延安大学：《翻译理论与实践》课程教学资源（试卷习题）翻译练习（四）

翻译练习(四) 2017-04-0721:18 英译汉 Passage3 Thus laughter gradually becameestablished as a capacity among virtually all human beings. In addition, laughter infectious quality helped distribute it as a characteristic common to allmankind. Laughter was advantageous; therefore it survived Everyone likes a goodlaughter; he brings good cheer with him wherever he goes the very thought ofhim makes life more bearable. Even today our most highly paid entertainers arenot tragedians but comedians. Laughter is infectious, and most of us go out ofour way to acquire the infection We cannot think that it was otherwise in theearlier days of mans evolution, and if that was indeed so, then it wouldfollow that the capacity to laugh would tend to become increasingly distributedas a trait common to all men

翻译练习（四） 2017-04-07 21:18 英译汉Passage3 Thus laughter gradually becameestablished as a capacity among virtually all human beings. In addition,laughter’sinfectious quality helped distribute it as a characteristic common to allmankind. Laughter was advantageous; therefore it survived. Everyone likes a goodlaughter; he brings good cheer with him wherever he goes, the very thought ofhim makes life more bearable. Even today our most highly paid entertainers arenot tragedians but comedians. Laughter is infectious, and most of us go out ofour way to acquire the infection. We cannot think that it was otherwise in theearlier days of man’s evolution, and if that was indeed so, then it wouldfollow that the capacity to laugh would tend to become increasingly distributedas a trait common to all men