Learn English Pun Jokes | Funny Examples and Meanings | Advanced English Lesson

Hello, everyone. My name is Robin. 

大家好。我叫罗宾。

And in this video we are  going to talk about ‘puns’. 

在这个视频中，我们将讨论“双关语”。

Okay. Now puns are very difficult to understand. 

好的。现在双关语很难理解。

Very difficult to hear. And very difficult to use. 

非常难听。而且非常难用。

So this video is an advanced video  and I don't expect my students to  

所以这个视频是一个高级视频，我不希望我的学生

start making their own puns very soon. So this video is more for fun just to understand  

很快开始制作他们自己的双关语。所以这个视频更有趣，只是为了理解

a little bit of English word play.

一点英语单词游戏。

Now, what is a pun?

现在，什么是双关语？

Well, a ‘pun’ is kind of a word used in a joke. And the word has two meanings. 

嗯，“双关语”是一种在笑话中使用的词。而且这个词有两个意思。

Okay. So to help you,  

好的。因此，为了帮助您，

we're just going to jump into an example. And I have a very simple example here. 

我们将进入一个示例。我在这里有一个非常简单的例子。

‘Korea has Soul’

“韩国有灵魂”

This is a pun.

这是一个双关语。

The word that is a pun is soul because  soul has two meanings of course. 

双关语这个词是灵魂，因为灵魂当然有两种含义。

Now, when I say Korea has soul, this is s o u l. That soul means, Korea has some  

现在，当我说韩国有灵魂时，这就是灵魂。那个灵魂意味着，韩国有一些

spirit or some energy.

精神或一些能量。

But of course it has another meaning.

但当然它还有另一个含义。

Because, soul, the spelling is  different but the sound is the same.

因为，灵魂，拼写不同，但声音相同。

Seoul is a city in Korea. So when we say ‘Korea has soul’, it's kind  

首尔是韩国的一个城市。因此，当我们说“韩国有灵魂”时，这有点像是

of a joke because the ‘soul’ has two meanings. Okay. 

一个笑话，因为“灵魂”有两个含义。好的。

Now pun jokes are kind of not really haha funny.

现在双关语笑话有点不太好笑。

Usually when someone says a pun joke, everyone is kind of quiet.

通常当有人说一个双关语笑话时，每个人都是安静的。

And maybe we hear crickets. 

也许我们会听到蟋蟀的声音。

So if I said ‘Korea has soul’,  maybe everyone's oh yeah. 

所以，如果我说“韩国有灵魂”，也许每个人都这么认为。

Okay. All right. So let's take a look at a couple other  

好的。好的。因此，让我们看一下其他

examples of pun jokes to help you understand.

双关语笑话的例子，以帮助您理解。

I have two more examples here to help you understand the pun jokes. Okay. 

我这里还有两个例子可以帮助你理解双关语笑话。好的。

The jokes, they use a pun. Again, they're not really haha funny. 

笑话，他们使用双关语。再说一次，他们不是真的哈哈好笑。

You just kind of okay.

你还好。

So the next one here.

所以下一个在这里。

‘My bicycle fell… my bicycle  fell because it's two-tired.’ 

“我的自行车掉了……我的自行车掉了，因为它有两个轮胎。”

‘My bicycle fell because it's two-tired.’ All right. 

“我的自行车掉了下来，因为它有两个轮胎。”好的。

So the blue word, that's the pun. And again, a pun has two meanings. 

所以蓝色的词，这就是双关语。同样，双关语有两个含义。

So why is this funny? or not so funny?

那么为什么这很有趣呢？还是没那么好笑？

Too tired. Alright. So again, two meanings. 

太累了。好的。再说一遍，有两个意思。

The first meaning, my bicycle has ‘two tires’. Okay. 

第一个意思，我的自行车有“两个轮胎”。好的。

The front tire and the back tire. So has only two tires. 

前轮胎和后轮胎。所以只有两个轮胎。

So it fell. But there's also a second meaning. 

于是就跌了。但还有第二层意思。

It's ‘two tired’ sounds like t-o-o, very tired. So a bicycle fell because it's very tired. 

它的'两累'听起来也太累了。所以一辆自行车因为很累而摔倒了。

Alright. So ‘two tired’ sounds like ‘too tired’. 

好的。所以“两个累”听起来像“太累了”。

And too tired, very tired. Alright. 

而且太累了，很累。好的。

So that's what makes the pun funny. There's two meanings. 

所以这就是使双关语变得有趣的原因。有两层意思。

The next one - 

下一个 -

‘I used to be a banker but I lost interest.’ ‘I used to be a banker but I lost interest.’

“我曾经是一名银行家，但我失去了兴趣。” “我曾经是一名银行家，但我失去了兴趣。”

Okay. This is the pun. 

好的。这是双关语。

This word has two meanings. The first meaning is ‘interest’ - I'm interested. 

这个词有两个意思。第一个意思是“兴趣”——我很感兴趣。

Okay. So he lost interest. 

好的。于是，他失去了兴趣。

He's no longer interested in banking. So he's not a banker anymore. 

他不再对银行业感兴趣。所以他不再是银行家了。

That's one meaning.

这是一个意思。

A second meaning is

第二个含义是

‘interest’ is actually a bank term bank.

“利息”实际上是银行术语银行。

Bank vocabulary - when you put money in the bank.

银行词汇 - 当你把钱存入银行时。

Okay. Every year the bank will give you interest. 

好的。每年银行都会给你利息。

For example, six percent or 4 percent. They give you interest every year. 

例如，百分之六或百分之四。他们每年都给你兴趣。

So he's not a banker anymore  because he lost interest. 

所以他不再是银行家了，因为他失去了兴趣。

Which would mean he lost money. All right. 

这意味着他赔钱了。好的。

So this is funny. ‘I used to be a banker but I lost interest’ 

所以这很有趣。 “我曾经是一名银行家，但我失去了兴趣”

Because ‘interest’ is a pun. It has two meanings. 

因为“兴趣”是双关语。它有两个含义。

First meaning, he's not interested  in the banking business anymore. 

首先，他对银行业务不再感兴趣。

And the second meaning, he lost some money. Okay. 

第二个意思，他损失了一些钱。好的。

All right, let's move on to one last one.]

好吧，让我们继续讨论最后一个。]

All right, the last joke.

好吧，最后一个笑话。

I'm going to show you actually has two puns.

我要告诉你实际上有两个双关语。

And you can decide if it's funny or not.

你可以决定它是否有趣。

All right, here's the joke.

好吧，这就是笑话。

So there's a question and answer.

所以有一个问题和答案。

The question, ‘How do celebrities stay cool?’

问题是，“名人如何保持冷静？”

‘How do celebrities stay cool?’

“名人如何保持冷静？”

Of course, celebrities are  famous people, stars, talents.

当然，名人是名人、明星、人才。

‘How do celebrities stay cool?’ ‘They have many fans.’

“名人如何保持冷静？” “他们有很多粉丝。”

Okay that's the joke.

好吧，这就是笑话。

And as I said, there's actually two puns.

正如我所说，实际上有两个双关语。

So the question, ‘How do celebrities stay cool?’ Okay. 

那么问题来了，“名人如何保持冷静？”好的。

So cool has two meanings. The first meaning is cool, cold. 

Socool有两个含义。第一个意思是凉，冷。

Okay. Not hot not warm. So how do they stay cold? 

好的。不热不热。那么它们是如何保持寒冷的呢？

The second meaning is, cool, you know  wearing sunglasses, they're cool. 

第二个意思是，酷，你知道戴墨镜，它们很酷。

All right. Very good. Very cool. So the two meanings of cool. 

好的。很好。很酷。所以酷的两个意思。

They have many fans of course. There's the pun. 

他们当然有很多粉丝。双关语来了。

And the pun has two meanings. The first meaning is fan. 

双关语有两个含义。第一个意思是风扇。

When you're hot, you have the machine blowing air. That's the fan. 

当你热的时候，你让机器吹气。那是风扇。

And of course, the other meaning, the second  meaning of fan is, when you're very famous  

当然，另一个意思，粉丝的第二个意思是，当你非常有名

and popular people like you, they're your fans. They're screaming.

并且像你这样受欢迎的人时，他们就是你的粉丝。他们在尖叫。

And they want your signature, your autograph. Those are fans. 

他们想要你的签名，你的亲笔签名。那些是粉丝。

Okay. So, ‘How do a celebrities stay cool?’ 

好的。那么，“名人如何保持冷静？”

‘They have many fans.’ All right. 

“他们有很多粉丝。”好的。

So this is funny because we can  recognize there's two meanings here. 

所以这很有趣，因为我们可以认识到这里有两个含义。

So you could read this the first way, ‘How do celebrities stay cool (not hot)?’ 

因此，您可以以第一种方式阅读此内容，“名人如何保持凉爽（不热）？”

‘They have many fans,’  machines blowing at them to stay cool. 

“他们有很多粉丝，”机器吹着他们保持冷静。

Or ‘How do celebrities stay cool?’ ‘They have many fans,’ people screaming. 

或者“名人如何保持冷静？” “他们有很多粉丝，”人们尖叫道。

All right. Funny?

好的。有趣的？

Okay, yeah, well, these are pun jokes. Some people like them - very advanced English. 

好吧，好吧，这些都是双关语笑话。有些人喜欢他们 - 非常先进的英语。

Okay because you have to know, you have to have  a very good vocabulary, you have to know the word  

好的，因为你必须知道，你必须有一个很好的词汇，你必须知道这个词

and it's two meanings to understand the joke.

，理解这个笑话是两个意思。

All right. That's it. I hope you enjoyed the puns video.

好的。就是这样。我希望你喜欢双关语视频。

And I hope you can maybe create your own pun one day.

我希望有一天你能创造出自己的双关语。

Or understand it when someone tells you a pun joke.

或者当有人告诉你一个双关语笑话时理解它。

That's it and I'll see you next time.

就是这样，我下次再见。