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.
        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.
5 w9 {+ i/ P, }6 q5 V        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。
* j; @" `5 J: U3 p533. 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。
/ U4 j2 Z5 J& ~$ Z2 x  m3 U534. 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。
535. In spite of national differences, certain funny situations have a universal appeal.
) ]8 Q1 f  N. t- [        尽管民族不同，有些滑稽的情节却能产生普遍的效果。
9 P$ k, L8 K# ~6 B3 {536. No matter where you live, you would find it difficult not to laugh at, say, Charlie Chaplin's early films.
" {* o; A  x6 _# a9 d) d. w        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.
0 k! E4 z. X/ D: Z1 A- s        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。
* E& C' R9 o8 y8 U538. It is called 'sick humour'.
4 Q# Q6 I& {! j" p( K        它被叫作“病态幽默”。
539. Comedians base their jokes on tragic situations like violent death or serious accidents.
0 C0 Q4 l3 f# a7 u& @        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.
9 W3 S  H7 L! w& s+ f- r" e        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。
: R; [9 k! z2 Q542. From the moment he arrived there, he kept on pestering his doctor to tell him when he would be able to go home.
6 F2 s1 y2 \! X8 i! n( v        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。
% L- i2 M+ A* [, `" D543. He dreaded having to spend Christmas in hospital.
        他十分害怕在医院过圣诞。
$ v. B: G5 B1 W* y) m# M+ H: i0 s544. 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。
2 c3 F( K9 @2 t& y545. On Christmas Day, the man still had his right leg in plaster.
( h0 y. Z  }/ }6 B        圣诞节那天，他的右腿还上着石膏，
- r1 @* h% J/ p/ g546. He spent a miserable day in bed thinking of all the fun he was missing.
* o" G6 x" v9 F" B5 h" Y+ H        他在床上郁郁不乐地躺了一天，想着他错过的种种欢乐。
4 r7 r+ U8 g: `$ m! n9 X! C! W' ]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.
( P: d9 a& _4 ]7 l# ]; Q        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，
- s" |3 F, l& {/ e& n0 N& U: v, I548. The man took heart and, sure enough, on New Years' Eve he was able to hobble along to a party.
( h* F* a. w0 M% o3 O        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.
) s4 \9 l7 o$ a! L* W0 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。
) S) Z. \+ [) X+ f8 L$ V- Q& _550. In the process, he enjoyed himself thoroughly and kept telling everybody how much he hated hospitals.
2 i3 L7 e# y6 x% |3 X        在晚会上他尽情娱乐，一再告诉大家他是多么讨厌医院。
0 R; Z" P. \+ w5 N3 T: 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.
9 q( ]5 d) i/ b: ?; Q' ~        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。