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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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 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。
Comments: I was amused by this joke, when I first came across this funny story. But as a teacher, when I read this once again, I am deeply moved. How lovely this little boy is!
评论：第一次我看到这个笑话时，我被它逗乐了。但是我自己作为一个老师，当我再次看这个笑话时，我被深深的感动了。多可爱的小章尼呀！
At first I was in shock and thought this letter must be a joke. I read it and re-read it about four times.
一开始我惊呆了，以为这是恶作剧。我读了一遍又一遍，足足有四遍。
He called Mr Cameron to tell him he had the two pigs but he thought it was a joke at first.
他打电话告诉卡梅伦说看到了这两只小猪，不过一开始卡梅伦还以为对方在和自己开玩笑。
This clarification, of course, does nothing to correct the first statement and the double meaning of the joke be comes even more laughable.
当然，这个解释并没有纠正她的第一句话，反而使这个笑话的双重含义变得更加好笑。
Nanon burst out laughing at this joke, the first time she had ever heard her young mistress make, and did as she was told.
拿侬听见小主人第一次说笑话，不禁哈哈大笑，照她的吩咐去办了。
With a joke to describe the three kinds of people, the first people to see the computer screen, thought it would explode.
用一则笑话来描述三种人，第一种人见到电脑屏幕，会以为它会爆炸。
At first, I thought it was a joke, but later when I learned of his explanation, I came to believe that he had made a serious decision.
起初我还以为他是在开玩笑，后来听他道明原委，才相信的确是真的。
The first letter was treated as a joke and pinned up on the door of Reading's training ground dressing room, but the arrival of subsequent letters saw the police called in to investigate.
第一封信被认为是开玩笑，它被钉在雷丁训练场的更衣室的门上，但是随后而来的第二封就使警方开始介入了。
The first letter was treated as a joke and pinned up on the door of Reading's training ground dressing room, but the arrival of subsequent letters saw the police called in to investigate.
第一封信被认为是开玩笑，它被钉在雷丁训练场的更衣室的门上，但是随后而来的第二封就使警方开始介入了。
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