学会沉默-笑话的尾声

学会沉默-笑话的尾声

 

t the near-end of a joke¹

No one likes the guy² who kills³ a joke.

 

Instead⁴ of asking, "wait what was⁵ that?" just play along⁶ with jokes⁷ and funny stories, even⁸ those you don't fully⁹ understand,adding new information¹⁰ instead of beating¹¹ the heck out of them.

 

You'll be more popular¹² starting a joke than finishing it.

 

1 joke   

n.笑话；笑柄；vi.开玩笑；vt.开…的玩笑，戏弄

参考例句：

• Come on,lighten up!It was only a joke.喂，别紧张！这只不过是开玩笑。
• They all laughed about the joke.这个笑话把他们全逗笑了。

2 guy   

n.(美，口语)家伙；青年；男人

参考例句：

• She lost her heart to the handsome guy.她爱上了这个漂亮的小伙子。
• That guy is very hard to deal with.那家伙很难对付。

3 kills   

v.杀死( kill的第三人称单数 )；使停止[结束，失败]；破坏，减弱，抵消；使痛苦，使受折磨

参考例句：

• Cancer kills thousands of people every year. 每年数以千计的人死于癌症。
• The ivory gull often follows polar bears to feed on the remains of seal kills. 象牙海鸥经常跟在北极熊的后面吃剩下的海豹尸体。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 instead   

adv.代替；顶替

参考例句：

• She decided to leave here on Sunday instead of Monday.她决定星期日而不是星期一离开这里。
• Will you go to the party instead of me?你替我赴宴好吗？

5 was   

v.(is,am的过去式)是，在

参考例句：

• He said he was right.他说他是正确的。
• He was cold and hungry.他又冷又饿。

6 along   

adv.一道，一起；prep.沿着，顺着

参考例句：

• Would you like to come along?你想一起去吗？
• They walked slowly along the road.他们沿着公路慢慢走。

7 jokes   

n.笑话，玩笑( joke的名词复数 )；可笑的人、事物、情形v.开玩笑( joke的第三人称单数 )；戏弄；闹着玩；说着玩

参考例句：

• They all guffawed at his jokes. 他们听了他的笑话都一阵狂笑。
• an inexhaustible supply of good jokes 讲不完的精彩笑话

8 even   

adj.平坦的，偶数的，相等的；adv.甚至，恰好，正当

参考例句：

• It was cold yesterday,but it's even colder today. 昨天冷，今天更冷了。
• He's the best teacher even though he has the least experience.尽管他经验最少，但教得最好。

9 fully   

adv.完全地，全部地，彻底地；充分地

参考例句：

• The doctor asked me to breathe in,then to breathe out fully.医生让我先吸气，然后全部呼出。
• They soon became fully integrated into the local community.他们很快就完全融入了当地人的圈子。

10 information   

n.起诉；信息，消息；知识；报告，通知，情报

参考例句：

• I hope the information I gave you was helpful.我希望我给你的消息对你有所帮助。
• We must get further information.我们必须获得更多的消息。

11 beating   

n.打，敲打；[纸] 打浆；脉搏；失败vt.（心脏等）跳动(beat的现在分词)

参考例句：

• to give sb a beating 把某人揍一顿
• The patient's heart stopped beating for a few seconds. 病人的心跳停顿了几秒钟。

12 popular   

adj.受欢迎的；流行的；通俗的

参考例句：

• " Mary " is a very popular name for a girl.“ 玛丽 ”是个很常见的女孩名字。
• He likes to play football and to sing popular songs.他喜欢踢足球和唱流行歌曲。