新概念英语3--（一天学一篇）--- 29

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课文29  是否可笑?
+ f% U/ D7 V9 U8 M8 w. y530. 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。
0 J3 @2 v% P% R3 U& V+ ^531. The sense of humour is mysteriously bound up with national characteristics.
# O5 D; K( w  @" e3 }3 p& I( }0 h- T        幽默感与民族有着神秘莫测的联系。
3 ^% P; S; D+ A6 h4 X" f532. A Frenchman, for instance, might find it hard to laugh at a Russian joke.
1 N# V. W) W6 a% Q# x0 `3 e        譬如，法国人听完一则俄国笑话可能很难发笑。
/ i" H. x0 c! h533. In the same way, a Russian might fail to see anything amusing in a joke which would make an Englishman laugh to tears.
% O# B8 X" D$ u* B) ~. d- `- B  @        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。
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。
" r' t7 x1 ^9 h1 E. e' g; T536. No matter where you live, you would find it difficult not to laugh at, say, Charlie Chaplin's early films.
7 H! J5 W- ~8 R) x- Y1 J. r        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。
2 e- x+ L4 {5 f- [0 s) O& h537. 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。
, t: t/ F! c  x& ]! p: Z  t0 N7 n538. It is called 'sick humour'.
        它被叫作“病态幽默”。
; _3 j: d  l7 x- \( p539. Comedians base their jokes on tragic situations like violent death or serious accidents.
3 t) ~" r1 `+ D' w, C( f( I        喜剧演员根据悲剧情节诸如暴死，重大事故等来编造笑话。
  ]2 o; U/ A' U- p540. Many people find this sort of joke distasteful. The following example of 'sick humour' will enable you to judge for yourself.
: A( C! [% O* c        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。
' t6 D- i& z) v+ w* I* j- z541. 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。
6 \" A8 I2 M, E542. 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。
4 g* e9 R* a5 `( d$ y' z# _543. He dreaded having to spend Christmas in hospital.
        他十分害怕在医院过圣诞。
+ t+ ~0 x, _0 a2 Q: y7 A544. Though the doctors did his best, the patient's recovery was slow.
4 N# Z* Q% v- z8 I- T  `% _        尽管医生竭力医治，但病人恢复缓慢。
' O4 u8 _% [3 ]; a545. On Christmas Day, the man still had his right leg in plaster.
6 R+ B$ x" E4 J3 W        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.
1 r. y# V/ @4 s) [( O        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，
, q* P7 T4 g. b; D( F5 E. L548. The man took heart and, sure enough, on New Years' Eve he was able to hobble along to a party.
        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.
  X; ^" U+ Q6 o2 P        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。
& j) b9 L) n9 k0 {7 i) b6 S550. 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。
6 `% M* ^1 h6 z% Z. e* {) Y551. 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.
) d5 f8 A/ V4 K; S/ _        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。