Collection of Jokes (English-Chinese Contrast)

Author: You Ruiyun
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Publish Date: 2004-12-01
Features: Due to different cultural backgrounds, Western humor often differs greatly from Eastern humor. For English learners, it can be challenging to grasp the punchline of English jokes. For example, the sentence "I love animals—they are delicious" only has its humor within the English-speaking world, because almost all animals can be used as food in Chinese culture, which is a part of Chinese culinary traditions, so there's nothing extraordinary about it. However, for Westerners, animals are considered close companions of humans, and they also have the right to live and develop. That's why the avid animal lover in the joke becomes the butt of the joke. Humor is a way and window to understand a culture, and the English jokes selected and compiled here are the best supplementary materials for English learners. Only by understanding English syntax and grammar can one grasp the meaning of each passage and laugh heartily. And when you converse with foreign guests or friends, grasping their humor is undoubtedly one of your skills. Don't wait until everyone else has laughed before you realize it, becoming the one who laughs last and thinks slowest (the one who laughs last reacts slowest). This book collects over 200 hilarious jokes from 15 aspects such as computers, job seekers, teachers and students, lawyers, etc. The content is fresh, with a strong sense of the times and a touch of everyday life.