Culture shock or thinking differences can depress even the most experienced traveller.Remember that unlucky accidents with service providers may take place because of cultural or linguistic misunderstandings,and that getting angry will make communication more difficult and cause bad feelings. A taste of humour can make hard situations more meaningful and enjoyable to you,your fellow travellers and the local friends you’ve made.

Keep a journal or carry a small tape recorder and make regular entries or recordings.Taking a step back and telling an experience after some time will open the door to humour.Write a letter or an email to a friend when you find your humour reducing. Challenge yourself to tell at least one good story in this message and you’ll be surprised at how funny things can look when told to someone outside the situation.

Keep a list of funny things that you observe during your first few days in a new culture, and an explanation of what you think these things are all about. Look back on these lists later in the trip;what seemed strange before is probably familiar now, and your explanations may be funnier than the things themselves! Imagine writing an entry in a guidebook about a frustrating experience. How would you describe your experience to the later travellers?What travel advice would you offer?

Try to see yourself through the eyes of the locals. What might they find strange or funny about what you are doing at this moment? When you find it difficult to overcome cultural differences, taking a new look at yourself can be very funny. Be careful not to sacrifice (牺牲) respect for local culture in order to lighten things up for yourself and fellow travellers.

【小题1】Why will the travellers often get depressed according to the text?

A．Because of being short of money.

B．Because of the different thoughts on the same thing.

C．Because of not having enough clothes.

D．Because of the unlucky fellow travellers’ trouble.

【小题2】What should you do when you try to keep your sense of humour in foreign countries?

A．Tell anything that you find entertaining.	B．Learn to respect the local customs.
C．Know how to overcome cultural differences.	D．Try to tell anything particularly funny.

【小题3】What can you infer from the passage?

A．The funny things will be always interesting and never change.

B．The funny things will always make people happy.

C．If the people didn’t experience the things,they would find them funny.

D．The things seemed strange before are surely becoming the familiar things.

【小题4】Who is the text intended for?

A．The performers who act in the music hall.	B．The actors who often act in the theatre.
C．The travellers who are experienced.	D．The travellers who want to be humorous.