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.
. ~% u- M8 R% O+ d& Y) h- k' I. J        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.
3 C3 j/ Q: n+ c( i- `9 ?        譬如，法国人听完一则俄国笑话可能很难发笑。
) ^9 ~1 t( M: `5 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。
, S5 [. Q8 B& \# _! O5 B8 Z* y2 E0 L534. Most funny stories are based on comic situations.
        大部分令人发笑的故事都是根据喜剧情节编写的。
1 J& o7 Z+ j7 g* ?; a535. 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。
  ~% H$ _# H/ H( O536. No matter where you live, you would find it difficult not to laugh at, say, Charlie Chaplin's early films.
4 P6 M% l" Q5 P; z8 ?+ N! V5 F& 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。
% ^; \- W5 A& M  q+ K537. 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。
3 x  |1 N, ]3 M( S8 \1 ^  F538. 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.
  q8 N* q( E- v1 p$ y+ F% m0 G        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.
1 S3 ^& E' e) ?6 Z- G        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.
+ l9 }; ~0 \; }        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.
8 i9 j4 B9 l) g: c        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。
7 Y5 w+ R0 b8 T4 T543. He dreaded having to spend Christmas in hospital.
        他十分害怕在医院过圣诞。
4 J' H" Y  t, D6 `' ^7 O7 Z" |" U544. Though the doctors did his best, the patient's recovery was slow.
4 x) V2 K! \3 N, c. \( B* ~        尽管医生竭力医治，但病人恢复缓慢。
. q0 S/ V* I/ p/ n; e545. 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.
% O, \3 k% P: i        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.
2 l' u) m! w0 u2 S5 y; p        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。
549. To compensate for his unpleasant experiences in hospital, the man drank a little more than was good for him.
3 K5 T: Z+ V0 S0 n( I        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。
  O6 H' i- _3 H  E  W550. 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。
8 O5 l7 G$ Q0 y/ `! ^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.
, R4 I; m- Q; D; @8 t        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。