BBC英語六分鐘-每天堅持口語Laughing could kill you

Laughingcouldkillyou?BBC英語六分鐘練起來（2023.03.21）TranscriptNote:Thisisnotaword-for-wordtranscriptNeilHelloandwelcometo6MinuteEnglish,wherewebringyouanentertainingtopicandsixrelateditemsofvocabulary.I'mNeil…andthoseguffawsyoucanheararecomingfromTim.Sowhat'ssofunny,Tim?TimCanyoupassmeaglassofwater?NeilYes,OK,hereyougo.TimItwasjustsomethingourproducersaidbeforeIcameintothestudio.A

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–andthatmeanstolaughveryloudlyforalongtime–I'llintroducetheshow.Today,Tim,we'retalkingaboutlaughterandhowitcouldkillyou…TimOhcomeon,Neil!That'snotfunny!Laughingisgoodforyou–everyoneknowsthat!NeilWell,notwhenyoulaughlikethat,Tim!You'rebrightredintheface,you'vegottearsstreamingdownyourface.Andyounearlychokedonaglassofwater!

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meanstostopbreathingbecausesomethingisblockingyourthroatbytheway.Now,withoutlaughingorchoking,canyoupleasetellmehowmanytimesadaytheaverageadultlaughs?Isit…a)17,b)70orc)700?TimHmm.Surelyitdependsonwhattypeofpersonyouare?NeilMaybeitdoes.That'swhyI'maskingabouttheaveragenumberoftimesTim,sojustmakeanintelligentguess.TimOK,wellIlaughalotsoI'mgoingtosay70timesaday.700timesseemslikeyou'dbelaughingallthetime…Butyou'veworried,meNeil–Iknowwesometimessay,Inearlydiedlaughing–butnobodydoesactuallydielaughing,dothey?NeilWell,Ithinktheriskofdyingoflaughterisprobablylow–butintheory,whathappenswhenwelaughispotentiallydangerous!Let'slistentocognitiveneuroscientistSophieScotttalkingaboutwhathappenswhenwelaugh.INSERTSophieScott,cognitiveneuroscientistLaughter–inacompetitionforcontroloveryourribcageinyourbrainbetweenlaughterandbreathingandspeaking–laughterwillalwayswin.Andlaughterjusttakesthosesamemusclesanditsqueezesthem–eheheheh–andtheairgoes–outoutoutout–andnotablyitdoesnotwanttoletyoubreathein.It'stryingtokillyou.It'squitedangerous.TimSowhenyoulaughalotyour

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–that'sthesheetofmusclebelowyourlungs–contractsandsqueezestheairoutofyourlungs.NeilThismakesithardtobreathe–whichiswhyyouweregaspingforbreathearlier,Tim!Andthat'swhylaughtercankillyou!TimGasping

meanshavingdifficultybreathing.Well,I'vecaughtmybreathnow–Ididn'tdie–andIthinkit'sfairtosay,Neil,thatlaughterisgoodforyou.Whenyoulaugh,yourbodyreleaseshappyhormones…Andaccordingtosomeresearch,peoplefeellesspainasaresultofhavingagoodlaugh.NeilSoscientistsaresayinglaughterisasortofnaturalpainkiller?TimApparently,yes.They'vedoneresearchwheretheymakepeoplelaugh,andthentesttheirpainlevelsafterwards.Andtheyfoundthatifpeopleonlychuckleabititdoesn'tactasapainkiller,butifyoulaughalot,itdoes.NeilSoachucklesoundslikethis[chuckles].

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meanstolaughquietly.Soyouneedbellylaughterthen–greatbigguffaws?TimThat'sright.Aguffawisprettymuchtheoppositeofachuckle.Iwasguffawingearlierintheshow.Wouldyouliketodemonstrateyourownguffaw,Neil?Neil[heartyguffaw]TimFantastic–canItrypinchingyounow,andtestwhetheryoufeelanypain?NeilNo,youcan't,Tim.It'stimefortheanswertotoday'squizquestion.Iaskedyou:Howmanytimesadaydoestheaverageadultlaugh?Isit…a)17,b)70orc)700?TimIsaid70…NeilSorry.Therightanswerisactually17–lessthanyouthoughtI'mafraid,Tim.Butchildrenlaughonaverage300timesaday.TimThat'sabigdifference!Yousee,Neil,weallneedtolaughmore.Youshouldn'tbetryingtotellusthatlaughingisdangerous.NeilMaybeyou'reright.Solet'smoveonandgooverthewordswelearnedtoday.Thefirstoneis'guffaw'–whichisaloudlaughthatyoucan'tcontrol...Tim“Neilsurpriseduswithhisdeepguffaw.”NeilNextup–numbertwo–to'laughyourheadoff'–meanstolaughveryloudlyforalongtime.Tim“It'sareallyfunnymovie–you'lllaughyourheadoff!”NeilOK–numberthree–'choke'meanstostopbreathingbecausesomethingisblockingyourthroat.Tim“Inearlychokedtodeathonacheesesandwich.”NeilPoorTim–youshouldeatmoreslowly!'Diaphragm'isournextword,andthat'sthesheetofmuscleseparatingyourlungsfromyourstomach.Weuseourdiaphragmsforbreathing,talking,andlaughing!Tim“Dooperasingershavemorepowerfuldiaphragmsthanotherpeople?”NeilIdon'tknowtheanswertothat,Tim.Sonumberfive,whichis'gasping',whichmeanshaving

difficultybreathing.“Hewasgaspingforbreathasheswamtothesurfaceoftheswimmingpool.”TimBut'gasp'alsomeanstobeshockedorsurprisedbysomething.Forexample,“IgaspedinastonishmentwhenIheardNeillaugh.”NeilOurfinalwordis'chuckle'whichmeanstolaughquietly.Tim“Theaudiencechuckledthroughtheshowbuttheydidn'tseemveryamused.”NeilOhdear.WellIhopeouraudiencehasbeenamusedtoday.Ifyou'relookingformorelaughs,thenpleasecheckoutourFacebook,Twitter,InstagramandYouTubepages.Youmayfindsomethingtomakeyouchuckleorguffawthere.TimandNeilBye!

Vocabularyguffawaloudlaughthatyoucan'tcontrollaughyourheadofflaughveryloudlyforalongtimechoketostopbreathingbecausesomethingisblockingyourthroatdiaphragmthesheetofmuscleseparatingyourlungsfromyourstomachgaspinghavingdifficultybreathingTranscript雙語版Helloandwelcometo6MinuteEnglish,wherewebringyouanentertainingtopicandsixrelateditemsofvocabulary.I’mNeil…andthoseguffawsyoucanheararecomingfromTim.Sowhat’ssofunny,Tim?歡迎收聽六分鐘英語，節(jié)目中我們會獻(xiàn)上有趣的話題以及六個相關(guān)的單詞。我是尼爾，你聽到的狂笑聲來自蒂姆。什么事這么有意思，蒂姆？Canyoupassmeaglassofwater?能給我遞杯水嗎？Yes,OK,hereyougo.沒問題，給你。ItwasjustsomethingourproducersaidbeforeIcameintothestudio.Aguffawbythewayisaloudlaughthatyoucan’tcontrol...就是我進(jìn)演播室之前我們的制片人跟我說的一些事。順便說一下，guffaw（狂笑）是指你不能控制的高聲大笑。SowhileTimlaughshisheadoff–andthatmeanstolaughveryloudlyforalongtime–I’llintroducetheshow.Today,Tim,we’retalkingaboutlaughterandhowitcouldkillyou…當(dāng)?shù)倌放醺勾笮Γ簿褪情L時間大笑的時候，我來介紹今天的節(jié)目吧。今天，我們將談?wù)撔σ约靶υ趺磿旅?。Ohcomeon,Neil!That’snotfunny!Laughingisgoodforyou–everyoneknowsthat!拜托，尼爾！這一點也不搞笑！笑對你是有好處的，每個人都知道。Well,notwhenyoulaughlikethat,Tim!You’rebrightredintheface,you’vegottearsstreamingdownyourface.Andyounearlychokedonaglassofwater!Chokemeanstostopbreathingbecausesomethingisblockingyourthroatbytheway.Now,withoutlaughingorchoking,canyoupleasetellmehowmanytimesadaytheaverageadultlaughs?Isit…a)17,b)70orc)700?當(dāng)你這么笑的時候，就不是了，蒂姆。滿臉通紅，臉上都笑出了淚。你差點被一杯水嗆到！Choke（嗆，窒息）是指因為有東西卡在喉嚨里導(dǎo)致無法呼吸。不要笑，也不要被嗆到，你能告訴我，平均成年人每天笑多少次？a)17次，b)70次，還是c)700次？Hmm.Surelyitdependsonwhattypeofpersonyouare?這取決于你是哪種人吧？Maybeitdoes.That’swhyI’maskingabouttheaveragenumberoftimesTim,sojustmakeanintelligentguess.也許是。所以我問的是平均次數(shù)，所以機(jī)智的猜一次吧。OK,wellIlaughalotsoI’mgoingtosay70timesaday.700timesseemslikeyou’dbelaughingallthetime…Butyou’veworried,meNeil–Iknowwesometimessay,Inearlydiedlaughing–butnobodydoesactuallydielaughing,dothey?我笑的挺多的，所以我猜一天70次。700次的話似乎你就一直在笑了。但你嚇到我了，我知道我們有時候會說，我要笑死了，但沒有人真的笑死，不是嗎？Well,Ithinktheriskofdyingoflaughterisprobablylow–butintheory,whathappenswhenwelaughispotentiallydangerous!Let’slistentocognitiveneuroscientistSophieScotttalkingaboutwhathappenswhenwelaugh.我覺得笑死的風(fēng)險可能很低，但理論上，當(dāng)我們笑的時候發(fā)生的事有潛在的危險。讓我們聽聽認(rèn)知神經(jīng)系統(tǒng)學(xué)家索菲·斯科特談?wù)摦?dāng)我們笑的時候會發(fā)生什么。Laughter–inacompetitionforcontroloveryourribcageinyourbrainbetweenlaughterandbreathingandspeaking,andlaughteralwayswin.Andlaughterjusttakesthosesamemusclesanditsqueezesthem–eheheheh–andtheairgoes–outoutoutout–andnotablyitdoesnotwanttoletyoubreathein.It’stryingtokillyou.It’squitedangerous.笑和呼吸、講話爭奪大腦中對胸腔的控制，笑總會贏。笑只是帶動那些相同的肌肉，擠壓他們，然后空氣排出，很顯然沒有讓氣體進(jìn)入。這會致命。這很危險。Sowhenyoulaughalotyourdiaphragm–that’sthesheetofmusclebelowyourlungs–contractsandsqueezestheairoutofyourlungs.當(dāng)你笑的時候，膈膜，肺下的肌肉收縮，將空氣擠出肺部。Thismakesithardtobreathe–whichiswhyyouweregaspingforbreathearlier,Tim!Andthat’swhylaughtercankillyou!這造成呼吸困難，這也是為什么之前你上氣不接下氣的原因。這也是為什么笑會致命的原因。Gaspingmeanshavingdifficultybreathing.Well,I’vecaughtmybreathnow–Ididn’tdie–andIthinkit’sfairtosay,Neil,thatlaughterisgoodforyou.Whenyoulaugh,yourbodyreleaseshappyhormones…Andaccordingtosomeresearch,peoplefeellesspainasaresultofhavingagoodlaugh.喘氣是指很難呼吸。我現(xiàn)在喘過氣了，我沒死，我覺得公平的講，笑對你有好處。當(dāng)你笑的時候，你的身體會釋放快樂的荷爾蒙。根據(jù)一些研究，人們在開心的大笑之后感覺痛苦減少了。Soscientistsaresayinglaughterisasortofnaturalpainkiller?所以科學(xué)家們說笑是一種天然的止痛片。Apparently,yes.They’vedoneresearchwheretheymakepeoplelaugh,andthentesttheirpainlevelsafterwards.Andtheyfoundthatifpeopleonlychuckleabititdoesn’tactasapainkiller,butifyoulaughalot,itdoes.很顯然，是的?？茖W(xué)家們進(jìn)行研究，讓人們笑，接著測試人們的痛苦水平。他們發(fā)現(xiàn)人們輕笑時并不會有減輕痛苦的效果，但如果大笑時，會有這種效果。Soachucklesoundslikethis[chuckles].Chucklingmeanstolaughquietly.Soyouneedbellylaughterthen–greatbigguffaws?chuckle是指這么笑。輕笑是指安靜地笑。所以你需要捧腹大笑，狂笑？That’sright.Aguffawisprettymuchtheoppositeofachuckle.Iwasguffawingearlierintheshow.Wouldyouliketodemonstrateyourownguffaw,Neil?沒錯?？裥κ禽p笑的反義詞。在節(jié)目最初我就在狂笑。尼爾，你要不要展示一下你的狂笑？[heartyguffaw]（發(fā)自內(nèi)心的狂笑）Fantastic–canItrypinchingyounow,andtestwhetheryoufeelanypain?不錯。我現(xiàn)在能不能掐你一下，看你能不能感到疼？No,youcan’t,Tim.It’stimefortheanswertotoday’squizquestion.Iaskedyou:Howmanytimesadaydoestheaverageadultlaugh?Isit…a)17,b)70orc)700?你不能這樣，蒂姆。是時候看今天問題的答案了。我問你：平均成年人每天笑多少次？a)17次，b)70次，還是c)700次？Isaid70…我說的是70次。Sorry.Therightanswerisactually17–lessthanyouthoughtI’mafraid,Tim.Butchildrenlaughonaverage300timesaday.不好意思。正確答案是17次，比你想的少多了。但孩子們平均每天笑300次。That’sabigdifference!Yousee,Neil,weallneedtolaughmore.Youshouldn’tbetryingtotellusthatlaughingisdangerous.這差別好大啊。你看看，尼爾，我們都需要多笑一點。你不應(yīng)該試圖告訴我們笑是危險的。Maybeyou’reright.Solet’smoveonandgooverthewordswelearnedtoday.Thefirstoneisguffaw–whichisaloudlaughthatyoucan’tcontrol...也許你說得對。我們接下來回顧一下今天學(xué)到的單詞。第一個是狂笑，是指你不能控制的大聲笑。Neilsurpriseduswithhisdeepguffaw.尼爾的狂笑聲驚到我們了。Nextup–numbertwo–tolaughyourheadoff–meanstolaughveryloudlyforalongtime.下一個，第二個單詞是捧腹大笑，是指長時間的高聲笑。It’sareallyfunnymov