Why does humor prevent accidents?

During the speech process, you are often disturbed by unexpected factors, which may cause damage to your speech. In order to reduce the disturbance to the audience, it is necessary to learn to deal with some on-the-spot accidents. Generally speaking, accidents There are two sources, one is harassment from malicious elements in the audience, and the other is unexpected objective phenomena.

When your speech is interrupted but the impact is not large, you can choose to ignore it. But if he has attracted more than 1/4 of the audience's attention, you need to take some action. Asking him outright not to disturb other people is not a smart move, as this will undoubtedly divert the audience's attention from you to him. The best way is to use humor to catch them off guard. In this regard, biologist Gvalev set an example for us. Once, while he was giving a lecture, he imitated the crowing of a rooster by himself, which caused a roar of laughter in the classroom. At this time, Gvalev looked at the watch calmly and said calmly: "My watch is in trouble! Could it be that it is already early in the morning? But please believe me, the rooster crowing is an imbecile." A kind of instinct." Gvalev's clever humor gave the troublemaker a powerful counterattack and also served as a warning to others. I believe that the person who tried to cause a mischief would also laugh in a relaxed manner. Enlightened. Once, the former Soviet poet Mayakovsky was giving a speech. A short and fat man came to the podium and accused the poet of being extremely biased in his speech. Finally, he shouted: "I should remind you that Napoleon has a famous saying.' From greatness to ridiculousness, there is only one step..." Mayakovsky looked at the distance between the man and himself, took a step forward, and said with approval: "Yes, from greatness to ridiculousness, there is only one step. Bad..." The poet's calm reply gave the troublemaker a powerful counterattack. This also reminds us that when encountering those unreasonable people, the most important thing is to stay calm and never get angry, otherwise it will reflect the intentions of those malicious people. Remember, anger and "danger" are just one thought. When you respond calmly, the opponent's arrogance will be restrained. If you can use humor to counterattack at this time, the bad accident will turn into a pleasant accident.

When giving a speech, we may also encounter such an embarrassing situation - someone who is similar to you or higher than you steals enough limelight before you even speak. , no matter what you say next, it will seem inferior. At this time, I am afraid that laughing at yourself is your best choice. By chance, the great American writer Mark Twain and the orator Johnsy M. Debia were invited to the same dinner party. At the dinner, the speech began. As soon as Mark Twain came on stage, he spoke non-stop for more than ten minutes. His witty language and sharp thoughts won him warm applause. Even the speaker De Biao was deeply impressed by him. . Next, it was De Biao's turn to speak. De Biao stood up and seemed to have no intention of speaking. After a few seconds, he said to the audience with a look of embarrassment: "Everyone, I'm really sorry. Mr. Mark Twain made an appointment before the meeting. I exchanged speech notes, so what you just heard was my speech. I sincerely thank you for your careful listening and enthusiastic support. However, for some reason, I can't find Mr. Mark Twain's speech notes, so I can't speak for him. I've said it. Please forgive me for sitting down." De Biao used his humorous talent in the face of unexpected events. Although the audience did not hear his wonderful speech, they saw his outstanding style of life and this wise words. He also won long-lasting applause from the audience.

Sometimes, there will be some sudden events at the speech site, such as power outage, microphone failure, etc., which may hinder the smooth progress of your speech and hinder the exchange of information between the speaker and the audience. At this time, we should use humor skillfully and eliminate distractions to promote the success of the speech. In October 2006, former French President Chirac delivered a speech at Peking University. While answering a student's question, the microphone suddenly malfunctioned. An embarrassing scene occurred. At this time, the 70-year-old man made a naughty face like a child, shrugged and said: "It's none of my business, I didn't touch it.

"The childlike humor attracted laughter and applause from the audience. The awkward atmosphere immediately dissipated, and everyone's attention focused on him again.

Coolidge is a senior mathematics professor at Harvard University. He During class, he had the habit of playing with his pocket watch. Once, when he was explaining an exercise to the students, he habitually played with his pocket watch. By accident, the watch chain broke and the pocket watch fell to the ground with a bang. Coolidge was stunned for a moment, but soon returned to normal. He said to all the students in a strong Boston accent: "Please note that this is an example of a heavy object falling straight. "This timely and appropriate statement made the students ignore this unexpected incident and instead felt that this episode had special significance for understanding a certain theory.

Other times, in public, , we will accidentally make some small mistakes and make some small jokes. At this moment, we can still use humor to help us express our sincerity and avoid the audience's ridicule. Riley Booth was a famous American actress in the 1950s. During a major awards event, she hurriedly stepped onto the stage. Unexpectedly, she tripped on the steps and almost fell to the ground. The audience was a little surprised, and some people even laughed when they saw her calmly holding on. He took off his body, stood in the center of the stage, and said calmly: "Ladies and gentlemen, you just saw what kind of ups and downs I went through to stand on the stage today. "The audience immediately burst into applause. No one would think of her momentary ugliness anymore, but instead marveled at her wit and humor. This on-the-spot "pun" humor made her a "blessing in disguise" and gave her The audience was left with a deeper impression, which made them like her and recognize her even more, which shows that the humor of on-the-spot ridicule is very valuable.