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British humorone of the most important parts of British lifeWhat is British humor?British humor has a reputation for being puzzling to non-British speakers of English. Nonetheless, many UK comedy TV shows which use it as a basis have been internationally popular.Examples/videos/index.jhtml?videoId=12087title=private-dancer /videos/index.jhtml?videoId=12087title=private-dancerComedy CentralAn English teacher wrote these words on the whiteboard: woman without her man is nothing. The teacher then asked the students to punctuate the words correctly.The men wrote: Woman, without her man, is nothing.The women wrote: Woman! Without her, man is nothing..A man was injected with a deadly poison, but, it did not kill him. Why?He was already dead!?The English appear to be a deeply serious people, which, by and large(大体上), they are. This gives an added piquancy(辛辣, 刺激) to the English sense of humor. For it comes as a surprise to foreigners to find that it exists at all. ?英国人表面上是一个非常严肃的民族，而总的来说，他们也确实是这样。这就给英国人的幽默感平添了一份独特的滋味。因为外国人一旦发现英国人居然也有幽默感，都感到大为意A man walks into a doctors office. He has a cucumber up his nose, a carrot in his left ear and a banana in his right ear. Whats the matter with me? he asks the doctor. The doctor replies, Youre not eating properly.?English humor, like the will-o-the-wisp(鬼火, 迷惑人之物), refuses to be caught and examined and just when you think you have cracked(破裂, 打开) it, you realize that you have been duped(愚弄) once again. For example:?英国人的幽默，像捉摸不定的鬼火一样，不会轻易被人识破和参透，就在你以为自己悟出其中奥妙时，不料却又一次受了愚弄。例如：Two men in a club are reading their newspapers when one says: It says here theres a fellow in Devon who plays his cello(大提琴) to the seals(海豹). Oh really, says the other. Yes, says the first, Of course, they dont take a blind bit of notice. 两个男人在一家俱乐部里看报纸，其中一个?说道：“这张报上说德文郡有一个家伙拉大提琴给?海豹听。”“哦，真的?”另一个说。“是啊，”第一?个人回答，“当然啦，它们根本不理睬他。”Since the English never say what they mean, often the exact opposite, and tend towards reticence(无言,沉默,谨慎) and understatement(掩饰), their hu