新概念英语3--（一天学一篇）--- 29

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课文29  是否可笑?
0 g$ h% y$ _  n7 ]0 d530. Whether we find a joke funny or not largely depends on where we have been brought up.
$ ]: G* [/ d# ^! ^/ R8 Q8 h6 O        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。
. W( O; Y( [6 f0 b: H) J+ ]. A531. The sense of humour is mysteriously bound up with national characteristics.
        幽默感与民族有着神秘莫测的联系。
4 E! d+ R3 w  v# H3 c7 p532. 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.
' D, h: Q. r$ c7 t1 U        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 b6 f2 L4 O. s- A( w7 q5 ~        大部分令人发笑的故事都是根据喜剧情节编写的。
7 o8 d' T5 U4 P( n# g535. In spite of national differences, certain funny situations have a universal appeal.
/ X& G& z) i; r# Q, V4 y        尽管民族不同，有些滑稽的情节却能产生普遍的效果。
# Z3 r; |9 g$ e' ~) ~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。
' z9 c+ Q  D0 g* \# k% T538. It is called 'sick humour'.
0 L# _, Y# p: m2 J( h! ^        它被叫作“病态幽默”。
3 }" ~4 ]. H. Q0 m1 U539. 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。
- P) N5 Y" W1 p' f  m) m540. 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。
541. 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。
4 ]4 @, l5 Y7 W% n+ |9 D& ~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。
6 V& R/ ]4 k$ \: k* {543. He dreaded having to spend Christmas in hospital.
  Z8 M1 X! q- Y) f, F        他十分害怕在医院过圣诞。
544. Though the doctors did his best, the patient's recovery was slow.
  K* |, T4 E9 N) ^- C, h/ z        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.
; y+ t* G& P  O1 b) T        圣诞节那天，他的右腿还上着石膏，
  l5 J( A; X$ Y# N0 j546. He spent a miserable day in bed thinking of all the fun he was missing.
0 ]0 `0 ~1 u! |3 J( d; {        他在床上郁郁不乐地躺了一天，想着他错过的种种欢乐。
1 k# W# X7 X6 }  Y# q547. 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.
' D, S9 x' ~; a% V: ?        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，
; d! i8 D4 S7 y5 L" m) 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。
549. To compensate for his unpleasant experiences in hospital, the man drank a little more than was good for him.
$ F- v+ e5 G* r, \0 W        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。
  G8 y& ~: v  L3 v" |( s550. In the process, he enjoyed himself thoroughly and kept telling everybody how much he hated hospitals.
/ P6 u( f0 q  i        在晚会上他尽情娱乐，一再告诉大家他是多么讨厌医院。
  @9 s5 O, M9 K$ H551. 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.
8 p, h6 X* @, I3 n5 l$ H- L3 o        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。