Whаt is it аbоut humоr thаt makes us laugh? The clue can be fоund in the fact that almost all jokes contain a contradiction between two realities, usually a conventional and an unconventional one. These two realities represent conflicting definitions of the same situation. To make people laugh, we first make them clearly aware of their taken-for-granted conventional definition of a situation and then surprise them by contradicting that definition with an unconventional one. Look, for example, at the following joke from a study by one researcher: My wife comes home and says, “Pack your bags. I just won $20 million in the California lottery.” “Where are we going? Hawaii? Europe?” I ask jubilantly. She says, “I don’t know where you’re going, Doug, as long as it’s out of here.” The first two sentences set up in our mind the conventional assumption that the married couple will share the joy of winning the lottery. The punch line strikes down that assumption with the unexpected, unconventional reality that a presumably loving wife wants to be free from her husband. Humor
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L. 8 - El futurо - Cоmpletа lа оrаción con el verbo entre paréntesis conjugado correctamente en el futuro. Marta (volver) [1] a la casa de sus padres. Antes de dormir, Marta (llamar) [2] a Carlos para decirle «buenas noches». A las diez, Carlos y sus amigos (salir) [3] a tomar una cerveza juntos. La dependienta le (decir) [4] «adiós» al guardia. Después, la dependienta y sus colegas (subirse) [5] al autobús para llegar a casa.