新概念英语第三册逐句精讲语言点 第29课 好笑不好笑(1)

　　Funny or Not 好笑不好笑

　　Whether we find a joke funny or not largelydepends on where we have been broughtup.The sense of humour is mysteriously boundup with national characteristics. A Frenchman,for instance, might find it hard to laugh at aRussian joke.

　　1.Whether we find a joke funny or not largely depends on where we have beenbrought up.

　　我们觉得一则笑话是否好笑，很大程度取决于我们是在哪儿长大的。

　　语言点:句子结构分析:whether在本句中引导主语从句。Where we have been brought up是宾语从句。

　　2.The sense of humour is mysteriously bound up with national characteristics.

　　幽默感与民族有着神秘莫测的联系。

　　语言点: sense of humour 幽默感。

　　3.A Frenchman, for instance, might find it hard to laugh at a Russian joke.

　　譬如，法国人听完一则俄国笑话可能很难发笑。

　　语言点:句子结构分析:it是形式宾语，真正的宾语是to laugh at a Russian joke。