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.
! g: \3 O" w* s        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。
532. 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.
& Y+ A  p1 ^' g9 {4 L* T        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。
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。
1 j: i8 h$ a- |' G% i2 |537. However, a new type of humour, which stems largely from the U.S., has recently come into fashion.
2 I. f! k) V: c5 D        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”。
) W7 [( e2 Q( [9 O- W/ H0 a, E3 ]539. Comedians base their jokes on tragic situations like violent death or serious accidents.
. W6 t$ ]8 z- w& _) h8 b' p        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.
( V  W9 I/ e7 w4 q8 T" N9 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.
; N/ F+ R' E9 z  U/ G. i        圣诞节前几周，某人摔断了右腿被送进医院。
: F0 S8 e! r5 b0 S542. From the moment he arrived there, he kept on pestering his doctor to tell him when he would be able to go home.
7 g0 S* A3 m# k+ N" O4 ~+ C+ M        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.
' R7 w- Z8 \8 q0 ?        他十分害怕在医院过圣诞。
' R- q* O2 [7 c2 D- V( t' S544. Though the doctors did his best, the patient's recovery was slow.
- M/ u  g8 d! J        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- q* }9 O' A9 E5 ?        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.
5 Q& _$ {( B% ~        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.
4 i7 V8 \' ?9 i! V  u% g9 {        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，
% ^4 |* x" q1 `, ]$ c548. The man took heart and, sure enough, on New Years' Eve he was able to hobble along to a party.
' H: X3 u4 p: G6 ]1 T: Z        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。
! Z% p' O) f! w1 Y) |5 `549. To compensate for his unpleasant experiences in hospital, the man drank a little more than was good for him.
        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。
/ s9 ~& q6 Q- A9 n, z- K" P7 V& L. c550. 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。
* V4 i. z6 v: H- U0 ?& s* `: V551. 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.
* T. M) A7 E1 B# @% P' f. r        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。