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.
  i; c% ~; D, W  x2 c        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。
3 K  |" E7 L- m9 H1 h7 \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。
4 v# K6 w7 \+ k% g- r532. A Frenchman, for instance, might find it hard to laugh at a Russian joke.
5 o. x7 E4 i$ ~; v6 u7 M/ e2 |        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。
  K5 F$ f. P7 |) @) j( o4 f8 s535. 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。
& u* x# b5 h) A( R* \: s537. 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”。
# {6 v7 D; |# x- M: G/ X* w- T+ g; P539. Comedians base their jokes on tragic situations like violent death or serious accidents.
, w, z" J$ r6 `. t% g0 [+ ^- W5 a        喜剧演员根据悲剧情节诸如暴死，重大事故等来编造笑话。
% f8 K. x# N: O! v540. 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.
" R" u. i* Y) I) W        圣诞节前几周，某人摔断了右腿被送进医院。
% Z; o2 M4 [/ k; A1 R3 O542. 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。
: N$ E. S0 y7 Y543. He dreaded having to spend Christmas in hospital.
" p  e* a5 `( z; l, p        他十分害怕在医院过圣诞。
544. Though the doctors did his best, the patient's recovery was slow.
- F; i% b2 I+ W/ v$ [        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.
+ s( e9 K! o4 ^0 `# \' l% \1 D5 T. `        圣诞节那天，他的右腿还上着石膏，
+ H. s2 A3 d  j- ~2 N, U546. He spent a miserable day in bed thinking of all the fun he was missing.
$ R2 `) m. N# @0 a        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.
        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，
+ j$ w+ r" y/ S: ]) _, k+ ^; C3 e548. The man took heart and, sure enough, on New Years' Eve he was able to hobble along to a party.
- @: n) N7 s' ~3 S2 r9 A  M( 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。
550. In the process, he enjoyed himself thoroughly and kept telling everybody how much he hated hospitals.
' K0 z# h& A7 x7 b- S1 [6 [$ m        在晚会上他尽情娱乐，一再告诉大家他是多么讨厌医院。
$ m8 L2 o, B, Z6 Q551. 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.
4 }* V) }0 ~: s5 W        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。