There is a certain nonsense tale which a friend used to tell with such effect that her hearers became helpless with laughter, but which for some reason never seemed funny to me.

有这么一个故事：是一个朋友常常给她的听众讲的一个故事，每次她讲的时候听的人都忍不住要大笑。可是，也许是由于某种原因吧，我觉得这个故事压根儿就不好笑。

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There is a certain nonsense tale which a friend used to tell with such effect that her hearers became helpless with laughter, but which for some reason never seemed funny to me.

有这么一个故事：是一个朋友常常给她的听众讲的一个故事，每次她讲的时候听的人都忍不住要大笑。可是，也许是由于某种原因吧，我觉得这个故事压根儿就不好笑。

youdao