BBC六分钟英语听力精选：真的会笑死吗？

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[00:12.40]Hello and welcome to 6 Minute English, where we bring you an entertaining topic and six related items of vocabulary.  欢迎收听六分钟英语，节目中我们会献上有趣的话题以及六个相关的单词。
[00:19.10]I’m Neil… and those guffaws you can hear are coming from Tim.  我是尼尔，你听到的狂笑声来自蒂姆。
[00:29.30]So what’s so funny, Tim?  什么事这么有意思，蒂姆？
[00:31.90]Can you pass me a glass of water?  能给我递杯水吗？
[00:35.90]Yes, OK, here you go.  没问题，给你。
[00:37.30]It was just something our producer said before I came into the studio.  就是我进演播室之前我们的制片人跟我说的一些事。
[00:42.80]A guffaw by the way is a loud laugh that you can’t control...  顺便说一下，guffaw（狂笑）是指你不能控制的高声大笑。
[00:47.80]So while Tim laughs his head off C and that means to laugh very loudly for a long time C I’ll introduce the show.   当蒂姆捧腹大笑，也就是长时间大笑的时候，我来介绍今天的节目吧。
[00:57.80]Today, Tim, we’re talking about laughter and how it could kill you…  今天，我们将谈论笑以及笑怎么会致命。
[01:02.40]Oh come on, Neil! That’s not funny!   拜托，尼尔！这一点也不搞笑！
[01:06.00]Laughing is good for you C everyone knows that!  笑对你是有好处的，每个人都知道。
[01:08.80]Well, not when you laugh like that, Tim!  当你这么笑的时候，就不是了，蒂姆。
[01:11.40]You’re bright red in the face, you’ve got tears streaming down your face.  满脸通红，脸上都笑出了泪。
[01:16.40]And you nearly choked on a glass of water!  你差点被一杯水呛到！
[01:18.50]Choke means to stop breathing because something is blocking your throat by the way.   Choke（呛，窒息）是指因为有东西卡在喉咙里导致无法呼吸。
[01:23.20]Now, without laughing or choking, can you please tell me how many times a day the average adult laughs?   不要笑，也不要被呛到，你能告诉我，平均成年人每天笑多少次？
[01:29.90]Is it…a) 17, b) 70 or c) 700?  a) 17次， b) 70次，还是 c) 700次？
[01:35.90]Hmm. Surely it depends on what type of person you are?  这取决于你是哪种人吧？
[01:40.30]Maybe it does.  也许是。
[01:41.60]That’s why I’m asking about the average number of times Tim, so just make an intelligent guess.  所以我问的是平均次数，所以机智的猜一次吧。
[01:46.40]OK, well I laugh a lot so I’m going to say 70 times a day.   我笑的挺多的，所以我猜一天70次。
[01:52.40]700 times seems like you’d be laughing all the time…   700次的话似乎你就一直在笑了。
[01:56.70]But you’ve worried, me Neil C I know we sometimes say, I nearly died laughing  但你吓到我了，我知道我们有时候会说，我要笑死了，
[02:02.50]C but nobody does actually die laughing, do they?  但没有人真的笑死，不是吗？
[02:05.90]Well, I think the risk of dying of laughter is probably low   我觉得笑死的风险可能很低，
[02:10.10]C but in theory, what happens when we laugh is potentially dangerous!  但理论上，当我们笑的时候发生的事有潜在的危险。
[02:14.50]Let’s listen to cognitive neuroscientist Sophie Scott talking about what happens when we laugh.  让我们听听认知神经系统学家索菲・斯科特谈论当我们笑的时候会发生什么。
[02:20.40]Laughter C in a competition for control over your ribcage in your brain between laughter and breathing and speaking, and laughter always win.   笑和呼吸、讲话争夺大脑中对胸腔的控制，笑总会赢。
[02:30.20]And laughter just takes those same muscles and it squeezes them C eh eh eh eh  笑只是带动那些相同的肌肉，挤压他们，
[02:34.70]C and the air goes C out out out out C and notably it does not want to let you breathe in.  然后空气排出，很显然没有让气体进入。
[02:38.90]It’s trying to kill you.  这会致命。
[02:40.20]It’s quite dangerous.  这很危险。
[02:43.80]So when you laugh a lot your diaphragm  当你笑的时候，膈膜，
[02:48.70]C that’s the sheet of muscle below your lungs C contracts and squeezes the air out of your lungs.  肺下的肌肉收缩，将空气挤出肺部。
[02:55.00]This makes it hard to breathe C which is why you were gasping for breath earlier, Tim!   这造成呼吸困难，这也是为什么之前你上气不接下气的原因。
[02:59.70]And that’s why laughter can kill you!  这也是为什么笑会致命的原因。
[03:01.50]Gasping means having difficulty breathing.  喘气是指很难呼吸。
[03:05.10]Well, I’ve caught my breath now C I didn’t die  我现在喘过气了，我没死，
[03:08.60]C and I think it’s fair to say, Neil, that laughter is good for you.   我觉得公平的讲，笑对你有好处。
[03:12.60]When you laugh, your body releases happy hormones…   当你笑的时候，你的身体会释放快乐的荷尔蒙。
[03:16.30]And according to some research, people feel less pain as a result of having a good laugh.  根据一些研究，人们在开心的大笑之后感觉痛苦减少了。
[03:22.00]So scientists are saying laughter is a sort of natural painkiller?  所以科学家们说笑是一种天然的止痛片。
[03:26.10]Apparently, yes.   很显然，是的。
[03:27.40]They’ve done research where they make people laugh, and then test their pain levels afterwards.  科学家们进行研究，让人们笑，接着测试人们的痛苦水平。
[03:34.00]And they found that if people only chuckle a bit it doesn’t act as a painkiller, but if you laugh a lot, it does.  他们发现人们轻笑时并不会有减轻痛苦的效果，但如果大笑时，会有这种效果。
[03:42.00]So a chuckle sounds like this [chuckles].  chuckle是指这么笑。
[03:45.40]Chuckling means to laugh quietly.  轻笑是指安静地笑。
[03:48.20]So you need belly laughter then C great big guffaws?  所以你需要捧腹大笑，狂笑？
[03:52.10]That’s right. A guffaw is pretty much the opposite of a chuckle.  没错。狂笑是轻笑的反义词。
[03:56.10]I was guffawing earlier in the show.   在节目最初我就在狂笑。
[03:58.70]Would you like to demonstrate your own guffaw, Neil?  尼尔，你要不要展示一下你的狂笑？
[04:02.20][hearty guffaw]  （发自内心的狂笑）
[04:06.80]Fantastic C can I try pinching you now, and test whether you feel any pain?  不错。我现在能不能掐你一下，看你能不能感到疼？
[04:12.00]No, you can’t, Tim.   你不能这样，蒂姆。
[04:13.40]It’s time for the answer to today’s quiz question.  是时候看今天问题的答案了。
[04:16.10]I asked you: How many times a day does the average adult laugh?  我问你：平均成年人每天笑多少次？
[04:20.40]Is it… a) 17, b) 70 or c) 700?  a) 17次， b) 70次，还是 c) 700次？
[04:25.40]I said 70…  我说的是70次。
[04:26.70]Sorry. The right answer is actually 17 C less than you thought I’m afraid, Tim.  不好意思。正确答案是17次，比你想的少多了。
[04:32.50]But children laugh on average 300 times a day.  但孩子们平均每天笑300次。
[04:36.30]That’s a big difference!   这差别好大啊。
[04:38.10]You see, Neil, we all need to laugh more.   你看看，尼尔，我们都需要多笑一点。
[04:40.90]You shouldn’t be trying to tell us that laughing is dangerous.  你不应该试图告诉我们笑是危险的。
[04:44.40]Maybe you’re right.  也许你说得对。
[04:45.30]So let’s move on and go over the words we learned today.   我们接下来回顾一下今天学到的单词。
[04:48.20]The first one is guffaw C which is a loud laugh that you can’t control...  第一个是狂笑，是指你不能控制的大声笑。
[04:52.40]Neil surprised us with his deep guffaw.  尼尔的狂笑声惊到我们了。
[04:55.50]Next up C number two C to laugh your head off C means to laugh very loudly for a long time.  下一个，第二个单词是捧腹大笑，是指长时间的高声笑。
[05:01.20]It’s a really funny movie C you’ll laugh your head off!  这真的是一部很有意思的电影，你会捧腹大笑的！
[05:04.10]OK C number three C choke means to stop breathing because something is blocking your throat.  好的，第三个单词，呛，是指因为有东西卡在喉咙里而无法呼吸。
[05:09.50]I nearly choked to death on a cheese sandwich.  我快被芝士三明治噎死了。
[05:12.90]Poor Tim C you should eat more slowly!  可怜的蒂姆，你应该吃的慢一点。
[05:15.20]Diaphragm is our next word, and that’s the sheet of muscle separating your lungs from your stomach.   膈膜是我们的下一个单词，是指肺部和胃部之间的较薄的肌肉。
[05:21.70]We use our diaphragms for breathing, talking, and laughing!  我们利用膈膜呼吸、讲话和大笑。
[05:25.30]Do opera singers have more powerful diaphragms than other people?  戏剧家的膈膜是不是比其他人更有力？
[05:29.80]I don’t know the answer to that, Tim.   我不知道，蒂姆。
[05:31.70]So number five, which is gasping, which means having difficulty breathing.  第五个单词是喘气，是指很难呼吸。
[05:37.10]He was gasping for breath as he swam to the surface of the swimming pool.  他游出泳池时上气不接下气。
[05:41.20]But gasp also means to be shocked or surprised by something.  gasp也指被某事吓到，震惊到。
[05:45.00]For example, I gasped in astonishment when I heard Neil laugh.  例如，当我听到尼尔大笑时，我被惊到了。
[05:49.40]Our final word is chuckle which means to laugh quietly.  最后一个单词是轻笑，是指安静的笑。
[05:53.00]The audience chuckled through the show but they didn’t seem very amused.  观众们从头到尾都是轻笑，因为他们看起来没有被逗笑。
[05:57.20]Oh dear. Well I hope our audience has been amused today.  希望我们的观众今天被逗笑了。
[06:00.40]If you’re looking for more laughs, then please check out our Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube pages.   如果你想寻找更多的欢笑，请查看我们的Facebook， Twitter， Instagram 和 YouTube主页。
[06:06.00]You may find something to make you chuckle or guffaw there.  你会找到一些让你轻笑或大笑的内容。
[06:09.20]Bye!  再见！

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BBC六分钟英语听力精选：真的会笑死吗？