野生知识点:
* punchline:笑话中的关键句,点出笑点所在的句子。
After I delivered the punchline, everyone burst out laughing.
我说出笑话的关键句之后,所有人都哈哈大笑。
* the butt of the joke:笑话中的主人公,笑话所嘲笑的对象,笑柄
My big brother always makes me the butt of his jokes and that's why I don't like him.
我哥哥总是拿我当笑柄(总是拿我开玩笑,总是说我的糗事儿),所以我不喜欢他。
* laughingstock:被取笑的对象,笑料、笑柄
His funny haircut made him the laughing stock of the company.
他搞笑的发型让他成为公司同事的取笑对象。
The president's public speech has made our country a laughing stock.
总统的公开讲话让我们整个国家变成了笑料。
* I don't get it.:我没听懂,我不明白。
veryone else laughed at that line in the movie, but I don't get it. Why is it so funny?
每个人听到电影里的那句台词都笑了,但是我不明白,那有什么好笑的?
* fall flat:不成功的
* a joke falls flat:笑话不好笑
I told a joke during my job interview, but unfortunately it fell flat.
我在工作面试的时候说了个笑话,但是很不幸,笑话并不好笑。
cherry_gb4
get it