Question

Read the passage carefully :

 

1.  Much before medical science discovered it, Readers Digest came with the prescription --- laughter is the best medicine. Newspapers and magazines which regularly run humour columns are therefore doing a great service in keeping the readers in good humour. Reading light articles, whether they are satirical, comical or just humorous, relieves the tedium of work-a-day world. Some pieces may also tickle one’s grey matter.

 

2. It is said that if you laugh for ten minutes you will be in a better position to put up with pain for two hours. According to US researchers, laughter is a good antidote to stress; it tones up the system. While laughing, facial muscles instruct the brain to `feel good’ regardless of how you feel.

 

3. According to a French doctor, laughter deepens upon breathing,  improves blood circulation, speeds up the process of tissue healing and stabilises many body functions. In short, it acts as a  power drug with no side effects. Researchers state that laughter stimulates production of natural pain killers in the body and improves digestion. Those who laugh are less prone to digestive disorders and ulcers.

4. Some people in France have made it a career. You can hire a ‘jovialist’ who cracks jokes and promises to make you dissolve your worries in helpless laughter.

5. A word of caution: Although laughing is a good exercise for toning up the facial muscles, laughing at others’ expense, particularly at their disabilities, is in bad taste and is to be avoided. Secondly, laughing with food in the mouth is dangerous as the food stuff can get into the wind pipe and may choke the digestive system. Laughter comes best when it is free of encumbrances, whether it is constricting food or the need to humour the boss.

a) On the basis of your reading of the above passage, make notes on it, using headings and subheadings. Use recognizable abbreviations, wherever necessary. Supply a suitable title. 

b) Write a summary of the above passage in about 50 words.         
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Answer 1

Answer:

Title for the given passage " The Benefits of Laughter  ".

Explanation:

From the above question,

They have given 5 Passage , Here is the  basis of your reading of the above passage, make notes on it, using headings and subheadings. Use recognizable abbreviations, wherever necessary. Supply a suitable title.

a) Title: The Benefits of Laughter

I. Introduction

• Laughter is the best medicine
• Humour columns in newspapers & magazines

II. Benefits

• Stress relief
• Facial muscles
• Deeper breathing
• Blood circulation
• Tissue healing
• Natural pain killers
• Digestive disorders & ulcers

III. Professionals

• ‘Jovialists’

IV. Caution

• Don’t laugh at others’ expense
• Don’t laugh with food in the mouth

b) Summary

      Laughter has many benefits, such as relieving stress, improving circulation and breathing, and even producing natural pain killers. It has become a profession in France, with ‘jovialists’ providing laughter for a fee. However, it is important to remember not to laugh at others’ expense, and to be careful when laughing with food in the mouth.

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