新概念英语3--（一天学一篇）--- 29

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课文29  是否可笑?
530. Whether we find a joke funny or not largely depends on where we have been brought up.
1 t) A9 a2 t1 y) l: j1 D" ?5 A9 T        我们觉得一则笑话是否好笑，很大程度取决于我们是在哪儿长大的。
" a6 ]4 d; C- `6 _1 C9 ?531. The sense of humour is mysteriously bound up with national characteristics.
        幽默感与民族有着神秘莫测的联系。
% U) W# Q- x3 |; t- ]0 B532. A Frenchman, for instance, might find it hard to laugh at a Russian joke.
        譬如，法国人听完一则俄国笑话可能很难发笑。
  I, o+ a  R/ g) I8 a2 W1 U533. In the same way, a Russian might fail to see anything amusing in a joke which would make an Englishman laugh to tears.
3 w% C1 D9 M4 a! W        同样的道理，一则可以令英国人笑出泪来的笑话，俄国人听了可能觉得没有什么可笑之处。
7 k" q; w$ L/ ^7 e: x4 h/ y534. Most funny stories are based on comic situations.
9 z, n. @' e* h# ~        大部分令人发笑的故事都是根据喜剧情节编写的。
535. In spite of national differences, certain funny situations have a universal appeal.
        尽管民族不同，有些滑稽的情节却能产生普遍的效果。
536. No matter where you live, you would find it difficult not to laugh at, say, Charlie Chaplin's early films.
5 }! ^8 ]8 I/ @5 ^3 F, |, H        比如说，不管你生活在哪里，你看查理.卓别林的早期电影很难不发笑。
7 A# v2 R6 ~3 M& R3 R537. However, a new type of humour, which stems largely from the U.S., has recently come into fashion.
        然而，近来一种新式幽默流行了起来，这种幽默主要来自美国。
/ T) h) O- ~. K/ m9 a538. It is called 'sick humour'.
        它被叫作“病态幽默”。
539. Comedians base their jokes on tragic situations like violent death or serious accidents.
        喜剧演员根据悲剧情节诸如暴死，重大事故等来编造笑话。
4 |) n0 ?  n* b" H& t540. Many people find this sort of joke distasteful. The following example of 'sick humour' will enable you to judge for yourself.
0 x: O( J0 T- `+ w        许多人认为这种笑话是低级庸俗的。下面是个“病态幽默”的实例，你可据此自己作出判断。
- b% {& \) R1 t  \541. A man who had broken his right leg was taken to hospital a few weeks before Christmas.
        圣诞节前几周，某人摔断了右腿被送进医院。
542. From the moment he arrived there, he kept on pestering his doctor to tell him when he would be able to go home.
6 F- p$ N( `/ h6 y% |" R6 t2 c+ j        从他进医院那一刻时，他就缠住医生，让医生告诉他什么时候能回家。
& T7 {0 A! I! {0 o5 V. ]) U: j543. He dreaded having to spend Christmas in hospital.
        他十分害怕在医院过圣诞。
9 @3 _  j5 ?  M0 I4 ~544. Though the doctors did his best, the patient's recovery was slow.
        尽管医生竭力医治，但病人恢复缓慢。
8 K6 D1 z( u9 E) |! {% B545. On Christmas Day, the man still had his right leg in plaster.
( O% \% n' ?2 q- e3 d' d, k        圣诞节那天，他的右腿还上着石膏，
, U7 ~$ i* W( f! }5 `5 n$ h, f546. He spent a miserable day in bed thinking of all the fun he was missing.
0 ^: a) A2 r7 O3 Z3 l. L5 Q        他在床上郁郁不乐地躺了一天，想着他错过的种种欢乐。
547. The following day, however, the doctor consoled him by telling him that his chances of being able to leave hospital in time for New Year celebrations were good.
        然而，第二天，医生安慰他说，出院欢度新年的可能性还是很大的，
: U9 _5 P0 x0 e+ u) V* `) p548. The man took heart and, sure enough, on New Years' Eve he was able to hobble along to a party.
        那人听后振作了精神。果然，除夕时他可以一瘸一拐地去参加晚会了。
7 ?1 Q; ]9 j( i/ D  ~549. To compensate for his unpleasant experiences in hospital, the man drank a little more than was good for him.
        为了补偿住院这一段不愉快的经历，那人喝得稍许多了一点。
550. In the process, he enjoyed himself thoroughly and kept telling everybody how much he hated hospitals.
        在晚会上他尽情娱乐，一再告诉大家他是多么讨厌医院。
$ _" i0 B& ]; A551. He was still mumbling something about hospitals at the end of the party when he slipped on a piece of ice and broke his left leg.
/ T& K! E5 b" `) \! _        晚会结束时，他嘴里还在嘟哝着医院的事，突然踩到一块冰上滑倒了，摔断了左腿。