One of the reasons the pause strengthens your laugh lines is that it builds tension.

停顿增强笑点的原因之一在于它能够制造紧张感。

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Well, I'm sorry you've lost your shoes, but you've got to laugh, haven't you?

啊，真糟糕，你的鞋子丢了，可是这也挺逗的，是不是？

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Don't laugh at your classmates.

不要嘲笑你的同学。

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Mom, where's your cell? Okay, don't laugh. I didn't lose my power cord. It ran away.

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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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You can look at your sister and say, "Don't laugh at him."

你可以看着你的妹妹说，“Don't laugh at him.”

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"As you can see now Kinect can track features like your smile, your laugh and even the raise of your eyebrows, " Ballmer said, offering a demo of himself as a bald avatar -- his digital eyebrows bouncing up and down.

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Your neighbors might look out their windows and laugh at your risque predicament.

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And you will clamp your hand over your mouth because you laughed and that laugh will break your heart, it will feel like a betrayal.

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