考研英語閱讀指導她并不覺得好笑

　　She was not amused 她并不覺得好笑

　　Jeremy Hampden has a large circle of friends and if very popular atparties. Everybody admires him for his great sense of humour everybody， that is， except hissix-year-old daughter， Jenny. Recently， one of Jeremy s closest friends asked him to make a speech at awedding reception. This is the sort of thing that Jeremy loves. He prepared thespeech carefully and went to the wedding with Jenny. he had included a largenumber of funny stories in the speech and， of course， it was agreat success. As soon as he had finished， Jenny told him shewanted to go home. Jeremy was a little disappointed by this but he did as hisdaughter asked. On the way home， he asked Jenny if she had enjoyed the speech. To his surprise， she said shehadn t. Jeremy asked her why this was so and she told him that she did not liketo see so many people laughing at him!

　　New words and expressions 生詞和短語

　　circle n. 圈子

　　admire v. 贊美，欽佩

　　close adj. 親密的

　　wedding n. 婚禮

　　reception n. 招待會

　　sort n. 種類

　　參考譯文

　　杰里米。漢普登交際甚廣，是各種聚會上深受大家歡迎的人。人人都欽佩他那絕妙的幽默感人人，就是說，除他6歲的女兒珍妮之外的每一個人。最近，杰里米的一個最親密的朋友請他在一個婚禮上祝詞。這正是杰里米喜歡做的事情。他認真準備了講稿，帶著珍妮一道去參加了婚禮。他的祝詞里面加進了大量逗人的故事，自然大獲成功。他剛一講完，珍妮就對他說她要回家。這不免使杰里米有點掃興，但他還是按照女兒的要求做了。在回家的路上，他問珍妮是否喜歡他的祝詞。使他吃驚的是，她說她不喜歡。杰里米問他為何不喜歡，她說她不愿意看到那么多的人嘲笑他!

　　She was not amused 她并不覺得好笑

　　Jeremy Hampden has a large circle of friends and if very popular atparties. Everybody admires him for his great sense of humour everybody， that is， except hissix-year-old daughter， Jenny. Recently， one of Jeremy s closest friends asked him to make a speech at awedding reception. This is the sort of thing that Jeremy loves. He prepared thespeech carefully and went to the wedding with Jenny. he had included a largenumber of funny stories in the speech and， of course， it was agreat success. As soon as he had finished， Jenny told him shewanted to go home. Jeremy was a little disappointed by this but he did as hisdaughter asked. On the way home， he asked Jenny if she had enjoyed the speech. To his surprise， she said shehadn t. Jeremy asked her why this was so and she told him that she did not liketo see so many people laughing at him!

　　New words and expressions 生詞和短語

　　circle n. 圈子

　　admire v. 贊美，欽佩

　　close adj. 親密的

　　wedding n. 婚禮

　　reception n. 招待會

　　sort n. 種類

　　參考譯文

　　杰里米。漢普登交際甚廣，是各種聚會上深受大家歡迎的人。人人都欽佩他那絕妙的幽默感人人，就是說，除他6歲的女兒珍妮之外的每一個人。最近，杰里米的一個最親密的朋友請他在一個婚禮上祝詞。這正是杰里米喜歡做的事情。他認真準備了講稿，帶著珍妮一道去參加了婚禮。他的祝詞里面加進了大量逗人的故事，自然大獲成功。他剛一講完，珍妮就對他說她要回家。這不免使杰里米有點掃興，但他還是按照女兒的要求做了。在回家的路上，他問珍妮是否喜歡他的祝詞。使他吃驚的是，她說她不喜歡。杰里米問他為何不喜歡，她說她不愿意看到那么多的人嘲笑他!