Laughter makes you feel good. And the good feeling that you get when you laugh remains with you even after the laughter disappears. Humor helps you keep a positive, optimistic outlook through difficult situations, disappointments, and loss.

More than just a pause from sadness and pain, laughter gives you the courage and strength to find new sources of meaning and hope. Even in the most difficult of times, a laugh –-- or even simply a smile–can go a long way toward making you feel better. And laughter really is contagious (有傳染的)—just hearing laughter primes your brain and readies you to smile and join in the fun.

Laughter strengthens our relationships by bringing positive feelings and building emotional connections. When we laugh with one another, a positive bond is created. This bond acts strongly against stress, disagreements, and disappointment.

Shared laughter is one of the most effective tools for keeping relationships fresh and exciting. All emotional sharing builds strong and lasting relationship bonds. Laughter unites people during difficult times.

Having more humor and play into your daily interactions can improve the quality of your love relationships— as well as your connections with co-workers, family members, and friends.

Laughter is your birthright, a natural part of life that is inborn. Little babies begin smiling during the first weeks of life and laugh out loud within months of being born. Even if you did not grow up in a family where laughter was a common sound, you can learn to laugh at any stage of life.

One essential characteristic that helps us laugh is not taking ourselves too seriously. We’ve all known someone who takes everything with deathly seriousness and never laughs at anything. No fun there!

The ability to laugh, play, and have fun with others not only makes life more enjoyable but also helps you solve problems, connect with others, and be more creative. People who include humor and play into their daily lives find that it renews them and all of their relationships.

Life brings challenges that can either get the best of you or become playthings for your imagination. When you “become the problem” and take yourself too seriously, it can be hard to think outside the box and find new solutions. But when you play with the problem, you can often transform it into an opportunity for creative learning.

Title: Laughter is good for you

（61）____________ of laughter

l       Laughter can make you courageous and （63）__________ to find new sources of meaning and hope in life.

l       Laughter can （64）____________ a positive bond, which can help to （65）__________ stress, disagreements and disappointment.

l       Laughter can keep relationships fresh and exciting.

Ways to bring laughter to life

l       Humans are （66）___________ with the ability to laugh.

l       You can acquire the ability to laugh by （67）________ at any stage of life.

l       Take yourself （68）_________ seriously to develop your sense of humour.

（62）___________

Laughter can bring a more （69）__________ life, better problem-solving abilities, stronger （70）_____________ with others, and more creativity.

61. Benefits / Advantages   62. Conclusion      63. strong        64. create / develop / build       65. fight      66. born       67. learning     68. less     69. enjoyable   

70. connections / relationships

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