My father told me a funny joke and I can't stop laughing every time I think of it.

父亲给我讲了一个有趣的笑话，每次想起它我就忍不住要笑。

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I said, and he thought it was a great joke though I was serious, that even if I were certain in my own mind, I did not know "a single person with a talent for conviction."

我说，即便我的内心坚定不移，自己也不认识“哪怕一个天生可以使人信服的人”。我说这话时很认真，但他却当我在开玩笑。

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And it was in Belgrade, not Pristina, that I heard this joke: the Serbs will do anything for Kosovo except live there.

我在贝尔格莱德，而不是普里什蒂纳(译者：科索沃首都)，听到这样一个笑话：塞族人可以为科索沃做一切事情，除了住在那里。

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He operates out of the family's rug store ("I thought it was a joke, " says Houston) and entertained the pair with Persian tea in the back.

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