【正文】 ces to provoke laughter and provide amusement. 2. People of all ages and cultures respond to humour. The majority of people are able to experience humour, ., to be amused, to laugh or smile at something funny, and thus they are considered to have a sense of humour. 3. Though there are many ways to laugh, from giggles to guffaws(大笑) and from chuckles to cackles(咯咯的笑), it turns out that we humans laugh at the strangest things. 4. Laughter is rightly called the best medicine as it relieves not only the one who laughs, but all those around him too. 5. A healthy sense of humour helps you to laugh at the worst situations and above all at yourself, a very positive sign of a happy life. 6. The world is certainly not worth crying over and little jokes show us the funny side of the gravest things. 7. A sense of humour makes you more acceptable in society. It makes you wele everywhere, especially at parties, piics and social gatherings. 8. If you can use humour to bridge the gap between people from different backgrounds, you can learn how to use diversity to enhance business objectives. 9. Laugh and make others laugh and get rid of nervousness and depression. A man who always sees the funny side of a situation can never be a pessimist 10. If you can learn to relax with a sense of humour you can keep away boredom and fatigue job pressures and domestic worries.11. It is proved that laughter enhances the level of hormones which stimulate the heart and act as natural painkillers.12. As a Chinese saying goes, A smile can make you ten years younger. Doctors say laughter removes stress, burns calories and improves one39。 she often plays her stereos loud enough to wake up the whole munity. 17. A man known as the “most annoying neighbour” went before a jury for the first time last Tuesday on charges of littering in his home’s yard. Neighbours have plained about the piles of junk and rats in his yard for more than 10 years.18. When some neighbours plained about the loud noise that my classmates made on weekends, the university quickly adopted a new noise policy that restricted some traditional events held on weekends. 19. There are good neighbours and bad neighbours, both students and nonstudents, that live around the campus. I am not trying to say that our neighbours are bad or mean, just that the university should not always take their side. 20. Every year in the US, the Good Neighbour Awards are given to about 2,000 winners who have made extraordinary mitments to improving the quality of life in their munities. 21. We hope to show the world the neighbour’s virtues and to inspire people around the country to contribute to their munities.22. Indonesia and Australia are neighbours, whether we like it or not. Between neighbours, there are always ups and downs. Sometimes we have very good and excellent relations and at other times we may have some problems — this is just normal between neighbours. Unit6Find keepers1.“Finders keepers, losers weepers” means a person who finds something can keep it,and the loser has no right to it.Today this proverb is of dubious ethical merit.2. “Finders keepers, losers weepers” is believed to be an old Scottish proverband while it may be mon in some places,it is not law.It is folk wisdom.3. According to a legal casebook,the principle that the finder of an object has the propriety right againstthe true owner goes back to an English case in 1722.4. In most instances,the principle of “Finders keepers” translates into victory for the finder,simply because no one else can demonstrate true ownership to the satisfaction of a court.5. In a hospital in Taiwan,Mr. Wang, a devout Buddhist, found a wallet on top of a payphone.He promptly took it to the reception desk.When asked why he did that, he simply said:“It is my duty and belief that made me do it.”6. Robert, aged 44, from Glasgow, had no thought of hanging on to the wallet he found,despite living on ine support.He said: “I am a miner’s son and was a Sunday school teacher.Honesty is second nature to me.”7. A wallet was spotted by a boy out shopping with his mother and sister in Thailand.The mother quickly stuffed the wallet into her trousers,grabbed both children and hurried to catch a bus.8. Shannon Hill was a student in North Carolina,doing three jobs to pay for her tuition, food and rent.When she found a wallet, her first thought was, I could really use this money.But then she saw a picture of a baby in the wallet and changed her mind.Someone else needed it more, she thought.9. Andrew, 26, a TV production student in Glasgow,had just ￡10 to buy food for the week.Yet when he found a watch in a supermarket, he went to hand it in.He explained: “It might have sentimental value.I lost my watch and never got it back.”10. Mary, a little girl in a pink floral dress,found a wallet on a bench in a Seattle amusement park.She ran to her father, who immediately handed it back to her.“You must take this to someone who can help find the owner,” he said.“You must take this to someone who can help find the owner,” he said.The nineyearold took her dad’s hand and they went off to find the park office.11. In some countries,if you pick up a wallet containing a handsome amount of money that does not belong to you,and you keep it, you won’t really be prosecuted.But your action is considered by many as a theft.12. A lawyer explains that a person is guilty of theft