"I just don't know how I contain myself..." I said trying not to laugh but failing as Keith continued to stare at me grinning from ear to ear.

“我只是不知道怎样控制我自己……”我说道，强忍住不笑出声来，可是基斯一直嬉皮笑脸地盯着我看，结果我还是没有忍住？

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Do not laugh at a youth for his affectations; he is only trying on one face after another to find his own.

别取笑青年人的装模作样；他们只不过是为了找寻自我而逐一试装出各种面孔罢了。

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The Lakers, because they were trying not to laugh.

对于湖人来说，因为他们不想过于高兴。

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Mr Kirk said the five firefighters who rescued him were a "Godsend" but were trying not to laugh.

BBC: Window cleaner John Kirk rescued from own roof

"We can't quite believe it, but what is clear is we are now one of the leading winter sports nations in the world, " says Anderson, trying his hardest not to laugh out loud.

BBC: Aussie, Aussie, Aussie

Watching the trial live on television, or standing outside the court building listening to the proceedings through loudspeakers, Filipinos did not know whether to laugh or cry, as a bumbling prosecution team ineptly set about trying to prove that Mr Estrada was a villain who should forthwith be removed from office.

ECONOMIST: The Philippines