You've probably heard the expression ‘Laughter is the best medicine'. Well, scientists and medical doctors now agree that laughter can help people deal with stress and anger. Research has also shown that people who feel happy and relaxed are healthier and have better relationships. Laughter yoga is a series of exercises which teaches you to laugh for no reason. When you do laughter yoga in a group, you laugh and do yoga breathing, so that you increase the amount of oxygen in your body. Soon the laughter exercises turn into real laughter. After a laughter yoga class, you feel calm and relaxed, but also happy and full of energy. Laughter yoga was developed by a medical doctor from India, Dr Madan Kataria. He sstarted the first laughter yoga classes in a park in Mumbai in 1995 with just five people, and now there are over six thousand laughter clubs in sixty different countries.
Companies who have run laughter yoga workshops find that they have advantages for both employers and employees. People who are happy at work are more hard working and make more money for the company. Also, people who can laugh together, communicate more successfully. In general, people do better at work 1. What is the writer's main aim in writing the text?
A. Laughter can improve people's health. B. To advise people not to laugh too much
C. To confirm that laughter is the best medicine D. To investigate the feeling of people
2. According to research, which statement below is right?
A. People will feel angry without laughter yoga. B. Laughter makes people look younger.
C. Laughter can improve people's health. D. People who don't laugh cannot build relationships.
3. What do people do in the laughter yoga class?
A. Do exercise for strictly medical purpose B. Join outdoor activities for charity
C. Tell funny jokes and laugh D. Laugh and do yoga breathing
4. According to the text, what are benefits of laughter yoga?
A. Feel calm and relaxed B. Feel happy and full of energy
C. Work and communicate more successfully D. All are correct
5. Today, laughter yoga _______
A. is still popular only in India. B. has spread to different countries all over the world.
C. is popular only among young people. D. has become less popular than before.
Writing
Complete the second sentences so that they keep the same meanings as the first ones.
1. The waiter brought him a glass of orange juice.
He……………………………………………………………………………………………........
2. Someone reported that the situation was under control.
The situation ………………………………………………………………………………………….
3. His stomach /serious/hurt/ whenever/ he/ feel/ stressful.
His stomach ……………………………………………………………………………………........
4. The mechanic is repairing Judy’s car.
Judy’s car ..……………………………………..…………………………………………………
