jokes could deepen friendship and have positive effect on one’s health.

At last, Andrew showed students various ways to smile or laugh in the different occasions. The lecture ended with joy.