【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[听力原文]
W: You know, I"ve often wondered why people laugh at the picture of a big belly businessman slipping on a banana skin and falling on his bottom. We are to feel sorry for them.
M: Actually, Laura, I think we laugh because we are glad it didn"t happen to us. But of course, there is also a kind of humorous satisfaction in seeing somebody self-important making a fool of themselves.
W: Yes, and there are a lot of jokes about people who are too fat or physically handicapped, you know, deaf, or short-sighted, things like that. After all, it"s not really funny to be like that.
M: Oh, I think that"s because we"re embarrassed. We don"t know how to cope with the situation. Perhaps we are even a bit frightened we might get like that, so we laugh. What about the custard pie routine?
W: What do you mean "custard pie routine"?
M: Oh, 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.
W: That never makes me laugh very much, because you can guess what"s going to happen. But a lot of people still find it laughable. It must be because it"s the sort of the thing we"d all love to do once in a while and never quite have the courage to do.
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.
W: It must have come a bit expensive.
M: Not really. She took care never to throw her best china.

Why does the man say we laugh when we see some self important people making fools of themselves?

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[听力原文]
Why do some people joke about those who are fat or handicapped according to the man?

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[听力原文]
Why do many people find it funny to see someone throwing a custard pie at their bosses" face?

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[听力原文]
Why did the man"s aunt say she would throw cups of tea at people occasionally?