Comic Relief can't get all the money from the Red Nose Day exhibition. Why do many English people do "silly" things sometimes?

喜劇救助不能从红鼻子日展览得到所有的钱。为什么许多英国人有时会做“愚蠢”的事情？

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But when you asked them why they didn't try it the answers tended to be "I would look silly."

但当你问他们为什么不尝试时，他们的答案往往是“这样做会很傻”。

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"Silly him," we three muttered: "Why not a lifeboat or, better still, a raft?"

“他很傻，”我们三人认为，“为什么不乘救生船，或者更加理想，索性乘筏子呢？”

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Why do you let that silly business come in her brain?"

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But when you asked them why they didn't try it the answers tended to be "I would look silly."

但当你问他们为什么不尝试时,他们的答案往往是“这样做会很傻”

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Which is why I think this game is so silly and why Mr. Poynter is so badly misinformed.

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"I don't know why it all got so silly, " Redknapp added.

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The force's Diane Grandidge said Christmas and New Year were "the busiest times of the year for our team, which is why we would urge those making silly prank calls or thoughtless requests to think twice".

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