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.
8 N6 j. [: R* [4 l4 x" J        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.
5 Y% Y; W5 R& D2 W* I        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.
0 U# E. F: G) \' Q2 ]' Z        譬如，法国人听完一则俄国笑话可能很难发笑。
. [! \/ J& {3 M: G" U" F- R, D* v533. In the same way, a Russian might fail to see anything amusing in a joke which would make an Englishman laugh to tears.
        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。
534. Most funny stories are based on comic situations.
4 k* C7 j: s2 a        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.
5 g5 i1 _) r( g% T6 K7 l" n9 O5 m  L        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.
% w* ]3 E& `) w: M8 p* e        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.
        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'.
        它被叫作“病态幽默”。
* n9 A' `; x, [, J6 f" q539. Comedians base their jokes on tragic situations like violent death or serious accidents.
. \& c3 t) f4 d- `8 W        喜剧演员根据悲剧情节诸如暴死，重大事故等来编造笑话。
' i; s& ]! c! C  v0 w: N. X$ I# o540. 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。
$ x5 q) k) L, f5 F) q) q4 I541. 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。
. Y' h& ]5 _0 Y* C. \: b0 M542. 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。
) J$ a, t1 w8 d' ^( e5 @543. He dreaded having to spend Christmas in hospital.
, ^  j: ^8 [6 D2 j: T        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。
% e; D' x  U! \# y) ^4 l545. 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.
( p$ h$ t1 P# z; P& [        他在床上郁郁不乐地躺了一天，想着他错过的种种欢乐。
: G: d2 b6 g2 L0 s3 X. b547. 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，
* `/ p8 I2 C# O& F/ b$ t( k8 R, ]548. The man took heart and, sure enough, on New Years' Eve he was able to hobble along to a party.
' Y, i; V, }3 r7 P( X" z! a        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。
+ ~7 Z$ ~# x, e5 {. Z* K6 ?550. In the process, he enjoyed himself thoroughly and kept telling everybody how much he hated hospitals.
# p8 |1 L4 s( B+ p        在晚会上他尽情娱乐，一再告诉大家他是多么讨厌医院。
+ S5 B/ Q; ]% F! E551. 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。