Sometimes life doesn’t seem to play fair. It blindsides you at the most inopportune moments, and even if we can learn to grin and bear the ups and downs, they can take their toll on our psyche. So rather than suffer in silence or let these things get you down, maybe there is another way: what if humour can help you get through the dark times?

有时生活似乎并不公平。它在最不合时宜的时刻让你措手不及，即使我们能够学会微笑并承受起起落落，它们也会对我们的心灵造成伤害。因此，与其默默忍受或让这些事情让你沮丧，也许还有另一种方式：如果幽默可以帮助你度过黑暗时期呢？

According to author and clinician Kristen Lee: “Laughter and tears are both therapeutic – we need both to process such hard times.” But how can we find the tough things that happen funny? Our lives are really serious, often filled with mundane and repetitive activities, whether it’s arbitrary bill paying or fighting for a seat on your commute, we need to make time for fun and play – enjoy the little things. Why not make funny noises to remind you to stop taking things seriously, or learn some silly jokes, just to tell when times get hard? They could make you or other people around you laugh!

作者兼临床医生克里斯汀·李 (Kristen Lee) 表示：“笑声和眼泪都有治疗作用——我们需要两者共同应对如此艰难的时刻。”但是我们怎样才能发现发生的艰难事情有趣呢？我们的生活真的很严肃，经常充满平凡和重复的活动，无论是随意支付账单还是在上下班途中争抢座位，我们都需要腾出时间来娱乐和玩耍——享受这些小事。为什么不发出有趣的声音来提醒您不要把事情当回事，或者学一些愚蠢的笑话，只是在困难时期告诉您呢？它们可以让您或您周围的其他人发笑！

When a hurdle pops up in life, it’s easy to get bogged down – but the way we recount events can impact on our resilience. Rather than see the negatives, look for the ironic moments and tell people about them! Why not write parodies in your spare time about events that take place to help you compartmentalise? Script what happened as if it was happening to a character rather than yourself.

当生活中突然出现障碍时，很容易陷入困境——但我们重述事件的方式会影响我们的韧性。与其看到消极的一面，不如寻找具有讽刺意味的时刻并告诉人们！为什么不在业余时间写一些关于发生的事件的模仿来帮助你区分呢？把发生的事情写成脚本，就好像它发生在一个角色身上而不是你自己身上一样。

We all know that some things in life aren’t fair. But take those events and send them up a bit in your scripts! Sometimes life needs a bit of a roasting to get your thoughts in order, and embracing your comedic side, seeing life’s difficult moments as obstacles that can be made fun of rather than overwhelm you, may help you get through them more easily. And who knows, you may just discover a talent for writing at the end of it.

我们都知道生活中有些事情是不公平的。但是，将这些事件发送到您的脚本中！有时，生活需要一些磨练，让你的思绪井井有条，拥抱你喜剧的一面，将生活中的困难时刻视为可以取笑而不是压倒你的障碍，可能会帮助你更轻松地度过难关。谁知道呢，你可能会在它结束时发现写作的天赋。

词汇表

play fair 公平待人
blindside 攻其不备
inopportune 不合时宜，不是时候
grin and bear 咬牙忍受
ups and downs 曲折，起伏
psyche 精神状态，心灵
suffer in silence 默默忍受
get someone down 使某人沮丧
get through 渡过（难关）
tough 困难的
mundane 单调乏味的
hurdle 难题，难关
get bogged down 陷于困境的，停滞不前的
ironic 令人啼笑皆非的，有讽刺意味的
parody 戏仿作品
compartmentalise 划分成不同部分
send something up 调侃某事
roast 吐槽，开玩笑
embrace 欣然接受
make fun of 取笑，拿…开玩笑