What lesson have you learned from the writer's jokes?

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We can learn to view things from a more relaxed and humorous perspective. We can understand that we shouldn't be too serious and rigid in life, and appropriate humor can relieve stress and enhance interpersonal relationships. Also, we may learn that some truths or inspirations can be conveyed in a clever way through jokes.

一、选用方框中单词的适当形式完成句子。
boil fail gradual kick relative
1. Linda ______ his last math exam because of carelessness.
2. We often have family meals with our ______.
3. The brothers ______ a ball in the yard at 3 p.m. yesterday.
4. In recent years, machines have ______ offered help in more and more fields(领域).
5. Some leaves fell into the pot when Shen Nong ______ drinking water over an open fire.

2. 我们经常和我们的亲戚一起吃家庭餐。“relative”是可数名词，这里要用复数形式relatives。
3. 由“at 3 p.m. yesterday”可知，该句时态为过去进行时，结构是“was/were + 现在分词”，主语“The brothers”是复数，“kick a ball”表示“踢球”，所以填were kicking。
4. 近年来，机器逐渐在越来越多的领域提供帮助。“gradual”是形容词，这里要用副词形式gradually修饰动词“offered”。
5. 当神农在篝火上煮饮用水时，一些叶子掉进了锅里。“boil”表示“煮”，根据语境，这里用一般过去时，所以填boiled。
1. failed 2. relatives 3. were kicking 4. gradually 5. boiled