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.
7 d/ p, y* ^  v2 v3 f: q        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。
6 m) t# K2 b9 w- d. R0 s531. The sense of humour is mysteriously bound up with national characteristics.
" s- b7 ?3 Y, O. r% V+ T        幽默感与民族有着神秘莫测的联系。
8 U+ s. g0 D0 p" d/ C. T. `7 V532. 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.
        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.
3 Y8 b; V. J& z0 s        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。
  n2 t0 m% F- Y536. 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。
7 Y" v+ w! n4 D537. However, a new type of humour, which stems largely from the U.S., has recently come into fashion.
# s  P5 S2 n; n4 N: y0 K        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'.
: ?! D6 Y, V. c! d" }        它被叫作“病态幽默”。
0 b/ J% L- G* Z4 K9 u539. Comedians base their jokes on tragic situations like violent death or serious accidents.
: r8 I' R8 p% z" k# l        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.
        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。
7 N. Y9 j) C  ~, E6 P; y541. A man who had broken his right leg was taken to hospital a few weeks before Christmas.
- q6 h) ^+ b8 W% S1 B+ t7 c5 R        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.
        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。
' q4 v' b' B4 [* I543. He dreaded having to spend Christmas in hospital.
        他十分害怕在医院过圣诞。
9 d# P- Q( ?8 [7 N$ q544. 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。
- j& N1 C2 _, ]/ l5 G: S547. 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.
; R# L0 V9 T! {4 U: u7 }        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，
548. 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。
0 S6 i+ m3 }( Q3 _6 Q: B549. To compensate for his unpleasant experiences in hospital, the man drank a little more than was good for him.
1 M# p: `! j6 j; Q/ n* y/ D1 C        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.
% T9 I( ?& ^# y, Y  u7 `4 Z; i: g        在晚会上他尽情娱乐，一再告诉大家他是多么讨厌医院。
" [) F! Q8 X$ t3 Y" [7 p& M551. 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.
/ g& p% R: i7 s4 N/ m, H: z# x        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。