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。
) v6 \+ t- |7 p2 H" a) f531. The sense of humour is mysteriously bound up with national characteristics.
; U0 l0 X0 a) E        幽默感与民族有着神秘莫测的联系。
: m: V# U% M/ ?532. 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。
* O9 u& `4 p+ Z" z  O533. In the same way, a Russian might fail to see anything amusing in a joke which would make an Englishman laugh to tears.
2 \! _' ~, U+ z) l7 y; u# 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。
534. Most funny stories are based on comic situations.
4 {: E: N. E+ H0 S) P) ~        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。
' O* [( J6 i9 L' a' [! [536. No matter where you live, you would find it difficult not to laugh at, say, Charlie Chaplin's early films.
        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。
# q( g5 U9 r0 `7 \3 g538. It is called 'sick humour'.
2 J% f9 |, h; m, F" G' t) \7 n        它被叫作“病态幽默”。
* O. A+ u7 ]& F+ G  ]8 P) v539. Comedians base their jokes on tragic situations like violent death or serious accidents.
. E) O, X1 K/ f! 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。
540. Many people find this sort of joke distasteful. The following example of 'sick humour' will enable you to judge for yourself.
' N, }% E) G+ u8 ^; \* o        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.
7 y' U$ t, O! \/ F, {3 ?. F6 S        圣诞节前几周，某人摔断了右腿被送进医院。
8 t' k2 S6 F, }+ b$ p6 f542. 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。
- D+ P1 x8 D  }& j, N543. He dreaded having to spend Christmas in hospital.
        他十分害怕在医院过圣诞。
, R; U, F; H  f" `( m$ q( t544. Though the doctors did his best, the patient's recovery was slow.
0 h0 W  i# Y/ M2 |) K# C# A        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.
! g" Z- u/ i! t9 D) y8 n$ r  i! w! |        他在床上郁郁不乐地躺了一天，想着他错过的种种欢乐。
+ {/ \, A8 W7 P; C1 G547. 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.
; o/ u& O, v' a9 t4 r) J. ?0 S& J8 N        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，
8 B3 a  Y( w$ n6 D  x548. 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。
1 f# k2 _* j: Q' a: T! z9 J- J! i0 i& I' J549. 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。
+ X! p9 d$ n% s3 a  `550. In the process, he enjoyed himself thoroughly and kept telling everybody how much he hated hospitals.
) i% i7 o0 j+ f, e$ }        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.
$ W. E6 o2 p- |. N        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。