It's impolite to joke about others' dreams, because everyone treats dreams very seriously.

拿别人的梦想开玩笑是一件非常不礼貌的事情，因为每个人对待梦想都很认真。

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Marjorie Baer used to joke about her retirement plans.

玛乔丽·贝尔曾经拿她的退休计划开玩笑。

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Anyway, once children get to talk, they seem to be finding ways to joke.

不管怎么样，一旦孩子们开始说话，他们似乎是在想尽办法开玩笑。

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He seemed to know the perfect time to tell a joke and when to remain silent.

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So this was a bit of joke and surprise made them angry about this convergence. Then something even worse happened. People started to talk about using the internet to carry voice conversations for free.

所以这有种开玩笑和惊奇的意味,使他们对聚合很生气，而后更,糟糕的事发生了，人们开始谈论关于,使用互联网免费传输声音会话。

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Despite making a bad joke about it we're going to do the same thing here.

尽管关于流程图我说了个很糟糕的笑话,我们还是要去画流程图。

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You'd think it was in the Constitution that people were required to joke about him.

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His early rival and late friend, Ted Kennedy, used to joke about campaigning in West Virginia.

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Gilles Assouline loves to joke about being searched by airport security when his solid gold credit card sets off alarms.

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