Cole says Scieszka is not only committed to children's literacy through his writing and outreach programs, but that the author is funny, charismatic and really does get the kids to listen to him.

科尔还说，查斯卡不仅在他的作品及其他节目里关注儿童的读写能力，还是一名非常幽默、具有个人魅力的作家，能让孩子们乖乖听他的话。

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Sometimes we say, ‘What a nice essay his mom wrote, ’” she said, in that funny-but-not vein.

有时候我们会说，‘这位妈妈写的一手好文章，’”她以一种调侃的语气说。

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Good design may not have to be funny, but it's hard to imagine something that could be called humorless also being good design.

好的设计不会总是很有趣，但难以想像一个被称为“好”的设计一丝幽默感没有。

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I have some very funny stories about those, but now is not the time to do that, especially because we're being filmed.

关于这个我有点好段子,不过现在还不能说,尤其现在有人给咱录着呢

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The revelation of that is smart and funny but has been robbed of its jolt so the greatest benefit of it comes not in that moment but later at a clinic.

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