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(guān)語的運用。老外們的幽默感通過雙關(guān)語得到了淋漓盡致地發(fā)揮。

　　1 句法結(jié)構(gòu)雙關(guān)

　　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(jīng)光著身子畫過畫嗎？”這則幽默中雙關(guān)產(chǎn)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(guān)

　　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 hipe 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(chuàng)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(shù)語(deposit, withdraw, account, assess, check)與日常環(huán)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(xí)慣用語生動形象，用在一定的語境中，可以產(chǎn)生一語雙關(guān)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(guān)

　　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(chǎn))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(xué)生應(yīng)該回答"present"。而linda利用"prisoner"與"present"的相近讀音，表達了對學(xué)校生活的不滿。

　　例三：--"you're 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。

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