Socrates says he will be drowned in laughter but many other people have taken this dream or this aspiration very seriously.

苏格拉底说自己会被笑死,但更多人很严肃地,看待这个梦想或志向。

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The general story of why we can't in general is because there's no surprise, there's no mock aggression, and also there may be a general deadening of self-stimulation.

为什么大部分人不能胳肢自己,是因为它在我们意料之内，没有打闹的侵略性，通常这种引自己笑的念头都会嘎然而止。

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He would be quite famous in his line of work. Whether Magda was his wife or not, one evening when he was wise-lined and gray at the temples he'd smile gravely, at a fashionable dinner party, and remind her of his youthful passion.

他会在他的行业中变得相当有名，不管Magda是否,成为他的妻子，等他有了智慧的皱纹，两鬓斑白了,他会有天晚上在一次上流社会的晚宴上，庄重地微微一笑,对她提起自己少年时代的钟情。

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When you're in a group doing something terribly aggressive and you are not--you don't feel like you're at risk you might laugh and laughter is a signal to other members of your group as a signal of solidarity and what you're doing together.

当你在群体在做具有强烈攻击性的行为时,你不会觉得自己有危险,你会笑,你笑是向其他群体成员传达一个信号,你们团结一致，共同进退。

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