He is making jokes in order to make them laugh.

他讲笑话逗他们笑。

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At work, people pretty much know what they're supposed to be doing: working, making money, doing the tasks they have to do in order to draw an income.

在工作中，人们很清楚他们应该做什么：工作，赚钱，为了获得收入而做他们必须做的事情。

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When communicating with others, you should pay attention to your attitude in order to avoid making others feel unconformable.

和别人交流时，你应该注意你的态度，以免让他人觉得不舒服。

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"It may not be until maybe a year, or two years from now before we fully understand the impact of the deal-making that was done, in order to secure these voting blocs in places like Qandahar,Helmand, where the insurgency has really taken control, and where the government is the weakest and it has the weakest bargaining position."

VOA: standard.2009.08.03

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