人生不總是一帆風順，難免會遇到起伏。雖然有些事情會讓你感到悲傷難過、心煩意亂，但不妨幽默一把，調侃生活中得不如意。
詞匯：coping 應對
Sometimes life doesn’t seem to play fair. It blindsides you at the most inopportunemoments, and even if we can learn to grin and bear the ups and downs, they can take their toll on our psyche. So rather than suffer in silence or let these things get you down, maybe there is another way: what if humour can help you get through the dark times?
According to author and clinician Kristen Lee: “Laughter and tears are both therapeutic – we need both to process such hard times.” But how can we find the tough things that happen funny? Our lives are really serious, often filled with mundane and repetitive activities, whether it’s arbitrary bill paying or fighting for a seat on your commute, we need to make time for fun and play – enjoy the little things. Why not make funny noises to remind you to stop taking things seriously, or learn some silly jokes, just to tell when times get hard? They could make you or other people around you laugh!
When a hurdle pops up in life, it’s easy to get bogged down – but the way we recount events can impact on our resilience. Rather than see the negatives, look for the ironicmoments and tell people about them! Why not write parodies in your spare time about events that take place to help you compartmentalise? script what happened as if it was happening to a character rather than yourself.
We all know that some things in life aren’t fair. But take those events and send them up a bit in your scripts! Sometimes life needs a bit of a roasting to get your thoughts in order, and embracing your comedic side, seeing life’s difficult moments as obstacles that can be made fun of rather than overwhelm you, may help you get through them more easily. And who knows, you may just discover a talent for writing at the end of it.
詞匯表play fair 公平待人
blindside 攻其不備
inopportune 不合時宜，不是時候
grin and bear 咬牙忍受
ups and downs 曲折，起伏
psyche 精神狀態，心靈
suffer in silence 默默忍受
get someone down 使某人沮喪
get through 渡過（難關）
tough 困難得
mundane 單調乏味得
hurdle 難題，難關
get bogged down 陷于困境得，停滯不前得
ironic 令人啼笑皆非得，有諷刺意味得
parody 戲仿作品
compartmentalise 劃分成不同部分
send something up 調侃某事
roast 吐槽，開玩笑
embrace 欣然接受
make fun of 取笑，拿…開玩笑
