M: What about the custard pie routine? W: What do you mean ‘custard pie routine’?
+ {" X6 N6 u) y7 t- ^; U M: You know, all those old films where someone gets so outraged with his boss, He picks up a custard pie and plasters it all over the other person’s face。
9 X- j& g" d+ K o W: That never makes me laugh much, because you can guess what’s going to happen. But a lot of people still find it laughable. It must because of the sort of the thing we’d all love to do once in a while and never quiet have the courage to。4 z& s5 |. r! f0 E2 P6 e. S( y
M: I had an old aunt who used to throw cups of tea at people when she was particularly irritated. She said it relieved her feelings。
1 p$ ~+ [% ]' V W: It must have come a bit expensive。0 o# n, L( j. z. P3 |; q1 l
M: Not really. She took care never to throw her best china。
/ I9 ^& L% F. q8 W$ [7 k2 @1 f 19. C)We derive some humorous satisfaction from their misfortune。
0 q# L% M# R" G* f0 R) B+ v 解析:从But of course there is also a kind of humorous satisfaction in seeing somebody self-important making a fool of themselves。一句中,可知,我们会嘲笑他人的不幸,是因为我们可以从中得到一种幽默的满足,derive from 意为得到,取得, make a fool of 意为愚弄,出洋相,所以正确答案是C |