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0【句子】What? I was making a joke. 【Modern Family S3E21】
【发音】/wɒt/ /wɑːt/ /aɪ/ /wɒz/ /wɑːz/ /ˈmeɪ.kɪŋ/ /ə/ /dʒəʊk/
【发音技巧】making a连读；
【翻译】哪有？我开玩笑的。
【适用场合】
今天我们学习这个表达，叫做make a joke；
这个短语的意思是“开玩笑”；我们来看看对应的英文解释：laugh about sth. that is serious or should be taken seriously；
拿一些本来应该被严肃对待的事情开玩笑；
这个短语的后面经常也会加上of sth.，那么就会变成make a joke of sth.；
eg: Don't make a joke of it! I could lose my job because of this!
别拿这事儿开玩笑！我可能会因此丢掉工作的！
eg: It's great that they can make a joke of this, but we could all be fired if something doesn't change!
他们能拿这件事情开玩笑，心态倒是挺好的，但是再不整改的话，我们所有的人都有可能丢掉工作。
eg: I wish I had your courage, Michael, to make a joke of it like that.
迈克尔，真希望我能拥有你这份胆量，像你一样能坦然地拿这件事情开玩笑。
eg: He tried to make a joke of failing the exam, but he was actually really upset.
他装作对挂科一笑而过，但其实心里特别难受。
他想对挂科这件事情开个玩笑，但其实心里特别难受。
eg: Gradually she learned to make a joke of all her hardships.
慢慢地，她学会看淡所有磨难，一笑置之。
【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】
You shouldn't make a joke of suicide—Tom's mother took her own life when he was still in high school.
