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.
        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。
531. The sense of humour is mysteriously bound up with national characteristics.
7 s, @% i' E. G: z+ o. O: q        幽默感与民族有着神秘莫测的联系。
  Q/ A% [6 }+ E7 U9 B: V4 w/ S, O532. 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。
533. In the same way, a Russian might fail to see anything amusing in a joke which would make an Englishman laugh to tears.
! T6 k7 Y2 q9 ]        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。
& r0 @1 q8 q! S* X. z6 A) `" U- u534. Most funny stories are based on comic situations.
; m, G" G$ a* q+ q        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。
( _/ f: ~# M: ~536. No matter where you live, you would find it difficult not to laugh at, say, Charlie Chaplin's early films.
4 v# o+ z- l0 C# W6 p+ w& [! i7 c0 |2 ~        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。
537. However, a new type of humour, which stems largely from the U.S., has recently come into fashion.
/ a% P( U4 p8 Z: M7 q1 W        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。
, s, p8 {) J4 I- j. t538. 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.
! y- O/ `* H* G+ p- r- H        喜剧演员根据悲剧情节诸如暴死，重大事故等来编造笑话。
: o. K! M7 g4 p4 R  f3 b, b540. Many people find this sort of joke distasteful. The following example of 'sick humour' will enable you to judge for yourself.
        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。
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.
% D  g/ b/ \9 W' B1 E        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。
543. He dreaded having to spend Christmas in hospital.
        他十分害怕在医院过圣诞。
, }7 [& l( f9 R3 V1 n# B544. 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。
, o! _; X) w2 A% r6 ]: O  U545. On Christmas Day, the man still had his right leg in plaster.
        圣诞节那天，他的右腿还上着石膏，
& }( ]1 s2 v3 i# ]546. He spent a miserable day in bed thinking of all the fun he was missing.
' J% V2 v4 ]7 @) h        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，
( `0 v- N4 F- |& h2 b- L548. The man took heart and, sure enough, on New Years' Eve he was able to hobble along to a party.
7 c5 {  _5 n1 b! u# ?1 X4 T        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。
549. To compensate for his unpleasant experiences in hospital, the man drank a little more than was good for him.
/ m9 n/ Z2 m) M% }+ X        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.
$ Y  v- t6 M% e4 n* m, F' w9 ~4 B        在晚会上他尽情娱乐，一再告诉大家他是多么讨厌医院。
551. 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.
        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。