【ビジ英徹底復習】 2022 L12 Appreciating Humor

Hello everyone.

ジョークを集めたサイトを見つけました。
コロナウイルスのジョークをどうぞ。

The Top Ten Coronavirus One Liner Jokes
https://www.keeplaughingforever.com/post/top-10-corona-virus-jokes

いくつ理解できましたか？
私は。1, 3, 4, 5, 8がわかりました。

□
まぐまぐリーダーというアプリがあることに気付きました。
iOS、Android版があります。
過去の配信の多くも読むことができて便利です。
https://www.mag2.com/app/reader/

いよいよ今年度も最後の冬号発売です。
杉田敏の 現代ビジネス英語 2023年 冬号
https://amzn.to/3hz58ND

★maddening, 腹立たしい

This software keeps crashing. It's maddening.

= infuriating

★trying time, 苦しい時期、試練の時

These are trying times, it's true.

Have a trying time つらいめにあう

★lingo, (ある特定の分野や集団などに特有の）独特のことば遣い[言い回し]

To understand American humor, you need to understand the lingo of the younger generations.

★think poorly of, …をよく思わない、…を軽んじる

I didn't know that Americans think so poorly of lawyers and tell so many jokes about them.

★get sloshed, 酔っぱらう

Tarzan, I'm worried about your drinking. Every afternoon you come home and proceed to get totally sloshed.

★Small Talk "ZA-TSU-DA-N"

下記の質問に答えてみましょう。
(1) What is it about an email that frustrates you?
(2) April Fool's Day is not very popular in Japan, is it? Why is that?
(3) Have you ever had trouble understanding an American joke?
(4)Tell me some jokes in English.
(5)Do you think jokes are effective in Japan?