裕兴新概念英语第三册笔记29

Lesson 29 Funny or not? 是否可笑？New words and expressions 生词和短语largely adv. 在很大程度上comic adj. 喜剧的，可笑的universal adj. 普通的comedian n. 滑稽演员，喜剧演员distasteful adj. 讨厌的pester v. 一再要求，纠缠dread v. 惧怕recovery n. 康复plaster n. 熟石膏console v. 安慰，慰问hobble v. 瘸着腿走compensate v. 补偿mumble v. 喃喃而语★universal adj. 普遍的eg：Love , a topic of universal interest. 爱情事人们普遍感兴趣的话题。

a universal truth 放之四海皆成的真理eg：It is a universal truth that you think of nothing else if you don’t things if you do.这是个普遍真理：没钱的时候你想的只有它，而一但有了钱，你就会想其它。

universal suffrage 普选权be of universal significance 广泛的意义universally adv.It is universally true that…★distasteful adj. 讨厌的、让人倒胃口的、难吃的a distasteful storyeg：It is distasteful to me to say so. 我很不愿意这么说。

a distasteful task / medicine 难完成的任务/难吃的药★recovery n. 康复eg：Make a quick recovery from the influenza. 感冒之后很快就好了。

economic recovery / resurgence 经济复苏/复兴recover program：a course of treatment for people who are addicted to drugs or alcohol 康复疗程（针对吸毒成瘾或酗酒的人）★console v. 安慰，慰问to make someone feel better when they are feeing sad or disappointed console sb with sth 用…来安慰某人eg：The doctor consoled the little boy with the promise he would go back home to celebrate Christmas Day.医生安慰小男孩并许诺他可以回家过圣诞节。

console oneself with…聊以自慰，以…自我安慰eg：No matter how hard I tried to repair my computer, it refused to work. But I still consoled myself with the thought that even thee specialized may not put it right.condole v. 吊唁eg：Peter wrote to condole with his friend on his mother’s death.Peter写信给他的朋友对他母亲的过世表示慰问。

solace v. （文雅的表达方式）eg：He solaced himself with a book. 他从书中得到慰藉。

consolation n.a word of consolation 一句安慰的话consolatory adj.a consolatory letter 安慰信；booby prize 安慰奖★hobble v. 瘸着腿走to walk with difficulty, especially as a result of an injury to your leg or feet hobble along 一瘸一拐地走limp adj. / n. v.adj. （not firm or strong）无力的limp bodyn. walk with a limp 跛行v. limp to school 一瘸一拐去上学lame adj. / v. （because of injury）go / become lame致瘸了；lame duck 无能的人cripple n./ v.四肢残疾an offensive word for somebody who is physically unable to use their arms or legs properlythe disabled / handicapped 无能力者、残废者/ 残疾人the deaf and dumb 聋哑人★compensate for v. 补偿eg：His rise in status more than compensate for his loss of money.eg：Only when you lose your health can you realize that nothing can compensate for it.只有到失去健康时，你才能意识到健康无以弥补。

make up foreg：Beauty can never make up for stupidity.愚蠢是无法靠美貌来弥补的。

atone（for）v.：to do sth to show that you are sorry for having done sth wrong弥补过失、赎罪eg：Dimitri atoned for his behavior to make a hundred and one apologies. Dimitri为自己的鲁莽行为而向他深表歉意。

★mumble v. 喃喃而语to say something too quietly and not clear enough so that it is difficult or impossible to hear 声音太小或听不清楚murmur v.：to say something in a soft low voice which is difficult to hear （清柔低沉的声音）喃喃eg：The shy girl murmured thanks.害羞的小女孩轻轻地说了声谢谢。

a murmuring brook 溪水潺潺mutter v. 生气或抱怨而低声说eg：Students mutter continually about having too much homework.学生们抱怨说家庭作业太多。

【Text】What is the basis of ‘sick’ humour?Whether we find a joke funny or not largely depends on where we have been brought up. The sense of humour is mysteriously bound up with national characteristics. A Frenchman, for instance, might find it hard to laugh at a Russian joke. In the same way, a Russian might fail to see anything amusing in a joke which would make an Englishman laugh to tears.Most funny stories are based on comic situations. In spite of national differences, certain funny situations have a universal appeal. No matter where you live, you would find it difficult not to laugh at, say, Charlie Chaplin's early films. However, a new type of humour, which stems largely from America, has recently come into fashion. It is cal1ed' sick humour '. Comedians base their jokes on tragic situations like violent death or serious accidents. Many people find this sort of joke distasteful. The following example of 'sick humour' will enable you to judge for yourself.A man who had broken his right leg was taken to hospital a few weeks before Christmas. From the moment he arrived there, he kept on pestering his doctor to tell him when he would be able to go home. He dreadedhaving to spend Christmas in hospital. Though the doctor did his best, the patient's recovery was slow. On Christmas day, the man still had his right leg in plaster. He spent a miserable day in bed thinking of all the fun he was missing. 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. The man took heart and, sure enough, on New Year's Eve he was able to hobble along to a party. To compensate for his unpleasant experiences in hospital, the man drank a little more than was good for him. In the process, he enjoyed himself thoroughly and kept telling everybody how much he hated hospitals. 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.参考译文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。