| 51. | The joke folded the crowd up. |
| 这个笑话使人弯下了腰。
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| 52. | The joke missed fire. |
| 这个玩笑未能引人发笑。
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| 53. | One night, the gaoler decided to play a joke on his colleague to find out if, after so many performances, he had managed to learn the contents of the letter by heart. |
| 一天晚上，狱卒决定与他的同事开一个玩笑，看看他反复演出这么多场之后，是否已将信的内容记熟了。
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| 54. | 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。
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| 55. | A Frenchman, for instance, might find it hard to laugh at a Russian joke . |
| 譬如，法国人听完一则俄国笑话可能很难发笑。
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| 56. | In the same way, a Russian might fail to see anything amusing in a joke which would make an Englishman laugh to tears. |
| 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。
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| 57. | 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。
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| 58. | It took him four years to stage this elaborate joke simply to prove that critics do not always know what they are talking about. |
| 他花了4年时间策划这出精心设计的闹剧，只是想证明评论家们有时并不解他们所谈论的事情。
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| 59. | Students specialize in a particular type of practical joke : the hoax. |
| 大学生擅长一种特殊的恶作剧——戏弄人。
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| 60. | Harry used to consider it a great joke to go into expensive cosmetic shops and make outrageous requests for goods that do not exist. |
| 哈里曾认为走进一家名贵化妆品商店，荒唐地提出要买一种根本不存在的商品是件开心的事儿。
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