学习目标：1 幽默相关主题词汇 2 有趣的表达
1 quip 俏皮话，妙语 搭配launch a quip
2 主题：职场为什么需要幽默（以幽默为话题的文章难写，因为读者期待笑果，要既好笑又辛辣）
1 demise /di'maiz/ formal 同义替换 death，end, finish
2 life's lessons 人生的教诲、启示
1 表示程度的词组 by and large 总体上，大体上，generally
注意：用在句子中间，不占据句首和句尾的黄金位置，与下一段中in part 的位置如出一辙
2 比较句 A study found that those with sth less adj than those without it.
造句：The teacher prefers students with a strong sense of responsibility to those without it.
1 source 好用的小词 Humour can be a particular source of comfort at work. 这句话可以背下来
2 office hierarchy 职场等级制
1 主题词汇：workplace humour 职场幽默，make a joke 说一个笑话，lighten the mood with a joke or two 说个笑话活跃气氛
2 带连字符的形容词 double-edged: capable of being taken in two ways 注意连读
a double-edged remark
the double-edged nature of workplace humour 此处用词精准，职场幽默尺度难以把握，一旦出错就会造成反效果
3 自下而上from the bottom up，自上而下 from the top down
4 最有人缘的职员，职场红人 the most popular employees at work
1 主题词汇：a laddish joke（laddish, boyish, immature）此处有段子的意思（联想dirty jokes, blue stories, off-color jokes）, gripes 牢骚，抱怨, put-down humor 贬低人/拿人开涮的笑话（例如相声的砸挂）
2 come across: (of a person) appear or sound in a specified way; give a specified impression.
3 职场抱怨一览：cramped commuter trains 挤成狗的地铁，the officious security guard 指手画脚的保安，sluggish lifts 慢腾腾的电梯，dodgy canteen food 味如嚼蜡的食堂伙食
1 in-joke: a joke for or about a select group of people 内部笑话
2 区别 black humor 和 dark humor: Black comedy is a self aware sort of humor knowing how bad it is but still making it funny, relying on the joke not the reaction. Dark humor is much less funny but is a more absurdist sort of a joke. There are plenty of overlaps in black comedy and dark humor, but generally dark humor elicits a result from the audience of general disgust.(自Quora)
Catch-22 《第二十二条军规》是black humor 的代表作
3 out of earshot: too far away to hear
1 downside: a negative aspect 缺点
句型 A downside of XX is that +从句
2 do with sth: put up or manage with 凑合，满足于
3 get through the pandemic 熬过去 through 的用法 与sit through 相同
1 主题词汇：ridiculous 好笑的，可笑的 funny
2 oration：an elaborate discourse delivered in a formal and dignified manner 致辞
mid-oration 在致辞的过程中，注意mid的用法 ，如 mid-air 在飞机上的时候
1 主题词汇：satire 讽刺
2 sit through presentations 无聊地开会 用through来强调
sit through: to go to (something) and stay until the end
We had to sit through another boring meeting. Sit Through | Definition of Sit Through by Merriam-Webster
1 主题词汇：gag 插科打诨，笑话，噱头 a joke or an amusing story or scene, especially one forming part of a comedian's act or in a film or play.
2 at the height of one's career 在职业生涯的巅峰
at the height of: At the pinnacle or maximum degree of.
