Hey guys, I'm Alex. Thanks for clicking, and welcome to this lesson on learning English...with jokes!
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For many advanced speakers, understanding English jokes is the last barrier they have to break through, before they can really master the language, and really capture its full meaning.
对于很多高级语言学习者来说，理解英语笑话是他们要越过的最后一道障碍，之后他们才能真正掌握这门语言，并且完全了解这门语言的真正含义。
So today what we're going to do is look at five English jokes, and they're funny because of the double meaning of the words in each joke, okay? So let's look at the first two.
今天我们就来看看五个英文笑话，他们的搞笑之处在于都运用了词语的双关，我们先来看前面两个。
First we have, "Why didn't the shark swallow the clownfish?"Now first we have to understand the verb "swallow".
首先我们有，"Why didn't the shark swallow the clownfish?"首先我们要理解"swallow"的含义。
This means "makes swallowing sound".When you eat something, you swallow it, okay?
它的意思是（咽下去）。你吃东西的时候，要把它吞咽下去。
So why didn't the shark swallow the clownfish?Hmm, I'll tell you why.Because "It tasted funny."No? Okay.
那为什么鲨鱼不吃小丑鱼呢？嗯，我来告诉你为什么。因为，"It tasted funny."没理解吗？好吧。
To understand this joke, we have to understand the double meaning of "funny".
为了理解这个笑话，我们要弄懂"funny"的两个含义。
So the setup of the joke is, "Why didn't the shark swallow the clownfish?" So you think of a clownfish.
这个笑话是说，“为什么鲨鱼不吃小丑鱼？”你会先想到小丑鱼。
You see the word clown, clown, you think of ha, ha, ha, somebody who makes people laugh.
你看到了"clown"这个单词，小丑，就会想到，“哈哈哈”，让别人发笑的人。
So we have one version of the word "funny", one definition -- ha-ha funny.
所以我们就有了"funny"的其中一个含义——好笑的。
"Funny" can also mean strange, not normal.Food can taste funny.
"Funny"还可以说“奇怪的，不平常的”。食物可以尝起来很"funny"。

Imagine that you're eating at a restaurant, you're trying something new, and you go, "Hmm, this doesn't taste right. This tastes funny."It tastes weird.
想象一下，你在一个餐馆，正在试吃新菜品，然后你说“嗯，这个尝起来不太对劲。”尝起来很奇怪。
So the reason this joke is funny is because of the double meaning of the word "funny" in it.
这个笑话好笑的原因就在于这个"funny"的双重含义。
The clownfish tasted funny. It tasted "ha ha", it's a clownfish, and hmm strange, right?
小丑鱼尝起来很funny，吃起来很“哈哈”，因为它是“小丑”鱼，味道又很奇怪，明白了吗？
Like food that is not really normal-tasting funny.
就是那种食物吃起来跟普通的不一样那种奇怪。
Next joke: "Why was six afraid of seven?" Why was the number six afraid of the number seven?
下一个："Why was six afraid of seven?" 为什么数字6要害怕数字7呢？
Don't know why? I'll tell you why.Because..."7 8 9."A little better, right? It's getting better. It's getting better.
不知道为什么吗？我来告诉你。因为……“7 8 9”。这次好点了，对吧？好一些了。
So you're wondering, "Well, why is this funny?"Why was six, the number six, afraid of the number seven?Because 7 8 9.
你可能会奇怪，“这有什么好笑的？”为什么6会害怕7呢？因为 7 8 9。
Let's see if we have any double meanings in the answer to this joke.So we have the number seven, okay?
我们来看看这个笑话里面有没有双关。我们有了数字7，对吧？
There's no double meaning. We just have the number, the number seven.We have eight. We have the number eight.
这个没有双关，仅仅就是一个7。我们还有数字8。
Okay, we also have the past tense of the verb "eat", so because seven "ate" the number nine.It's funny now, right?
好了，我们还有一个"eat"的过去式，那么就是7"ate"9。很有意思吧？
Because seven ate the number nine, so six was afraid of number seven, because six doesn't want to get eaten by number seven either.
因为7吃掉了9，所以6会害怕7，因为6不想也被7吃掉。
Okay guys, let's look at the next joke.Okay so "Why didn't the skeleton go to the party?"
好了，我们来看下一个笑话。"Why didn't the skeleton go to the party?"
So, again, skeleton, right? Just bones, no skin, just bones.So why didn't the skeleton go to the party?
骨架，就是只有骨头，没有皮肤那个。那为什么骨架不能去派对呢？
Because..."He had no body to go with." Okay!So here we have to understand a double meaning of which word?
因为……"He had no body to go with."我们在这里需要理解哪一个单词的双关呢？
Hmm, we actually have two words here.We have "no body" and this obviously also sounds like "nobody", right?
有两个单词。"No body"听起来就像"nobody"，对吧？
So "nobody" and "no body".Again, a skeleton only has bones.
所以，"nobody"和"no body"。骨架只有骨头。
It doesn't have any skin.It has no body, right?So it can also mean that he has "nobody".
没有皮肤。没有身体，对吧？所以也可以说“没人”陪他去。
"Nobody", no person can go with him, so he has "no body" to go with, and he has "nobody" to go with.It's pretty good.This is one of my favorites.
"Nobody"，没人跟他一起。这个笑话很不错。这是我最喜欢的笑话之一。
And if you tell this to your kids they'll like it if they speak English, which they might, okay?
如果告诉你的孩子这个笑话，而且他们说英语的话，他们会喜欢的。
Next one, "Why did the teacher wear sunglasses to class?"I'll tell you why: because... "her students were so bright."
下一个，"Why did the teacher wear sunglasses to class?"因为……"her students were so bright."
Okay, so we have to understand the double meaning of the word "bright".
我们要来理解一下"bright"的两层含义。
So you think of the sun and the sun is very bright, right?
你知道太阳很"bright"，对吧。
Now "bright" in English can also mean that a person is very intelligent.
"Bright"在英语里也可以形容人很聪明。
So if I say Einstein was a very bright person, it means that Einstein was a very intelligent, a very smart person.
如果我说爱因斯坦是一个很"bright"的人，意思就是说爱因斯坦很聪明。
So "bright" means like the sun, the sun is bright, it can also mean that somebody is very intelligent.
所以"bright"是说太阳，太阳很闪亮，也可以说人很聪明。
So in this joke, the teacher wore sunglasses, because her students were so "bright", but really it means intelligent, okay?
在这个笑话里面，老师戴着墨镜上课，因为她的学生都太"bright"了，其实是说学生们很聪明。
Double meaning, I really like this one, too.All right, let's look at the last joke.
双关，我也很喜欢这个。好了，来看最后一个笑话。
Why did the pregnant lady start yelling: "I'm, didn't, can't"? Any guess?
为什么怀孕的妇女会喊:"I'm, didn't, can't"？有想法吗？
Okay, let me tell you why.Because...she was having "contractions."
我来告诉你为什么。因为……she was having "contractions."
Okay, so to understand this joke, you have to understand the double meaning of "contractions".
要理解这个笑话，你得弄懂"contractions"的含义。
Contractions are the pains that a woman feels when she's about to have a baby many, many hours before she starts to have the baby, the pain inside the stomach from the back, anyway.
Contracitons说的是女性在生孩子的时候会感受到的疼痛，是从肚子后面那里开始疼的。
Ask a girl; ask anyone who's had a baby.They can tell you the feeling of contractions.
可以问问怀过孩子的女性们。他们会告诉你宫缩什么感受。
Also the double meaning of "contractions" is the grammatical contractions of "I'm, didn't, can't."
"Contractions"的另外一个含义就是语法上的缩略，"I'm, didn't, can't"。
So "I'm" is the contracted form of "I am"."Didn't" is the contracted form of "did not", and "can't", "cannot", okay?
"I'm"是"I am"的缩写。"Didn't"是"did not"的缩写，还有"can't"是"cannot"的缩写。
This joke can honestly work with any contracted verbs.
这个笑话可以用于任何一个缩略动词。
So you can say "Why did the pregnant lady start yelling 'shouldn't, wouldn't, couldn't'?"It can be anything, okay?
你也可以说，"Why did the pregnant lady start yelling 'shouldn't, wouldn't, couldn't'?"可以是任何一个词，明白吗？
And the joke, the ending is always the same, because she was having contractions.
这个笑话的结束都是一样的，因为她正在经受"contractions"。
Now, remember, I didn't say these were good jokes.I didn't say they were funny jokes.
记住，我不是说这些都是很好的笑话。也不是说这些都很搞笑。
To me they're funny because I'm an English teacher, and I like English wordplay jokes like these.
对于我来说很搞笑，是因为我是英语老师，我喜欢这种咬文嚼字的笑话。
If you understood these jokes, you are all the better for it, and I really, really recommend that you use these at a party if you want no friends.
如果你理解了这些笑话，你就会学的刚好，而且我推荐你在聚会的时候讲给你的朋友听。
Okay guys, if you want to test your understanding of this knowledge, if you want to test if you remember the ending of these jokes,
好了，如果你想要检测一下自己学的怎么样，
and if you want to make the kids in your family laugh, you can check out the quiz on www.engvid.com.Good luck and take care.
如果你想要在家里逗孩子们笑，请登录www.engvid.com做测验试试。下次见。