You see this announcement in your local student magazine.

It's nearly September and the new Olympic season is about to start. We'd like you, our readers, to share tips on how to get prepared for it. When to start? What to do? How much time to spend? Let us know!

We'll publish the best articles in our next issue.

Write an article (200–250 words) in response to the announcement.

You have been asked to write an article about puns for your school linguistic magazine.

In your article:

1. explain what puns are and how they work;
2. analyze one of the puns below, explaining why it is funny:

• A small boy swallowed some coins and was taken to a hospital. When his grandmother telephoned to ask how he was, a nurse said “No change yet”.
• It was an emotional wedding. Even the cake was in tiers.
• A hole has been found in the nudist camp wall. The police are looking into it.
• Why don’t programmers like nature? It has too many bugs.
• The short fortune teller who escaped from prison was a small medium at large.
• He had a photographic memory that was never developed.

Write about 200–250 words.