The rim shot after a comic remark is an attempt to simulate--sort of a pre-technological attempt to simulate the sound of laughter.

讲完笑话，紧接着一阵鼓声,也是为了引起…,引起观众大笑的一种原始手段。

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He's also a very likeable person, you know, he's always telling jokes, always smiling,

他也非常讨人喜欢，总会讲笑话，嘴上一直挂着微笑，

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And so we sort of sit back from the situation and say, "Look, hey, you're a really nice guy, and we like you and your family. And you're fun to be with and we like your jokes, but you didn't get the job done."

我们得保持客观，说，你很不错，我们喜欢你和你的家庭,你很幽默，我们很喜欢你讲的笑话，但是你并没有完成任务“

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Before you go, it is the weekend, I will send you off with a joke.

在离开之前，现在已经是周末了，我会给你们讲个笑话。

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So, even if we were to agree with the pessimists that it would be better never to have been born at all, as the old joke goes, show me one person in a thousand who's so lucky, right?

所以，即使我们要同意悲观主义者的观点,根本不出生更好，就像老笑话讲的那样，给我千里挑一找到一个走运的人？

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Wow, John, I got a laugh for a political joke, I'm in big trouble. That better?

噢，John，我讲了个政治笑话大家都笑了，我有麻烦了，这样好些么？

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