My mother like telling jokes.

我妈妈喜欢讲笑话。

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He like telling jokes.

他喜欢讲笑话。

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Some small tricks like telling jokes or calling him or her nickname (绰号) may help you get along with your friends better.

一些小技巧，例如讲笑话或是叫昵称，可以让你与朋友相处更融洽。

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I've been telling jokes like this for a very long time, so the reaction surprised me.

CNN: If you don't want to hear an edgy joke, don't listen

But the characters in "Laughter on the 23rd Floor, " like "The Sunshine Boys" before it, have a logical reason to be telling jokes, which is that they write them for a living ("If Max Prince laughs, my kids eat this week").

WSJ: Putting the Punch in Punch-Line | Neil Simon | Laughter on the 23rd Floor | Mad Cow Theatre | Review by Terry Teachout