新概念英语3--（一天学一篇）--- 29

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课文29  是否可笑?
6 v+ y. R/ X& @0 T/ N1 @8 U530. Whether we find a joke funny or not largely depends on where we have been brought up.
6 ?2 n$ e; T( R0 e# _) d        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.
        幽默感与民族有着神秘莫测的联系。
/ K0 h2 R) Y9 d532. 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。
/ N: _, ~4 w! q0 }; _2 D( G6 y534. Most funny stories are based on comic situations.
$ r6 r- {9 {4 l$ {6 d        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。
* I, v/ L/ f  x: ]  n" J7 N0 c) J536. 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。
+ [/ m+ u' Q( h: x) s5 Q  s' D537. 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。
538. It is called 'sick humour'.
        它被叫作“病态幽默”。
3 j2 u4 B% Z! M/ b3 M# y+ V4 t539. Comedians base their jokes on tragic situations like violent death or serious accidents.
( E+ a; M7 c+ `+ b. W' H. 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。
/ q5 e' q$ P. c/ y% u540. 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。
: c+ ^  V! K+ C0 N* t542. From the moment he arrived there, he kept on pestering his doctor to tell him when he would be able to go home.
* y- `$ b! V6 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。
6 ]1 C. @3 f  v0 r" e; D543. He dreaded having to spend Christmas in hospital.
% {  W* {7 ]- |& A* ^5 U) v- p$ W; `        他十分害怕在医院过圣诞。
544. 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。
# u4 f5 s: m' l545. On Christmas Day, the man still had his right leg in plaster.
; F1 e# @- N6 H! T$ |9 }        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。
  e) c  ]) K6 }) M' l: D- k547. 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.
! _  t: j* A9 u# Z2 n. ]7 {. 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.
. }9 b6 M3 s( E2 ~/ X        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.
. g" x+ x' \9 [$ [+ @2 _        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。
, a( B, P. K$ ?550. In the process, he enjoyed himself thoroughly and kept telling everybody how much he hated hospitals.
+ E* Z* ^# i3 z3 h' ^' w- _9 b        在晚会上他尽情娱乐，一再告诉大家他是多么讨厌医院。
+ [4 p+ g7 p& w  e8 G3 X; o& @7 p3 s551. 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: _! y6 A& v4 E# @        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。