Unit 17 Laughter1.To our surprise, he should have told such a funny story as made everyone present burst out laughing.使我们惊讶的是，他竟然讲了如此一个让在场的每一个人都放声大笑的滑稽故事。2.As we all know, laughter is the shortest distance between two people. 人人都知道，笑是两个人之间最短的距离。3.Whatever the reason, research shows that in the end, the English saying “Laughter is the best medicine.” may be true after all.不管什么原因，最终研究表明，英语谚语“笑是最好的良药”可能是真的。4.A smile always makes a young man, while the sadness keeps him grayhaired. 笑一笑十年少，愁一愁白了头。自主排查 夯基固本Ⅰ 核心单词(1)amuse (vt.) 逗乐，使(某人)笑→amusement (n.) 开心，愉悦→amused (adj.) 逗乐的→amusing (adj.) 好笑的，有趣的(2)ridiculous (adj.) 荒谬的，可笑的(3)response (n.) 回答→respond (v.) 回答(4)harmony (n.) 协调，和谐→harmonious (adj.) 和谐的(5)withdraw (vt.) 提取；撤退(6)clarify (vt.) 澄清，讲清楚(7)delay (n.) 延误，延期(8)scared (adj.) 惊恐的，担惊受怕的→scare (v.) 使害怕，惊吓(9)acknowledge (vt.) 认可，承认(10)figure (n.) 人物(11)resist (vt.) 抵抗，抵制→resistant (adj.) 抵抗的，反抗的(12)tension (n.) 紧张，焦虑→tense (adj.) 紧张的(13)caution (n.) 谨慎，小心→cautious (adj.) 小心的；谨慎的(14)scratch (n.) 抓；挠；划痕 (vt.) 划(破)(15)scold (vt.) 骂，责骂(16)forbid (vt.) 禁止，不准(17)purely (adv.) 完全地，仅仅→pure (adj.) 纯的，纯净的(18)universal (adj.) 通用的，普遍的；全世界的→universe (n.) 宇宙(19)astonish (vt.) 使惊讶，使惊骇→astonishing (adj.) 令人惊讶的→astonished (adj.) 感到惊讶的→astonishment (n.) 惊讶(20)disgusting (adj.) 令人厌恶的(21)desperate (adj.) 不顾一切的；绝望的→desperately (adv.) 绝望地，不顾一切地(22)obtain (vt.) 得到，获得(23)compensate (vt.) 补偿，赔偿(24)convince (vt.) 使确信；使信服；说服；劝说；使相信→convinced (adj.) 坚信的；深信的→convincing (adj.) 令人信服的(25)...
