The joke first began when the opening line "we are being watched" was translated into a literal "we are made into a watch" early in the series, and viewers turned the mistranslation into a tradition.
这个笑话起先源于开场白“我们正被监视着”直译就变成了“我们正被做成表”，观众把这种错误的翻译当成了传统。
His first joke got the biggest laugh of the night.
他讲的第一个笑话博得了当晚最开怀的笑声。
A customer first suggested it, as a kind of joke.
因为这是一个顾客首次开玩笑般提议的。
Comments: First of all, this joke isn't even remotely funny. Secondly, it's highly unoriginal. And lastly, nothing that Hussein has ever done will make us smile.
点评：首先，这个笑话一点都不好笑；其次，它卑鄙至极。最后要说的是，侯赛因从来没做过让我们高兴的事。
If you have learnt other languages, you will know that very few achievements are as satisfying as understanding your first foreign joke.
如果你学过其它语言，你会知道，听懂自己的第一个外国笑话，会带来一种无可比拟的成就感。
However we have all had days when we make a terrible first impression by making an off joke or just saying the wrong thing because of nerves or a simple slip of the tongue.
然而，我们也都曾碰到过这样的时刻，我们也曾说过冷笑话或是因为紧张说错话，或是仅仅说漏嘴，而留下糟糕的第一印象。
There are so many ways a first conversation can run off the rails - a misinterpreted word, an inappropriate joke, a whopper of a prejudice.
两个人初次见面就脱轨的情况有多种方式：比如误解了对方的话；开了一个不恰当的玩笑；对某事有很大的成见等等。
In a telephone interview, Dr. Ramakrishnan said that when he was first told of the prize he thought it was a joke.
Ramakrishnan博士在电话采访中说，当他第一次被告知获奖时他以为只是一个玩笑。
It is not the first time this type of joke has cropped up on Google, a few years ago users reported being told to swim across the Atlantic if they asked for directions from New York to London.
据悉，这不是谷歌公司第一“开玩笑”了，前几年，当用户搜索怎样从纽约前往伦敦的时候，用户还被谷歌提示可以“游泳”横跨大西洋呢。
Towler at first thought it was a joke.
起初，托勒以为这不过是个玩笑而已。
Now, sitting there alone at my first book signing, I wondered if my entire life wasn't just a big joke.
然而现在，我孤单一人坐在这里，举行自己的第一次签名售书活动。我开始怀疑自己的人生是不是一个天大的玩笑。
Although Omega had made the first watch taken to the moon, it had become something of a national joke by the 1980s.
虽然第一支被带上月球的表由欧米茄制造，但经历了20世纪80年代后，欧米茄却成了一个民族笑话。
So at first our engagement was a joke.
所以一开始我们的订婚就是个笑话。
For the first time, the event is being held at the company's Cupertino HQ - at the famous address, 1, Infinite Loop, a geeky programming joke.
这是苹果公司第一次将发布会选在位于库比·提诺的总部——那个非常著名的地址，InfiniteLoop(永无休止的循环代码)1号。这地名来自于苹果公司内部一个讨人嫌的编程笑话。
Sam just played a joke in his letter, but I must admit that I took it seriously at first.
山姆在信中只是开了个玩笑，但我必须承认，一开始我还是把它当真了。
Now when they were first shown, most people thought they were a joke, but they really mark Andy's coming of age as a pop painter.
当这些罐头作品第一次被展出的时候，多数人都以为这不过是个玩笑，但是它们的确是安迪作为成熟波普画家的标志。
First, you must have complete confidence in the joke you're telling.
首先，你必须对自己讲的笑话有充分的信心。
My first reaction was that it was a joke or a rumor, because there was always the news about celebrity's death which turned out to be a mistake.
我的第一反应就是这是一个玩笑或者一个谣言，因为总有一些消息传出名人的死亡，而后被证实是误会。
Michelle Obama introduced her husband with a joke: "I get to speak first while he stands and watches. I love this, " she said to laughter.
米歇尔。奥巴马用一个玩笑介绍了她的丈夫：“我得到了第一个发言的机会，而他只能站着和看着，我喜欢这样。“她说着说着就笑了起来。
Like a giant cosmic joke, the riddles and puzzles left behind by the Maya are still as much of a mystery today, as they were when they were first discovered by the Spanish.
玛雅人留下的谜语和难题，就像一个巨大的宇宙玩笑，今天仍然一样地神秘，就像它们当初首先被西班牙人发现一样。
" might be cute at first, but once the joke gets old, think of how you'll feel a year from now when you have to call" Stinky " home at night.
一家名为“臭”可能在第一可爱的，但一旦笑话年老时想想你觉得一年后，当你要呼叫“臭”回家睡觉。
A first response to this declaration might be to describe it as either a lie or a joke.
对此宣称的第一反应也许该把它视作谎言或笑话。
If you still think that telling a joke or relating a humorous story is somehow important to making a point, run it past your spouse or a trusted friend first.
如果你仍然以为讲笑话或引用某个幽默故事对陈述观点很重要，那么请先跟你的配偶或信任的朋友演练一遍。
Besidess the tickets, people are queuing up to purchase other joke survival items such as earthquake first aid kist, rescue ropes, emergency medicine packages and Swiss Army Knifes.
除了船票之外，人们还排队购买其他搞笑的生存物件，比如地震急救药箱，救援绳索，急诊医药包和瑞士军刀。
The Batman comic Books "the Long Halloween", "the Killing Joke", "the man Who Laughs" and the first two comics to feature the Joker character served as an influence on the film's storyline.
蝙蝠侠漫画书《漫长万圣夜》《杀人玩笑》《狂笑之人》和最初的两本漫画赋予了影响着这部电影整个故事线索的小丑的个性特点。
At first I wondered if it was an April Fool's joke.
一开始，我怀疑这是个愚人节的玩笑。
At first I thought it was some kind of joke. But then another policeman appeared, this time in uniform, and I was left in no doubt.
起先我还以为这是在开玩笑，但又一个警察出现在我的面前，这次是位身着警服的，这一下使我确信无疑了。
At first I thought it was some kind of joke. But then another policeman appeared, this time in uniform, and I was left in no doubt.
起先我还以为这是在开玩笑，但又一个警察出现在我的面前，这次是位身着警服的，这一下使我确信无疑了。
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