"All the fun is in how you say a thing." 美國大詩人Robert Frost說得很對，英語充滿機智幽默，假如說得有趣，自會樂在其中。Funny ha-ha是滑稽可笑amusing, Funny peculiar是稀奇古怪strange，不容混淆。

      SOME COMMON EXPRESSIONS OF FUN：
      Have fun盡情玩吧！in fun開玩笑 as a joke to amuse somebody : I didn't mean to upset you. It was just said in fun and without serious or harmful intention；for fun為了好玩for pleasure: He is learning French for fun; fun and games嬉戲：activities that are not serious and that other people may disapprove of，例如：School isn't all fun and games 學校是一本正經的學習地方，不是胡鬧的場所; a sense of fun幽默感：You have to have a sense of fun to be a good teacher好老師要有幽默感。

      SOME COMMON EXPRESSIONS OF A JOKE :
      Meant as a joke說着玩：Come on. Don't be too serious. What I said is meant as a joke; play a joke on you跟你開玩笑；但有些人開不起玩笑they can't take a joke. 有時，the joke goes too far開玩笑，玩得過火。 It got beyond a joke: it's no longer a laughing matter,笑話超過了開玩笑的範圍、令人惱火或無法接受。A broken leg is no laughing matter; this is something too serious to make jokes about你不可以將自已的快樂，建築在別人痛苦之上。
      Play a practical joke的意思，相等於make fun of somebody/something取笑；嘲笑；開玩笑：She wears such strange hats！你取笑她帶的帽子非常古怪！
      A practical joke惡作劇。愚人節是典型惡作劇的日子：April Fools' Day is the classic occasion for playing practical jokes on your family and colleagues.
      JOKER指愛開玩笑的人，喜歡捉弄人的詼諧者；a practical joker is a person who likes to make jokes.

      HUMOROUS/ WITTY/ COMIC
      三個有趣的形容詞，通常指引起歡笑或泡製娛樂，但用法稍有分別：
      HUMOROUS有幽默感的，funny and enjoyable; showing a sense of humour；指引人發笑的成功嘗試，例如：a humorous fellow，一個幽默的傢伙。"Soft words are hard arguments"，一句幽默的雋語。
      WITTY妙趣橫生的、機智巧妙的，clever and amusing，指聰明的幽默，例如a witty remark是機智的話；a witty parody of television commercials便是對電視廣告節目的巧妙模仿。
      COMIC滑稽而使人發笑的，that makes you laugh。COMIC 多用於指作品、戲劇、事物等故意營造戲劇性的喜劇效果，例如a comic performance：北方流行的滑稽相聲，南方的棟篤笑，西方的stand-up comedy獨角喜劇，有時甚至帶有刻薄的諷剌(biting satire )。

      幾個有關幽默又有趣的慣用語 ：
      You're pulling my leg=You are teasing me and telling me something which is not true.
      She said it tongue in cheek=She was not being serious and she was saying it as a joke.
      I laughed my head off=I laughed loudly and for a long time.
      They had a good laugh about it=They found something very funny and amusing.
      We were in stitches=We are laughing a lot and helplessly.
      HUMOUR 幽默is the quality in something that makes it funny or amusing.
      英語中HUMOROUS IDIOMS幽默慣用語，俯拾即是，下面是最常見的一些例子 :
      as clear as mud=very hard to understand說的話很難懂、一點也不清楚。
      the kiss of death=an action or situation that will bring bad luck or spoil an activity表面有利，實則有害的事物，an event that seems good, but is certain to make something fail死亡之吻。
      a call of nature=a need to go to the toilet生理需要，指人有三急，要上廁所。
      famous last words=this idiom is used when you think somebody is being too confident about something that is going to happen 表示某人盲目樂觀，例如他自吹自擂：“一切都在掌握之中”，你知道他明明“淨吹牛”。
      fell off the back of a lorry=the goods are probably stolen貨物來路不明，可能是賊贓。
      the lights are on but no one's home= stupid, someone is not thinking clearly or not paying attention糊里糊塗、沒頭腦、心不在焉。
      for reasons best known to himself= you don't know or understand why he has done something原因，只有他自己才知道！
      what planet is she on?= her ideas are not realistic or practical某人像外星人，她的想法完全不切實際。

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