You're TRULY Fluent in English if You Can Understand These

Did you hear about the claustrophobic astronaut?

你听说过患有幽闭恐惧症的宇航员吗？

He needed a little space.

他需要一点空间。

If you understood that joke, you're already on the right track

如果您听懂了这个笑话，那么您已经走上了

to becoming fluent in English.

流利英语的 正确轨道

Understanding jokes shows that you're thinking in English.

。 理解笑话表明你正在用英语思考。

It means that you get the nuances, the wordplay, and the cultural references.

这意味着你能了解其中的细微差别、双关语和文化参考。

It also improves your listening skills, enhances your vocabulary, and most

它还可以提高您的听力技能，增强您的词汇量，最

importantly, helps you connect with other English speakers on a more personal level.

重要的是，可以帮助您在更个人的层面上与其他英语使用者建立联系。

Personally, whenever I'm feeling a little down, I hop onto YouTube and I

就我个人而言，每当我感到有点沮丧时​​，我就会跳上 YouTube，

watch a video from one of my favourite comedians and that always cheers me up.

观看我最喜欢的喜剧演员之一的视频，这总是能让我振作起来。

I've put together a list of my favourite comedians and of all the jokes that

我列出了我最喜欢的喜剧演员以及

you're going to hear in this video.

您将在本视频中听到的所有笑话。

These are all inside the lesson notes that you can download for this lesson.

这些都包含在本课程的课程笔记中，您可以下载这些内容。

Just follow the link in the description.

只需点击描述中的链接即可。

First up — puns.

首先——双关语。

Puns are all about wordplay.

双关语都是关于文字游戏的。

They use words with multiple meanings or similar sounding

他们使用具有多种含义的单词或发音相似的

words for humorous effect.

单词来达到幽默的效果。

Here's a classic, "I used to be a baker.

这是一句经典的话，“我曾经是一名面包师。

But I couldn't make enough dough."

但我无法制作足够的面团。”

Get it?

得到它？

Dough is slang for money, and it also refers to the mixture used to make bread.

Dough 是俚语，意为“钱”，也指用来制作面包的混合物。

"I used to be a baker.

“我曾经是一名面包师。

But I couldn't make enough dough."

但我无法制作足够的面团。”

Puns are great because they make you think about the different

双关语很棒，因为它们让你思考

meanings of words, which is fantastic for enhancing your vocabulary.

单词的不同含义，这对于提高你的词汇量非常有用。

Here's another great pun.

这是另一个很棒的双关语。

"My wife called me at the bar last night.

“我的妻子昨晚在酒吧给我打电话。

She said, if you're not home in ten minutes, I'm giving the dinner

她说，如果你十分钟后还不回家，我就把

I cooked for you to the dog.

我为你做的晚餐喂给狗。

I was home in five minutes.

我五分钟后就到家了。

I'd hate for anything to happen to that dog."

我讨厌那条狗会发生什么事。”

Did you hear about the Italian chef that died?

您听说过去世的意大利厨师吗？

He passed away.

他去世了。

This pun plays on the word 'pasta', which sounds like 'past' in 'passed away'.

这个双关语使用了“pasta”这个词，它听起来像“去世”中的“过去”。

Passed away means died.

去世的意思就是死了。

Oh, it's a bit corny, isn't it?

哦，这有点老土了，不是吗？

If a joke is corny, then it means it's trying too hard to be

如果一个笑话很老套，那就意味着它太努力地搞笑了

funny and it's pretty unoriginal.

，而且非常缺乏原创性。

Here's another funny one from the boys at DocTalk.

这是 DocTalk 男孩们的另一个有趣的事情。

"I'm reading a horror book in Braille.

“我正在读一本盲文恐怖书。

Something bad's gonna happen.

不好的事情即将发生。

I can feel it."

我能感觉到。”

Why don't skeletons fight each other?

骷髅为什么不互相争斗？

They don't have the guts.

他们没有这个胆量。

This joke is a clever play on words.

这个笑话是一个巧妙的文字游戏。

'Guts', in English, are the insides of a human, all the gooey

在英语中，“胆量”是指人的内部，是

bits that skeletons don't have.

骷髅所没有的所有粘糊糊的部分。

So he didn't have the guts.

所以他没有这个胆量。

To have the guts is a phrase that means to have courage, which is why

To have the guts是一个短语，意思是有勇气，这就是为什么

they don't want to fight each other.

他们不想互相争斗。

Hmm?

Clever.

唔？

聪明的。

These types of jokes can also be called one-liners or dad jokes.

这类笑话也可以称为俏皮笑话或爸爸笑话。

They're short, witty statements that deliver a punchline in a single line.

它们是简短、诙谐的陈述，用一行话表达了一个妙语。

A punchline is the final part of a joke or story that provides the

笑点是笑话或故事的最后部分，提供

humour or the surprise, the part that makes the audience laugh.

幽默或惊喜，让观众发笑。 如果某件事让你发笑，

And we say that something is a dad joke if it makes you laugh,

同时又让你发出“哦！”的

but also makes you go, "Oh!"

感觉，我们就说它是一个爸爸笑话

Here are some more classic one-liners for you.

。 下面给大家推荐一些比较经典的台词。

"The topic of school.

“学校的话题。

You, uh, you're looking at a very proud Canadian who is very proud of

你，呃，你看到的是一个非常自豪的加拿大人，他对

the education system in Canadia."

加拿大的教育体系感到非常自豪。”

He's very proud of his country and education, but

他对自己的国家和教育感到非常自豪，但

he calls his country Canadia.

他称自己的国家为加拿大。

Which suggests that he hasn't been very well educated, so his pride is misplaced.

这表明他没有受过良好的教育，所以他的骄傲是错误的。

"I was horrible in school.

“我在学校的表现很糟糕。

I failed Maths so many times I can't even count."

我数学不及格很多次，我什至都数不清了。”

I love this play on words.

我喜欢这种文字游戏。

If you can't count, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, then you've missed

如果你不会数1、2、3、4、5、6、7、8、9、10，那么你就错过了

out on some very basic education.

一些非常基础的教育。

But the phrase, 'I can't count the number of times that something

但是“我无法计算某件事发生了多少次

has happened', then it means it's happened many, many, many times.

”这句话意味着它已经发生了很多很多很多次。

I can't count how many times.

我已经数不清有多少次了。

So it's very clever.

所以这是非常聪明的。

"I preferred French over Chemistry because the Chemistry teacher

“我更喜欢法语而不是化学，因为我和化学老师

and I just didn't have any, um,

没有任何，嗯，

rapport."

融洽的关系。”

Ah, this is very smart because instead of saying, 'we didn't have

啊，这非常聪明，因为他没有说“我们没有

any chemistry,' which means we didn't have a connection, he used the French

任何化学反应”，这意味着我们没有联系，而是使用了法语

origin word 'rapport', which means to have a good relationship with.

起源词“rapport”，意思是与……有良好的关系。

Now let's talk about knock-knock jokes.

现在我们来谈谈敲门笑话。

Knock-knock jokes are very simple and have a specific formula and

敲门笑话非常简单，有特定的公式，而且

they are often delightfully corny.

常常是令人愉快的老生常谈。

Here's an example,

这是一个例子，

"Knock knock."

“敲敲门”。

"Who's there?"

“谁在那儿？”

"Yoda lady."

“尤达女士。”

"Yoda lady, who?"

“尤达女士，谁？”

"I didn't know you could yodel."

“我不知道你会唱约德尔歌。”

Knock-knock jokes are great for practising conversational structure and

敲门笑话非常适合练习对话结构和

understanding homophones, words that sound alike but have different meanings.

理解同音词，即听起来相似但含义不同的单词。

"Knock, knock."

“敲，敲。”

"Who's there?"

“谁在那儿？”

"Lettuce."

"Lettuce who?"

“莴苣。”

“生菜谁？”

"Let us in.

“让我们进去吧。

It's freezing out here."

这里很冷。”

Here we have the homophone 'lettuce', the vegetable or salad,

这里我们有同音字“生菜”，即蔬菜或沙拉，

and let us, which means allow us.

而让我们，意思是允许我们。

Lettuce, let us.

生菜，让我们。

Lettuce, let us.

生菜，让我们。

Now, let's get a bit more sophisticated with satire.

现在，让我们用讽刺来更复杂一些。

Satire uses humour, irony or exaggeration to criticise or mock, often

讽刺使用幽默、讽刺或夸张来批评或嘲笑，通常

targeting politics or societal issues.

针对政治或社会问题。

To better understand satire, let's look at some examples from YouTube.

为了更好地理解讽刺，让我们看一下 YouTube 上的一些例子。

Here's an example from Saturday Night Live.

这是周六夜现场的一个例子。

"Collect them all and the fun never stops.

“集齐全部，乐趣永不停息。

Awesome!"

太棒了！”

And here's an example from a BBC clip.

这是 BBC 剪辑中的一个示例。

"Excuse me?

“对不起？

Excuse me?

对不起？

Sorry.

Um.

Do you speak English?

对不起。

嗯。 你会说英语吗？

No, I don't sorry.

不，我不抱歉。

Oh.

哦。

Um, my car's broken down and I wondered if you could tell me where to find a garage.

嗯，我的车坏了，我想知道你能否告诉我在哪里可以找到车库。

Yeah, well, you know, that's, that's wasted on me.

是的，好吧， 你

I don't, I don't understand what you're saying.

知道，那对我来说是浪费，

You don't speak any English at all?

我 根本

Not a word, no.

听不懂你在说什么

That's one of those things where I wish I paid more attention in school, but, um...

？ 我在学校更注意，但是，

Excuse me, excuse me, sorry.

对不起，对不起，

Do you speak any English?

你 会说英语吗

English?

？

No.

我

What's the problem?

不

I don't know, I can't understand.

知道，我听不懂。

Hi, uh, my car's broken down and I need to find a garage.

，我的车坏了，我需要找个车库。

No, I'm so sorry, I didn't understand that at all."

不，很抱歉，我根本不明白。”

Finally, a BAFTA's opening monologue.

最后是英国电影和电视艺术学院 (BAFTA) 的开场独白。

"But do not worry your overly-filmed heads, I'm not going to use your

“但是别担心你们的头被拍得太过分，我不会用你们的

faces as punch lines or punch bags — you've suffered enough.

脸作为笑点或沙袋——你们已经受够了。

No one works harder than us, apart from people in other professions.

除了其他行业的人之外，没有人比我们更努力。

I'm putting in a couple of hours today, I'm shattered."

我是今天花了几个小时，我心碎了。”

If you enjoy satire, you can also find newspapers in English

如果您喜欢讽刺，您还可以找到

that only publish hilariously satirical articles, like this one.

只发表搞笑讽刺文章 的英文报纸 ，就像这一篇一样。

Of course, this is referring to how many of the British politicians are

当然，这是指有多少英国政客

quite wealthy and have a hard time relating to the general population.

非常富有，却很难与普通民众打交道。

There are also newspapers from other English-speaking countries like

还有来自其他英语国家（例如

Ireland and the USA, like this one.

爱尔兰和美国）的报纸，例如这一份。

This article from the Irish newspaper Waterford Whispers refers to the Irish

爱尔兰报纸 Waterford Whispers 的这篇文章提到了导致

famine in which two million people died and emigrated and relating that to the

200 万人死亡和移民的爱尔兰饥荒，并将其与

solution to Ireland's housing crisis.

爱尔兰住房危机的解决方案联系起来。

Do you get the satire in this next video?

你明白下一个视频中的讽刺吗？

"Northerner has been accused of terrorising London by

“北方人被指控在伦敦

walking around saying, hello

四处走动，说‘你好，

Generic Northerner, Stephen Malley left Londoners traumatised by his

通用北方人，史蒂芬·马利’

attempts to interact with them in a friendly, cheerful manner."

试图以友好、愉快的方式与伦敦人互动，这

This video has cultural significance pointing to the fact that it is

让伦敦人受到了创伤 。” 这段视频具有文化意义，据说

said that Londoners never say hello to anyone they don't know.

伦敦人从不向不认识的人打招呼。

The British are said to have a very sarcastic sense of humour and it's true.

据说英国人有一种非常讽刺的幽默感，这是真的。

We use sarcasm quite a bit.

我们经常使用讽刺。

The thing with sarcasm is that we say one thing and we mean entirely the opposite.

讽刺的问题在于，我们所说的是一件事，而我们的意思却完全相反。

And this can get quite confusing for English learners, especially

这可能会让英语学习者感到非常困惑，尤其是

if it's done very subtly, which is quite often the case.

如果做得非常巧妙的话，这种情况很常见。

I even did a video covering sarcasm and I'll leave a link

我什至制作了一个包含讽刺的视频，我将 在描述中

to that in the description.

留下指向该视频的链接

To recognise sarcasm, you have to listen to the tone of voice in which it is

。 要识别讽刺，您必须聆听讽刺的语气

delivered or the look on someone's face.

或某人的面部表情。

"Oh, another beautiful English summer's day."

“哦，又一个美丽的英国夏日。”

"Do you need help?"

“你需要帮助吗？”

"No, thanks.

“不，谢谢。

I'm really enjoying the challenge."

我真的很享受这个挑战。”

"Oh, my car's broken down it's broken down.

“哦，我的车坏了，坏了。

That's just what I need."

这正是我所需要的。”

The best way to get better at recognising and using sarcasm is through practice.

更好地识别和使用讽刺的最佳方法是通过练习。

Watch British TV shows, movies, and try to notice when

观看英国电视节目、电影，并尝试注意

characters are being sarcastic.

角色何时在讽刺。

Shows like The Office, Blackadder and Fleabag are great examples, but one of the

《办公室》、《黑爵士》和《伦敦生活》等节目就是很好的例子，但电视上最著名的讽刺人物之一

most famous sarcastic characters on TV was Chandler on the American TV show Friends.

是美国电视节目《老友记》中的钱德勒。

Well, the tough thing is she really wants to have sex with me.

嗯，最困难的是她真的想和我做爱。

Crazy bitch.

疯狂的母狗。

So today we looked at puns, one-liners, knock, knock jokes, sarcasm and satire.

所以今天我们来看看双关语、俏皮话、敲门砖、敲门笑话、讽刺和讽刺。

How did you do?

你做得怎么样？

Remember, jokes often reflect cultural values, current events

请记住，笑话通常反映文化价值观、时事

and even the quirks of daily life.

甚至日常生活的怪癖。

By unravelling these nuances, you're not only learning to speak English

通过阐明这些细微差别，您不仅可以学习更流利地讲英语

more fluently, but also gaining insight into the subtleties that make

，还可以深入了解 英语文化独特的

English-speaking cultures unique.

微妙之处 。

Now, go and access the lesson notes from the link in the description where

现在，通过描述中的链接访问课程笔记，

you can watch many comedy videos, explore different types of humour, and

您可以观看许多喜剧视频，探索不同类型的幽默，并

practice your understanding of jokes.

练习对笑话的理解。

It's a fun and effective way to enhance your English language.

这是提高英语语言的一种有趣而有效的方法。

If you have a favourite joke, then I'd love to hear about it.

如果你有最喜欢的笑话，那么我很想听听。

Please write it in the comments below.

请写在下面的评论中。

Thank you for joining me.

谢谢你加入我。

Until next time, take very good care, keep laughing, and I'll and goodbye.

直到下次，好好照顾，继续笑，然后我就再见了。