1. Inspiration Channel（靈感通道） 

1) Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward. Have you ever been so frustrated with your day that you wanted to curl up in a ball and cry? I doubt anyone can honestly say, "No", to that question because we've all been there, but why not laugh instead? 

應(yīng)對挫折和疲憊有哭有笑反應(yīng)各異，我喜歡笑，因?yàn)樾^后至少不用清理自己。你曾在失望至極的那一天很想哭作一團(tuán)吧？我相信大家都會(huì)誠實(shí)地回答這個(gè)問題“是”，因?yàn)槲覀兌加羞^這樣的遭遇，可是為何不以笑來取而代之呢? 

2) Laughter is a powerful (and free!) medicine that you're not taking enough of. Sharing a genuine laugh with a friend or co-worker can be enough to brighten our day, no matter how down-and-out we feel. Laughter is a stress-reducer, immunity-booster, heart-helper, and confidence-builder. Read on to learn more about the surprising benefits of humor. 

笑是療效最好的藥(且免費(fèi))，怎么用也不會(huì)夠。無論我們感覺自己的情緒有多么低落，和朋友或同事分享一下快樂的笑聲足以讓我們開心一整天。笑是減壓器，笑是免疫助推器，笑是心臟輔助器，笑是自信生成器。 

2. Extended Reading（拓展閱讀） 

Through humor, you can soften some of the worst blows that life delivers. And once you find laughter, no matter how painful your situation might be, you can survive it. All of life's junk—break-ups, family drama, relationship problems, you name it—seem worse while we’re dealing with them in real-time. Keep the events of every day in perspective by asking yourself the question, "Is this really a big deal in the grand scheme of things?" If the source of stress isn’t something you'll remember next week/month/year, lighten up. Search for the humor or irony in the situation and laugh it off. Smile (because you deserve to be happy)! 

幽默可以軟化生活上所遭遇到的最嚴(yán)重的打擊。無論多么痛苦的遭遇，一旦訴諸于笑的神奇力量，你就可以堅(jiān)持下來。生活中所有不順心的事——情侶分手、家庭問題、情感問題，這些我們生活中總要處理的不幸遭遇。堅(jiān)持每天問自己對這個(gè)問題的態(tài)度和看法：“真的就是一件非常了不得的大事嗎？”如果這份壓力在下周、下個(gè)月、明年你就不記得了，那就讓自己輕松起來。以幽默或諷刺的方式一笑了之。笑，你值得擁有！

1. frustration [fr?s'trei??n] n. 挫敗；挫折；受挫；失敗 

2. afterward ['ɑ:ft?w?d; '?f-] adv. 以后，后來 

3. genuine ['d?enjuin] adj. 真實(shí)的，真正的；誠懇的 

4. down-and-out ['daun?n'aut] adj. 被擊垮的；窮困潦倒的 

5. real-time ['ri?ltaim] adj. 實(shí)時(shí)的

俚語表達(dá)： 

flip out 樂死了 

Chris flipped out when I told him that we won the game. 

我告訴克里斯我們贏了比賽時(shí)，他樂歪了。 

have it good 享受得很 

She really has it good. Everybody caters to her every need. 

她真是享受得很，大家都依著他。