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[00:02.99]29 是否可笑?

[00:05.98]Listen to the tape then answer the question below.

[00:11.45]听录音，然后回答以下问题.

[00:16.93]What is the basis of ’sick’ humour?

[00:21.20]"病态幽默"的基础是什么?

[00:25.47]Whether we find a joke funny or not

[00:27.79]我们觉得一则笑话是否好笑,

[00:30.12]largely depends on where we have been brought up.

[00:32.76]很大程度上取决于我们是在哪儿长大的.

[00:35.40]The sense of humour is mysteriously bound up with national characteristics

[00:39.33]幽默感与民族有着神秘的联系.

[00:43.26]A Frenchman,for instance,might find it hard to laugh at a Russian joke

[00:46.29]譬如,法国人听完一则俄国笑话可能很难发笑.

[00:49.32]In the same way,a Russian might fail to see anything amusing in a joke

[00:52.65]同样的道理,一则俄国人听了可能觉得没有什么可笑之处的笑话,

[00:55.98]which would make an Englishman laugh to tears.

[00:58.62]英国人可能会笑出眼泪来.

[01:01.26]Most funny stories are based on comic situations

[01:04.38]大部分令人发笑的故事都是根据喜剧情节编写的.

[01:07.50]In spite of national differences,

[01:09.98]尽管民族不同,

[01:12.46]certain funny situations have a universal appeal.