Every day, give it a quiet smile.

Author: Ai Lin
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Publish Date: 2005-08-07
Features: Due to the unique history, society, culture, and language of different countries, Chinese humor differs significantly from Western humor. We are currently in a new era of East-West integration, where the world is eager to understand China, and China is striving to reach the world. Especially with the upcoming 2008 Beijing Olympics, the desire for the Chinese to master English and for foreigners to learn Chinese has become even more urgent. For this reason, I have written this bilingual humor book. This book translates and compiles 365 humorous anecdotes, gathering the essence of humor from various ethnic groups around the world. Through it, you can appreciate the straightforwardness of Americans, the romance of the French, the passion of Italians, the exuberance of the Germans, and the subtlety of the Chinese. During the translation process, considering the needs of readers in English learning, I have tried to focus on the CET4 vocabulary while covering the main grammatical phenomena of CET6. I hope readers can enjoy the spirit of reading and carry forward civilization.