學學老外們的幽默吧
老外們喜歡幽默，日常生活中許多英語幽默來自于對語言的巧妙運用，尤其是對雙關語的運用。老外們的幽默感通過雙關語得到了淋漓盡致地發揮。我們也可以好好學學，讓自己變的幽默吧。
1 句法結構雙關
例句：
--Do you ever draw picture in the nude?
--No, I usually wear a jacket.
對話中，提問的人是想問你有沒有畫過裸體畫，而回答的人卻理解為你曾經光著身子畫過畫嗎?這則幽默中雙關產生的原因是對in the nude在句中不同功能的理解，即作定語或作狀語。
2 語義雙關
例一：一個男孩子為了追求一個在銀行窗口工作的女孩子，便在遞交存折的同時附上了一張小紙條。
Dear M:
I have been SAVING this question in the hope that I might gain some INTETRST. If free Friday, would you care to DEPOST yourself beside me at a movie? I have taken into ACCOUNT that you maybe previously engaged; if so I will WITHDRAW my offer and hope Saturday. At any RATE, your company would much enjoy, and I hope you will not ASSESS this as too forward. Check you late.
Sincerely B.
如此有創意的求愛方式，女孩子能不為之心動么。男孩子巧妙運用銀行術語(deposit, withdraw, account, assess, check)與日常環境的不同意思，以獨特的方式表達了自己的愛慕之情。
例二：英語習慣用語生動形象，用在一定的語境中，可以產生一語雙關的效果。
--What weather does mice most dislike?
--When it is raining cats and dogs.
Cats and dogs是傾盆大雨的意思。這則幽默取其字面意思，貓狗都從天上掉下來了，老鼠自然不喜歡了。
3 語音雙關
例一：The things my wife buy at auctions are keeping me baroque.
這是一位男士利用baroque(形式怪樣的)與broke(破產)的相近讀音來表達對妻子花錢大手大腳的不滿。
例二：Six year old Linda returned impressed from her school first day at school. Asked how she got on, she replied: Every morning, we all have to sit at our desk and when the teacher calls our names, we have to answer prisoner !
當老師點名時，學生應該回答present。而Linda利用prisoner與present的相近讀音，表達了對學校生活的不滿。
例三：--Youre not eating your fish, the waitress asked him,Anything wrong with it?
--Long time no sea, the customer replied.
Long time no sea魚久不見海，肯定不新鮮。而Long time no see是朋友見面時所用的寒暄語，相當于老朋友久別重逢時說的好久不見。Sea與see是同音異形異義詞，這位顧客巧妙地運用這一點，指出了魚不好吃，不新鮮。
老外們喜歡幽默，日常生活中許多英語幽默來自于對語言的巧妙運用，尤其是對雙關語的運用。老外們的幽默感通過雙關語得到了淋漓盡致地發揮。我們也可以好好學學，讓自己變的幽默吧。
1 句法結構雙關
例句：
--Do you ever draw picture in the nude?
--No, I usually wear a jacket.
對話中，提問的人是想問你有沒有畫過裸體畫，而回答的人卻理解為你曾經光著身子畫過畫嗎?這則幽默中雙關產生的原因是對in the nude在句中不同功能的理解，即作定語或作狀語。
2 語義雙關
例一：一個男孩子為了追求一個在銀行窗口工作的女孩子，便在遞交存折的同時附上了一張小紙條。
Dear M:
I have been SAVING this question in the hope that I might gain some INTETRST. If free Friday, would you care to DEPOST yourself beside me at a movie? I have taken into ACCOUNT that you maybe previously engaged; if so I will WITHDRAW my offer and hope Saturday. At any RATE, your company would much enjoy, and I hope you will not ASSESS this as too forward. Check you late.
Sincerely B.
如此有創意的求愛方式，女孩子能不為之心動么。男孩子巧妙運用銀行術語(deposit, withdraw, account, assess, check)與日常環境的不同意思，以獨特的方式表達了自己的愛慕之情。
例二：英語習慣用語生動形象，用在一定的語境中，可以產生一語雙關的效果。
--What weather does mice most dislike?
--When it is raining cats and dogs.
Cats and dogs是傾盆大雨的意思。這則幽默取其字面意思，貓狗都從天上掉下來了，老鼠自然不喜歡了。
3 語音雙關
例一：The things my wife buy at auctions are keeping me baroque.
這是一位男士利用baroque(形式怪樣的)與broke(破產)的相近讀音來表達對妻子花錢大手大腳的不滿。
例二：Six year old Linda returned impressed from her school first day at school. Asked how she got on, she replied: Every morning, we all have to sit at our desk and when the teacher calls our names, we have to answer prisoner !
當老師點名時，學生應該回答present。而Linda利用prisoner與present的相近讀音，表達了對學校生活的不滿。
例三：--Youre not eating your fish, the waitress asked him,Anything wrong with it?
--Long time no sea, the customer replied.
Long time no sea魚久不見海，肯定不新鮮。而Long time no see是朋友見面時所用的寒暄語，相當于老朋友久別重逢時說的好久不見。Sea與see是同音異形異義詞，這位顧客巧妙地運用這一點，指出了魚不好吃，不新鮮。
