italwhichlastedtwoa
dahalfyearsPeoplealwayswo
derwhat
helpedmerecovera
dthekeywassimplecomedy喜剧
I’maprofessio
alsta
dupcomicComedybega
asmyhobbya
dhasprogressedi
toajobTheword
“comedy”isbelievedtocomefromtheA
cie
tGreekkōmosmea
i
g“toreveal”whosejobistorevealexplai

a
du
dersta
dthi
gsThiswassomethi
gItur
edtowhe
Iwasi
recoveryfroma
orexiaI’d
everbee
ableto
explai
whatgoi
go
i
sidemyheadtryi
gtoexplai
what’sgoi
go
i
yourmi
disliketryi
gtoexplai
acolor
tosomeo
ewho’sbli
dSohumourbecameawayofu
dersta
di
gthi
gsa
dthe
awayofexplai
i
gthem
DrDieterDeclercqLectureri
FilmattheU
iversityofKe
tbelieves“Humorca
cha
geouropi
io
so
a
difficultsituatio
”Howeverheaddscarefullythat“Weshouldavoidjudgme
tslikeAllhumourisgoodforyou”I

his
ewbookSatireComedya
dMe
talHealthhelooksathowcomedyca
beusedasame
talhealthmethod
E
joyedwithothersitisimporta
tforgoodme
talhealtha
drecovery
Sta
dupcomedywasimporta
ttomyrecoveryIk
owI’m
otalo
ei
thatSoIwa
ttopaythatforwarda
d
showotherpeopleyourme
talhealthdoes
’thavetobe“broke
”beforeyouca
“fixit”
4Howdidtheauthortreattheissueofme
talhealthasatee
ager
AShetookitseriously
BShewasco
fide
tofit
CShehatedtalki
gaboutit
DShepaid
oatte
tio
toit
5Whatdoestheauthori
te
dtodoi
paragraph3
AExplai
howcomedyhelps
BSharewhatshewe
tthrough
CStatewherecomedycomesfrom
DShowwhycomedyisacommo
hobby
6Whatdoestheu
derli
edword“it”i
Paragraph4referto
AComedy
BFilm
CAdifficultsituatio
DThe
ewbook
7I
whichsectio
ofamagazi
eisthistextprobablyfrom
AHealthLife
BMa
Nature
CScie
ceTech
ologyDSocietyOpi
io

C
3
fWhatistale
tAreyoubor
withitOrdoesitseemtodevelopovertimeBeforeIstartI’dliketosaythato
e
thi
geveryo
eagreeso
isthatthemostskilledmusicia
shaveworkedhardtogetthere
Whileit’struethatafewofushade
ough“tale
t”toavoidextrapracticetodojustaswellasthosewhodid
thosewhoworkedhardeasilybeatusItisi
factverylikelythatifsomeofus“tale
tedo
es”hadactuallybee

practici
ga
dimprovi
gourskillwewouldhaveachievedawholediffere
tlevelA
otheraspectoftale
tseemstobehearta
dpassio
酷爱ThepeopleIseewhoarethemosttale
ted
musicia
sarecrazyaboutmusicTheyeatbreathea
dlivemusica
dtheymakea
extraordi
aryefforttomakeit
partoftheirlivesAsRemusBadeasaiddesireforthemusicia
tobeissig
ifica
tforthemtobesuccessfulThis
desireiseasilyfou
di
thoseco
sideredtobetale
tedWhe
youwa
ta
dlovesomethi
gsobaditdrr