英語翻譯Bill Gates and the president of General Motors have met
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英語翻譯
Bill Gates and the president of General Motors have met for lunch,and Bill is going on and on about computer technology.「If automotive technology had kept pace with computer technology over the,past few decades,you would now be driving a V-32 instead of a V-8,and it would have a top speed of 10,000 miles per hour,」 says Gates.「Or,you could have an economy car that weighs 30 pounds and gets a thousand miles to a gallon of gas.In either case,the sticker price(標價) of a new car would be less than $ 50.Why haven’t you guys kept up?」
The president of GM smiles and says,「Because the federal government won’t let us build cars that crash four times a day.「
Why is that funny (or not funny,as the case may be)?Human beings love to laugh,and the average adult laughs 17 times a day.Humans love to laugh so much that there are actually industries built around laughter.Jokes,sitcoms and comedies are all designed to get us laughing,because laughing feels good.For us it seems so natural,but the funny thing is that humans are the only species that laughs.Laughter is actually a complex response that involves many of the same skills used in solving problems.
Laughter is a great thing--that’s why we』ve all heard the saying,「Laughter is the best medicine.」 There is strong evidence that laughter can actually improve health and help fight disease.When we look at laughter--what it is,what happens in our brains when we laugh,what makes us laugh and how it can make us healthier and happier,there’s a huge amount about it that no one understands yet.
解答:
比爾蓋茨和通用汽車的總裁在一起吃午飯,比爾在講關於計算機技術的話題.蓋茨說:「如果幾十年後汽車技術能與計算機技術同日而語,你就不會只開著V-8而是每小時最高時速1,0000英里的V-32 了,或者你會擁有一輛價值30英鎊的經濟型坐騎,一加侖油跑一千英里.無論哪種情況,一輛新車的標價都會低於50美元了.爲什麼你們這些傢伙就是趕不上我們呢?」
通用總裁笑著說:「因爲聯邦政府不允許我們製造一天撞毀4次的汽車.」
爲什麼這個笑話好笑(或者有人覺得並不好笑)?人類喜歡笑,成人平均每天要笑17次.人類對笑的熱衷產生了那些圍繞著笑聲的行業.笑話,連續劇,喜劇都旨在讓我們發笑,因爲笑讓我們感覺良好.笑對我們來說再正常不過,但是有趣的是人類是唯一會笑的生物.笑是一種很複雜的反應,它涉及到很多解決問題時會用到的技巧.
笑是一件美好的事情,所以我們常聽到這樣一句言語:「笑治百病.」有證據顯示笑確實可以促進健康並且幫助抵禦疾病.當我們對面著笑——它是什麼,當我們笑時大腦發生了什麼,什麼使我們發笑,它怎樣使我們更健康、更快樂,大量的問題存在著,卻沒有一個人能夠理解它們.
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