1)Read the story below and work out what makes the problem-solving humorous.

Blue Suit

A woman goes into a funeral home(殡仪馆) to make arrangements for her husband’s funeral. She tells the director that she wants her husband to be buried(埋葬) in a dark blue suit.

He asks, “Wouldn’t it just be easier to bury him in the black suit that he’s wearing?” But she insists that it must be a blue suit and gives him a blank check to buy one. When she comes back for the wake(守灵), she sees her husband in the coffin and he is wearing a beautiful blue suit. She tells the director how much she loves the suit and asks how much it cost.

He says, “Actually, it didn’t cost anything. The funniest thing happened. As soon as you left, another corpse(尸体) was brought in, this one wearing a blue suit. I noticed that they were about the same size, and asked the other widow(寡妇) if she would mind if her husband were buried in a black suit. She said that was fine with her. So... I switched(调换) the heads.”

2)Read the following quotations from three famous people and appreciate their positive attitudes to problems.

It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer. 

— Albert Einstein 

并不是我特别聪明，我只是在问题上花的时间更多一些。

 ——艾伯特·爱因斯坦

Problems are to the mind what exercise is to the muscles, they toughen and make strong.

— Norman Vincent Peale

问题之于思维犹如锻炼之于肌肉，它们使人坚强、强壮。

 ——诺曼·文森特·皮尔

Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.

— Robert Schuller

问题不是“此路不通”的指示牌，它们是路标。

 ——罗伯特·舒勒