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。
6 v4 x/ h5 c7 Y+ z& \531. The sense of humour is mysteriously bound up with national characteristics.
/ k* S% Y' y5 S% Z6 I9 b; r0 \        幽默感与民族有着神秘莫测的联系。
' S% M" }) {; M6 a532. A Frenchman, for instance, might find it hard to laugh at a Russian joke.
3 C3 R2 j8 ~* \        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.
3 g0 Z  V" Q. g- R, ?3 m        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.
5 k* T) m, E& g* E1 O+ {- g        大部分令人发笑的故事都是根据喜剧情节编写的。
) K8 s$ r% a4 v9 ^5 L# V535. 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.
2 W8 @1 s, S  J        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.
        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'.
1 ]& a; \8 \; ~        它被叫作“病态幽默”。
) M/ Q* o! Q2 [3 z/ f% Y539. Comedians base their jokes on tragic situations like violent death or serious accidents.
9 c& [3 h3 g; H  R        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.
. v# j1 W, _. @3 V, [( K2 [        圣诞节前几周，某人摔断了右腿被送进医院。
542. From the moment he arrived there, he kept on pestering his doctor to tell him when he would be able to go home.
, N, C5 T7 C" H, O3 N+ ]        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.
/ j2 F! g* R, V- E( D! k        他十分害怕在医院过圣诞。
544. 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。
545. On Christmas Day, the man still had his right leg in plaster.
1 X8 {; L+ f( g$ @1 S        圣诞节那天，他的右腿还上着石膏，
9 I4 f6 X9 B9 O8 A% k. ^546. He spent a miserable day in bed thinking of all the fun he was missing.
! w) D! I9 u  b7 n! f) s        他在床上郁郁不乐地躺了一天，想着他错过的种种欢乐。
, m& G. A/ u7 q$ I+ Z4 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，
, t& |# B6 r6 i" Q; C0 I4 `" c548. 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。
7 V' c. p/ D, S- u; p2 f549. 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.
6 }6 O- C' B# ]7 i+ K' k        在晚会上他尽情娱乐，一再告诉大家他是多么讨厌医院。
) _" q  P# o, R7 T6 ~2 t0 ]% U551. 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$ H- Z1 ?9 u9 R+ r+ T( 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。