新概念英语3--（一天学一篇）--- 29

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课文29  是否可笑?
: l. \9 e- H: o5 }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.
  d; i/ B  F' ?1 W! C, G  j" I        幽默感与民族有着神秘莫测的联系。
& L! }# h7 n' I8 U$ d: \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。
7 W/ X% p1 l( m! {- |3 S533. In the same way, a Russian might fail to see anything amusing in a joke which would make an Englishman laugh to tears.
. j2 [; c" _2 a; }' F# C! |        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。
1 t3 B/ k4 Z. x1 D" s% q* @534. Most funny stories are based on comic situations.
# K) y4 }& Z/ i        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.
; `! S. t& i6 s9 w1 l; p' k+ T        尽管民族不同，有些滑稽的情节却能产生普遍的效果。
% j. V8 N. C0 x; _  \536. No matter where you live, you would find it difficult not to laugh at, say, Charlie Chaplin's early films.
+ V- D4 t" p; w% G+ F        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.
+ Y' H. c6 i1 T5 @# M5 s5 f$ T        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 O7 s- \2 n# m538. 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.
& f7 L, p; M, R0 w5 {# _4 Y: 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.
        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.
& x& T$ t0 l9 D0 K! o        圣诞节前几周，某人摔断了右腿被送进医院。
  ]% q. z$ y) i+ y/ P542. 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。
2 V  m3 W; o, d% ?543. He dreaded having to spend Christmas in hospital.
0 o! f& @# M1 I; t        他十分害怕在医院过圣诞。
! S( m  H" K; B! N; J' y544. 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。
0 H& R1 K3 k8 _# G) A545. 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，
5 T  c( t8 s- X546. He spent a miserable day in bed thinking of all the fun he was missing.
. o8 {' |& ^& R( c# Q& k8 [        他在床上郁郁不乐地躺了一天，想着他错过的种种欢乐。
- O3 y$ l9 G. J0 N+ v547. 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.
        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，
3 ]! d$ }7 E; W# u548. The man took heart and, sure enough, on New Years' Eve he was able to hobble along to a party.
) F; Z, i, ?/ u        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.
        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。
6 j+ n- O. n4 O% i; V. I/ D550. In the process, he enjoyed himself thoroughly and kept telling everybody how much he hated hospitals.
9 P# k7 I' \; 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 B9 n) J  n3 N7 a) l551. 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。