通常这种笑话充其量只能得到礼貌性的、出于同情的笑声，而最坏的情况下，这种笑话则完全是无聊的，甚至会冒犯观众。总之，这样的展示一开始就有了坏兆头。

Usually such jokes get only polite sympathy laughter at best, and at worst the joke falls completely flat or even offends, either way the presenter is off to a poor start.

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他们想避免冒犯任何观众。

They want to avoid offending any of their audience.

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那冒犯性的评论实际上是一名观众的起哄。

The offending comment was in fact a heckle from an audience member.

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在面试前，申请人来“夸夸其谈者向他们的朋友和决定什么将不会被告知，和观众(申请人)决定什么将会和不会冒犯。”

Before the interview to which the applicant comes "talkers talk to their friends and decide what will and won't be told, the audience (applicant) decides what will and will not give offense."

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在面试前，申请人来“夸夸其谈者向他们的朋友和决定什么将不会被告知，和观众(申请人)决定什么将会和不会冒犯。”

Before the interview to which the applicant comes "talkers talk to their friends and decide what will and won't be told, the audience (applicant) decides what will and will not give offense."

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