Text 4 Eva Ullmann took her master's degree in 2002 0n the part that humour has to play in psychotherapy,and became hooked on the subject.In 2005 she founded the German Insiitute for Humour in Leipzig.It is dedicated to"the combination of seriousness and humour".She offers lectures,seminars and personal coaching to managers,from small firms tO such corporate giants as Deutsche Bank and Telekom.Her latest project is to help train medical studenis and doctors.There is nothing peculiarly German about humour training.It was John Morreall,an American,who showed that humour is a market segment in the ever-expanding American genre of self-help.In the past two decades,humour has gone global.An Intemational Humour Congress was held in Amsterdam in 2000.And yet Cermans know that the rest of the world considers them to be at a particular disadvantage.The issue is not comedy.of which Germany has plenty.The late Vicco von Biilow,alias Loriot,delighied the elite wiLh his mockery of German senousness and stiffness.Rhenish,Swabian and other regional flavours thrive-Gerhard Polt,a bad-tempered Bavarian,now 72,is a Shakespeare among Lhem.There is lowbrow talent ioo,including OLto Waalkes,a Frisian buffoon.Most of this,however,is as foreigners always suspected:more embanassing Lhan funny.Germans can often be observed laughing,loudly.And they try hard."They cannot produce good humour,but they can consume it,"says James Parsons,an English man teaching business English in Leipzig.He once rented a theatre and got students,including Mrs Ullmann,to act out Monty Python skits,which they did wiLh enthusiasm.The trouble,he says,is that whereas the English wait deadpan for the penny to drop,Germans invariably explain their punchline.At a deeper level,the problem has nothing to do with jokes.What is missing is the series of irony,overstatement and understatement in workaday conversations.Immigrants in Germany share soul-crushing stories of atlempting a non-literal turn of phrase,to evoke a hoffified expression in their Gennan friends and a detailed explanaiion of the literal meaning,followed by a retreat into awkward politeness.Irony is not on the curriculum in Mrs Ullmann's classes.Instead she focuses mostly on the bas-ics of humorous spontaneiLy and surprise.Demand is strong,she says.It is a typical German answer to a shortcoming:work harder at it.
Which or the following is true about Eva Ullmann?
细节题。根据关键词Eva Ullmann定位到第一段。选项[A]She gives free lecLures to smaIJ companies in Cermany.“她为德国小公司作免费演讲”。与该项相关的是倒数第二句：She offers lecLures...from smaU firms Io such corporate giants as Deutsche Bank and Telekom.选项中的“free”一词是无中生有：且文章说其讲座对象从small firms“小公司”到corporaLe giants“商业巨头”，故而进一步证明该项是错误的。选项[B]Her interest on humor can date back to her college days.“她对幽默的兴趣可以追溯到大学时期”。该段首句说：Eva Ullmann took her master's degree in 2002 0n the part that humour has to play in psychotherapy，and became hooked on the subject．其中master's degree“硕士学位”暗示college days”大学时期”；hooked表示“入迷的”，等同于interest“兴趣”；subject指上文“幽默在心理治疗中的作用”；故该项表述与原文相符。选项[C]She has dedicated herself to the study of psychotherapy.“她致力于心理治疗的研究”。该项与第三句相关：It is dedicated to“the combination of seriousness and humour”．该项显然是偷换概念。选项[D]She is a personal coach who trains medical oractitioners.“她是一名培训医疗从业者的私人教练。”该段最后两句分别提到She offers lectures,seminars and personal coaching to managers;Her latest project is to help tr8in medical students and doctors.该项的train medical practitioners=train medical students and doctors;但是文章说“她为经理人提供私人培训”，她是研究幽默的专家，而非私人教练，该项错在“personal coach”一词，属于偷换概念。综上，本题选择[B]。
