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.
+ @9 @1 t' s& H        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.
3 L* u3 B& p0 m9 Q        幽默感与民族有着神秘莫测的联系。
532. A Frenchman, for instance, might find it hard to laugh at a Russian joke.
2 Q% D7 V5 r  c6 M) O* _        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.
) b! n  L; d) H) G- }/ g  ?2 X* K        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。
* _; b( J& X5 M; X) z# ^  c& u534. Most funny stories are based on comic situations.
  x0 k3 f* G3 a* t        大部分令人发笑的故事都是根据喜剧情节编写的。
5 e, U, i) S( s; z7 g. ?  h535. In spite of national differences, certain funny situations have a universal appeal.
+ i1 E# o/ e+ x+ k4 ?2 W        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.
0 n5 u, i* n! A/ c        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。
/ p$ m$ ?5 o& O7 E5 d: _6 u537. However, a new type of humour, which stems largely from the U.S., has recently come into fashion.
7 K) V+ ?5 o/ m( K" f/ F        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。
538. It is called 'sick humour'.
* @, o$ Y+ Z( S' U4 G  u" a* y& k        它被叫作“病态幽默”。
6 L; ?; r) U; D539. 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。
' j" C2 z; Y8 c# H; W8 D540. 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。
. k  w6 |& m% S: V: v2 u541. A man who had broken his right leg was taken to hospital a few weeks before Christmas.
1 h" W) X. j& j6 G8 h        圣诞节前几周，某人摔断了右腿被送进医院。
) w" s7 I* g5 ?1 D1 T) W/ t3 a542. From the moment he arrived there, he kept on pestering his doctor to tell him when he would be able to go home.
        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。
, E% w$ i: f0 T1 z% K' j543. He dreaded having to spend Christmas in hospital.
! z3 P5 }3 N3 m1 a2 W% e' |4 l; H        他十分害怕在医院过圣诞。
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。
545. 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，
546. He spent a miserable day in bed thinking of all the fun he was missing.
        他在床上郁郁不乐地躺了一天，想着他错过的种种欢乐。
7 \' |( k& d/ ]& L% j1 Q* |" v547. 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.
7 P- K* i# s! H3 R' I3 q* c) o2 s        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，
& z* v% z/ I) V, }, j548. The man took heart and, sure enough, on New Years' Eve he was able to hobble along to a party.
5 n3 k) H& ~# }; a- `# F        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.
        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。
' G) t/ \2 C0 o# Y: g  V6 v2 k, B550. 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。
$ T. _) L+ j1 {- L, ]2 s; x; G- i/ w551. 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。