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The English humour


Fun seems to be the possession of the English race.Fun is JohnBulll's idea of humour,and there is no intellectualjudgment in fun.Everybody understands it be-cause it is practical.More than that,it unites allclasses and sweetens even political life.To studythe elemental form of English humour,you must look to the school-boy.It begins with the practical joke,and unless there is something of his natureabout it,it is never humour to an Englishman.Inan English household,fun is going all the time.The entire house resounds 1 witn it.The father comes home and the whole family contribute to theamusement;puns,humorous uses of words,little things that are meaningless nonsense,if you like,fly round,and every one enjoys them thoroughly 2 for just what they are.The Scotch 3 are devoid 4 ofthis trait,and the Americans seem to be,too.


  If I had the power to give humour to the na-tions I would not give them drollery,for that isimpractical;I would not give them wit,for that isaristocratic,and many minds cannot grasp it;but Iwould be contented 5 to deal out fun,which has nointellectual element,no subtlety,belongs to oldand young,educated and uneducated alike,and isthe natural form of the humour of the Englishman.


  Let me tell you why the Englishman speaksonly one language.He believes with the strongest conviction that his own tongue is the one that allpeople ought to speak and will come in time tospeak,so what is the use of learning any other?Hebelieves,too,that he is appointed by Providenceto be a governor of all the rest of the human race.From our Scottish standpoint we can never see anEnglishman without thinking that there is oozing 6 from every pore of his body the conviction that he belongs to a governing race.It has not been his de-sire that large portions of the world should be un-der his care,but as they have been thrust uponhim in the proceedings 7 of a wise Providence,hemust discharge his duty.This theory hasn't en-deared him to others of his kind,but that isn't amatter that concerns him.He doesn't learn anyother language because he knows that he couldspeak it only so imperfectly that other people would laugh at him,and it would never do that aperson of his importance in the scheme of the uni-verse should be made the object of ridicule 8.


excerpt: from SCOTTISH HUMOUR


By John Watson



v.(指声音等)回荡于某处( resound的第三人称单数 );产生回响;(指某处)回荡着声音
  • When the Christmas musical box, music resounds, Christmas old man swinging. 圣诞音乐盒,音乐响起时,圣诞老人会摆动。 来自互联网
  • In the epilogue, the Silk Road resounds with the song of friendship. 尾声:丝绸之路上洋溢着友谊之歌。 来自互联网
adv.完全地,彻底地,十足地
  • The soil must be thoroughly turned over before planting.一定要先把土地深翻一遍再下种。
  • The soldiers have been thoroughly instructed in the care of their weapons.士兵们都系统地接受过保护武器的训练。
n.伤口,刻痕;苏格兰威士忌酒;v.粉碎,消灭,阻止;adj.苏格兰(人)的
  • Facts will eventually scotch these rumours.这种谣言在事实面前将不攻自破。
  • Italy was full of fine views and virtually empty of Scotch whiskey.意大利多的是美景,真正缺的是苏格兰威士忌。
adj.全无的,缺乏的
  • He is completely devoid of humour.他十分缺乏幽默。
  • The house is totally devoid of furniture.这所房子里什么家具都没有。
adj.满意的,安心的,知足的
  • He won't be contented until he's upset everyone in the office.不把办公室里的每个人弄得心烦意乱他就不会满足。
  • The people are making a good living and are contented,each in his station.人民安居乐业。
v.(浓液等)慢慢地冒出,渗出( ooze的现在分词 );使(液体)缓缓流出;(浓液)渗出,慢慢流出
  • Blood was oozing out of the wound on his leg. 血正从他腿上的伤口渗出来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The wound had not healed properly and was oozing pus. 伤口未真正痊瘉,还在流脓。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.进程,过程,议程;诉讼(程序);公报
  • He was released on bail pending committal proceedings. 他交保获释正在候审。
  • to initiate legal proceedings against sb 对某人提起诉讼
v.讥讽,挖苦;n.嘲弄
  • You mustn't ridicule unfortunate people.你不该嘲笑不幸的人。
  • Silly mistakes and queer clothes often arouse ridicule.荒谬的错误和古怪的服装常会引起人们的讪笑。
学英语单词
academic status
adventruous
AIDUS
air-bag base
amplifier plug
basement structure
beef extract broth
benzomethamine
biographie
bivariate normal surface
boiling water sterilization
bourdel
Braille printing paper
brandmarks
British Advisory Committee on Oil Pollution of the Sea
by these presents
celebritizes
Cernosice
cladonia kurokawae
Classical Hebrew
cloud line
contemporary international law
convolution signal
Corydalis fumariifolia
crimp-set yarn
cyclothone atraria
Dipsosaurus
Dun-sur-Auron
egg on
enescus
Euphorbia alatavica
feeling-type
fergusonite-(Ce)
ferrihemoprotein
format device
Frederick Sanger
guided missile propulsion
Ha'apai Div.
heat flow density of fuel element surface
heeling-in
iguanodontidaes
immunochemistries
incoming mixture
intersection capacity
Jurin rule
Knarsdale
korector
large intestine channel of Hand-Yangming
larged
ligamenta metatarsea transversa profunda
literarism
lugbill
magnetic energy density of magnetostatic field
margerry
mean green
meteorologic minima
microfolding
Mischocarpus
morelle
name and arms clause
non-clip output
off her dot
osteoid aneurysm
peltier heat
plastered work
polarimetrically
politecon.
praas
pryse
pump suction chamber
quick-start lamp
ratihabit
reappreciating
rear block
refrigeratives
reinforcing plate
riccio
right-half pointer
risk area
Rodinesque
Rodionovia
running vehicle
samariscus triocellatus
second tempering bin
severe overload
siliquaria
Sint-Gillis
slave jib
spill burner
Stop loss limit
Sutlej R.(Satluj R.)
Suzhou embroidery
thinghoods
town-watch
transrectal
triceptor
under the wing of
usherette
wall type
watch dog
wheelspins
yaruru