【句子】Walt's in the hospital, but he's still cracking jokes with the nurses. 【Modern Family S3E20】

【发音】/wɔːlts/ /ɪn/ /ðə/ /ˈhɒs.pɪ.təl/ /ˈhɑː.spɪ.təl/ /bʌt/ /hiːz/ /stɪl/ /ˈkræk.ɪŋ/ /dʒəʊks/ /wɪð/ /ðə/ /ˈnɜː(r).sɪz/

【发音技巧】Walt's in连读；but he's不完全爆破；

【翻译】沃特住进了医院，不过他还能跟护士们谈笑风生。

【适用场合】

今天我们来一起学习一下这样一个表达，叫做：crack a joke;

这个短语我们可以理解成：to say something funny; to tell a joke；“讲一个笑话；说一些有趣、搞笑的事情；”

eg: He's always cracking jokes in class.

他总在课堂上讲笑话。

eg: She's never serious. She's always cracking jokes.

她从来不严肃，一直在讲笑话。

eg: Every time Tom cracked a joke, his buddies broke up laughing.

每次汤姆讲笑话，他的伙计们都笑得前仰后合的。

eg: The teacher scolded me for cracking a joke in the middle of class.

因为我在课堂上讲笑话，老师训斥了我。

eg: We sat around cracking jokes until the early hours of the morning.

我们围坐在一起讲笑话，一直到凌晨。

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He was very relaxed, smiling and cracking jokes.