Vocabulary:
1.But that would have been a sermon布道;講道, and sermons are the death of humor.
2.The situation had become so outrageous粗暴的，無法容忍的?after nine weeks that it could be approached only through ridicule
3.To keep him simmered down平靜下來, the Owners gave him an Interest
simmer:燉，充滿（難以控制的情緒），（爭論，分歧）即將爆發(fā)
Reflection:
1.Control is?vital to humor.
幽默的關鍵在于掌控力，不恰當?shù)挠哪瑫鸬椒醋饔?，不如不用；重復使用的幽默讓人生厭。其實想一下，不只是幽默，寫作時的遣詞造句也是這樣，最忌諱詞匯重復出現(xiàn)，句型單調重復，但是同樣也忌諱過分刻意的華麗辭藻。
2. First of all, superb writers. Don’t search for the outlandish and scorn what seems too ordinary; you will touch more chords by finding what’s funny in what you know to be true. Finally, don’t strain for laughs; humor is?built on surprise, and you can surprise the reader only so often.
