Their inability to scowl seemed to impair their ability to see why pushy telemarketers or a lack of birthday wishes might make one's face fall.

他们无法动怒似乎削弱了他们的能力，让他们明白为什么咄咄逼人的电话推销员或没得到生日祝愿可能会让一个人沉下脸来。

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I just don't want a bad fall to wipe that smile off your face.

我只是不想摔个难看的跟头，让笑容从你的脸上褪去。

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And this is why the humor-- why the damage is often a certain sort of damage involving things like embarrassment, sex, scatology, a banana peel, pie in the face, your pants fall down or something, where there's no real harm.

这就是为什么幽默-,所涉及的伤害通常都是,涉及尴尬，性，不雅语言，香蕉皮，摔到脸上的派，掉裤子之类的，这些情况没有造成真正伤害。

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That's the choice that you face this fall.

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The man appeared to fall face forward on the ground in front of the gate security building, the witnesses said, and uniformed Secret Service agents rushed to put out the flames with a fire extinguisher.

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Schools that fall will face recriminations from alumni and trustees alike.

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