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新编大学英语第三版Book 4 Unit 1中英对照 新编大学英语第三版Book 4 Unit 1中英对照 Entertaining Humor—Whats Funny? 享受幽默——什么东西令人开怀？ Donald M. Huffman 听了一个有趣的故事会发笑、很开心，古今中[1] The joy of laughing at a funny story is universal, probably as old as language 外都一样。这一现象或许同语言本身一样悠久。itself. But, what is it that makes a story or 那么，到底是什么东西会使一个故事或笑话让a joke funny? 人感到滑稽可笑的呢？ [2] As one who has enjoyed humor since I humor first recognized it, Ive made an attempt 我是第一次辨识出幽默便喜欢上它的人，因此to explain and discuss humor with 我曾试图跟学生议论和探讨幽默。这些学生文students in such diverse cultures as Latin 化差异很大，有来自拉丁美洲的，也有来自中America and China. Ive done some 国的。我还认真地思考过一些滑稽有趣的故事。serious thinking about funny stories. It 这么做完全是出于自己的喜好。 has been a labor of love! [3] Why is it that several students in a class will fall out of their chairslaughing after I tell a joke while the rest of the students look as if Ive just read the humans different reactions (to weather report? Obviously some people joke); comparison (humorous vs. are more sensitive to humor than others. humorless people) And, we recognize that some people tell 为什么听我讲完一个笑话后，班上有些学生会jokes very well while others struggle people say, I like jokes, but I cant tell one well, and I can never remember 笑得前仰后合，而其他学生看上去就像刚听我别人更敏感。而且，我们也发现有的人很善于讲笑话，而有的人要想说一点有趣的事却要费to say something funny. Weve all heard 读了天气预报一样呢？显然，有些人对幽默比them. Some people have a better sense 好大的劲。我们都听人说过这样的话：“我喜欢of humor than others just as some people 笑话，但我讲不好，也总是记不住。”有些人比have more musical talent , mathematical 别人更有幽默感，就像有些人更具有音乐、数talent, etc. than others. A truly funny 学之类的才能一样。一个真正风趣的人在任何person has a joke for every occasion, and 场合都有笑话可讲，而且讲了一个笑话，就会when one is told, that triggers an entire 从他记忆里引出一连串的笑话。一个缺乏幽默string of jokes from that persons memory 感的人不可能成为一群人中最受欢迎的。一个bank. A humorless person is not likely to 真正有幽默感的人不仅受人喜爱，而且在任何be the most popular person in a group. It 聚会上也往往是人们注意的焦点。这么说是有is reasonable to say that the truly humorous individual is not only well