When you take yourself seriously all the time, you will lose many benefits that a playful attitude and humor can offer.

当你总跟自己太认真时，你会失去愉快态度和幽默带给你的许多好处。

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It was reminiscent of the kind of tension in the pub when two drunks start squaring up to the each other, at first in a playful manner, ready to have a go.

这让人想起酒吧里两个醉鬼要打架时，先是逗着玩，然后便动真格的了。

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The sociologist Erving Goffman observed that there are few barriers to touching children we do not know: comforting them if they are in distress, touching them in a playful fashion when passing them.

社会学家Erving Goffman观察得出，触碰我们不认识的孩子会没那么障碍重重：当他们难过时安慰他们，经过他们时用开玩笑的方式触碰他们。

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This article allowed me to explore a number of different issues in a playful way, which is important when you teach tax law, a subject many would rather avoid.

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