Now, I've talked about laughter on two separate occasions and on each of the occasions when I talked in front of a large group like this somebody came up to me afterwards and said, "But I can."

我之前也有两次提到过笑,第一次,当我在这么一大群人面前讲完后,都会有人上来跟我说，“我可以”

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When you're in a group doing something terribly aggressive and you are not--you don't feel like you're at risk you might laugh and laughter is a signal to other members of your group as a signal of solidarity and what you're doing together.

当你在群体在做具有强烈攻击性的行为时,你不会觉得自己有危险,你会笑,你笑是向其他群体成员传达一个信号,你们团结一致，共同进退。

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But it's been silent today, and instead the air is full of shouts and laughter as a group of boys play in the surf.

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Although the academy has given nominations here and there to a few "laughter through the tears" comic dramas, the group has long shown a perplexing shyness when it comes to recognizing movies that, you know, make people laugh.

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Mr McLoughlin told the Commons that he would not "wholly rule out" putting a new runway at Heathrow, adding, to mocking laughter, that the way forward was to set up a working group.

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