Name: 聽得懂這笑話？恭喜你英文出師了！（If you laugh, you're fluent.）
Uploaded: 2026-03-07T14:16:32.000Z
Duration: 9 min 40 s

情態副詞

If you can understand these jokes, you are basically fluent in English.

如果你聽得懂這些笑話，基本上英文就差不多流利了。

All of the jokes today rely on wordplay, which we use heavily in Britain.

今天這些笑話都玩文字遊戲，這在英國很常用。

程度副詞

Understanding humour in a second language can be really difficult.

要聽懂第二語言的幽默感，其實真的有難度。

It often depends on knowing two meanings of the same word and recalling those two meanings very quickly.

這常常需要知道同一個字有兩種意思，而且要很快地回想起來。

I'm going to put you to the test today with five jokes based on wordplay.

我今天要用五個基於文字遊戲的笑話來考考你。

And to help you even further, I have created a free guide on British English humour.

為了進一步幫助你，我做了一份關於英式英文幽默的免費指南。

This guide talks about irony, sarcasm, puns and so much more.

這份指南會講到反諷、諷刺、雙關語等等。

It's essential to understand British humour if you want to fit in in the uk.

如果你想在英國融入當地生活，瞭解英式幽默非常重要。

Just click on the link in the description box or scan the QR code there.

點擊說明欄裡的連結，或是掃描那裡的 QR code。

Join my mailing list and I will email you the guide.

加入我的電子報，我會把指南寄給你。

Okay, we'll start with the simplest jokes and move to the hardest joke.

好的，我們要從最簡單的笑話開始，然後到最難的。

At the end of the lesson, I'll tell you the joke, see if you understand it, and

課程結束時，我會說出笑話，看看你懂不懂，

My wife told me to stop impersonating a flamingo.

Don't worry if you have no idea why it's supposed to be funny.

如果你不知道為什麼它好笑，別擔心。

Firstly, you need to know what a flamingo is.

首先，你需要知道什麼是紅鶴。

It's a bird that's usually pink with very long legs and a long neck.

牠是一種通常是粉紅色、腿很長、脖子也很長的鳥。

If you are pretending to be a flamingo, you're probably standing on one leg.

如果你在模仿紅鶴，你大概就是單腳站著。

So to put your foot down literally means to stop doing the flamingo pose and place your foot on the ground so that you're standing on two feet.

所以 put your foot down 字面上的意思是停止模仿紅鶴的姿勢，把腳放下來，變成雙腳站立。

But to put your foot down also has a figurative meaning.

不過 put your foot down 也有一個引申的意思。

It means to firmly oppose someone or something.

So in this case, we can imagine that the person says, I won't stop.

所以在這個情境下，我們可以想像那個人說：我不會停止。

Okay, now you're warmed up with that first joke, let's look at our second.

好了，第一個笑話熱身完畢，我們來看第二個。

This relies on the literal and figurative meanings of to rub somebody the wrong way.

這取決於 to rub somebody the wrong way 的字面和引申意思。

Before we get into that, do you understand the verb to fire?

在我們深入探討之前，你懂「開除」這個動詞嗎？

It means to dismiss someone from a job to tell them they no longer work somewhere.

它的意思是解僱某人，告訴他們他們不再在這裡工作了。

So I fired my masseuse, the person who gives me massages.

所以我開除了我的按摩師，也就是幫我按摩的那個人。

Well, a masseuse literally rubs you during a massage.

嗯，按摩師字面上就是在幫你按摩時「搓揉」你。

So if my masseuse rubbed me the wrong way, I always imagine someone stroking a cat the wrong way, you know, against the direction of their fur.

所以如果我的按摩師惹毛我，我都會想像有人逆著貓毛在摸貓，你知道的，跟毛的方向相反。

She might have used an unpleasant or incorrect technique.

她可能用了不舒服或錯誤的手法。

But figuratively, to rub somebody the wrong way means to annoy someone or to make them feel uncomfortable.

但在引申義裡，「rub somebody the wrong way」的意思是惹惱某人，或是讓他們感到不舒服。

In British English, we tend to say rub somebody up the wrong way.

在英式英文裡，我們傾向說 "rub somebody up the wrong way"。

But the joke doesn't work as well with up.

但用 "up" 這個字，這個笑話就沒那麼好笑了。

Did my masseuse use a bad technique or did she annoy me?

我的按摩師技術不好，還是她惹毛我了？

My sister bet that I couldn't build a car out of spaghetti.

我姊姊打賭我沒辦法用紙麵條做一輛車。

You should have seen her face when I drove past her.

我開車經過她時，妳該看看她臉上的表情。

So in this context, to bet means you're almost certain that something is true or will or won't happen.

所以在這裡，「bet」的意思就是你幾乎確定某件事是真的，或者會發生或不會發生。

So she's convinced that I can't make a car out of spaghetti.

所以她深信我不可能用義大利麵做出汽車。

The next thing we hear is, you shoulda seen her face.

接下來我們聽到的是：「妳該看看她臉上的表情。」

We use this expression to describe someone's facial expression when they are shocked, amazed, or have some other strong reaction.

我們用這個說法來形容某人因為震驚、驚訝或其他強烈反應時的表情。

Notice that I used the informal contraction shoulda or should have.

注意到我用了非正式的縮寫 shoulda，也就是 should have。

然後我們有「我開車經過義大利麵」。

First, because she looks shocked, it sounds like I actually made a car out of spaghetti and drove it past her.

首先，因為她看起來很震驚，聽起來就像我真的用義大利麵做出汽車，然後開車經過她。

Secondly, you probably know that spaghetti is a type of pasta.

其次，你可能知道義大利麵（spaghetti）是一種義大利麵食（pasta）。

So I drove pasta, or pasta, using the American pronunciation means I drove a car literally made of pasta.

所以我開車經過義大利麵，或者說，用美式發音的「pasta」來說，意思是我真的開了一臺由義大利麵組成的車。

That double meaning is what makes the joke funny.

這兩個意思的結合，就是這個笑話好笑的地方。

Now, to make the joke work, the words have to sound the same.

為了讓這個笑話成立，這兩個詞的發音必須聽起來一樣。

And in my modern received pronunciation accent, I usually pronounce past with a long r sound.

而在我現在習慣的發音裡，我通常會把「past」唸成帶有長音「r」的發音。

In many North American accents and parts of the uk, people use the short a sound past.

在許多北美口音和英國部分地區，人們會使用短母音「a」的發音，像是「past」。

Most dictionaries show the noun pasta with the short a sound.

大部分的字典都將名詞「pasta」標示為短母音「a」的發音。

You will hear pasta, especially in North America.

你會聽到 pasta，尤其是在北美地區。

Either way, we want them to match, so we change the pronunciation slightly.

不管哪種情況，我們都希望它們聽起來一樣，所以我們會稍微改變發音。

We can either go with past and pasta or past and pasta.

我們可以選 past 和 pasta，或是 past 和 pasta。

We also need to drop the h sound in her and just replace it with a schwa.

我們也需要去掉 her 中的 h 音，直接用中央母音取代。

So this is another typical dad joke, especially if your dad is a scientist like mine.

這又是一個典型的老爸笑話，特別是如果你的爸爸像我一樣是個科學家。

It relies on people having a basic knowledge of physics or chemistry and the double meaning of the phrasal verb to make up.

這取決於大家是否對物理或化學有基本認識，以及片語動詞 to make up 的雙關語。

Well, it's the smallest unit of any chemical element.

嗯，它是任何化學元素的最小單位。

So atoms make up all matter in the universe, including our bodies, the air, water, rocks and stars.

所以原子構成了宇宙中的所有物質，包括我們的身體、空氣、水、岩石和星星。

Well, to make up means to invent or to lie.

嗯，"make up" 也可以是編造或撒謊的意思。

As in she made up a story about her dog eating her homework.

就像「她編造了一個關於她家狗吃了她功課的故事」一樣。