新概念英语3--（一天学一篇）--- 29

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课文29  是否可笑?
4 w+ r# w( w# @5 F" c1 v7 H4 r530. Whether we find a joke funny or not largely depends on where we have been brought up.
- t" a2 S& c" r. I        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。
$ L! {  [, ]3 K" i  O+ o531. 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。
8 O" L! B8 Y. Z- R) t' e, L532. 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.
        大部分令人发笑的故事都是根据喜剧情节编写的。
: k3 H, @7 d- B* T5 S% M' r6 C535. 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。
536. No matter where you live, you would find it difficult not to laugh at, say, Charlie Chaplin's early films.
& r$ U  y( g* I' Y# ~5 S0 L" y2 g        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.
8 T$ X( q& Q; C7 `8 o4 V        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。
. I  `7 z/ W& S4 e* @6 v; q538. It is called 'sick humour'.
        它被叫作“病态幽默”。
2 c$ H2 j2 q* m7 |, y% d% g539. Comedians base their jokes on tragic situations like violent death or serious accidents.
) y: t& R/ |! h' ~- n; 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。
! e  A6 w! i- O& I. a540. Many people find this sort of joke distasteful. The following example of 'sick humour' will enable you to judge for yourself.
' v- J# }. @% O& |- \  b4 k        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。
8 ?8 x7 m7 n3 X$ w) g: x' h541. A man who had broken his right leg was taken to hospital a few weeks before Christmas.
  j% C$ l8 d2 j        圣诞节前几周，某人摔断了右腿被送进医院。
6 x$ |4 w# g! o8 P% h/ G9 [4 d( J542. From the moment he arrived there, he kept on pestering his doctor to tell him when he would be able to go home.
2 \1 m3 m+ G7 S' \, v! K' _        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。
543. He dreaded having to spend Christmas in hospital.
        他十分害怕在医院过圣诞。
& ]3 C9 \: x7 A" i; M) _8 q544. Though the doctors did his best, the patient's recovery was slow.
( m6 ~1 A% V! `9 b% I) @        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，
) ]. c$ z% G! D4 O1 G" l546. He spent a miserable day in bed thinking of all the fun he was missing.
% {# }0 V- U2 Y6 P) C        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.
; q9 T- G  t. P, A  k        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.
! B8 U, U/ G# A% G4 R- d        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。
3 \5 t4 U" P& ?; z+ Y5 r549. To compensate for his unpleasant experiences in hospital, the man drank a little more than was good for him.
& I- C6 h; n! D3 G( f1 d        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.
        在晚会上他尽情娱乐，一再告诉大家他是多么讨厌医院。
) R* B# v/ y1 Y# [7 \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.
        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。