雅思口語(yǔ)教你怎么笑？

rib-tickling jokes 令人捧腹大笑的笑話

hilarious videos 滑稽的視頻

make us giggle 讓我們咯咯地笑

While rib-tickling jokes and hilarious videos certainly do make us giggle, most of the time we laugh because of something much simpler: being with other people.雖然那些令人捧腹大笑的笑話和滑稽的視頻肯定會(huì)讓我們咯咯地笑，但是大多數(shù)時(shí)候我們發(fā)笑卻是因?yàn)橐恍┓浅：?jiǎn)單的事情，例如說(shuō)，跟其他人在一起。

30 times more likely to laugh when we're with other 當(dāng)和其他人在一起的時(shí)候，想發(fā)笑的可能性是獨(dú)處時(shí)的30倍

So much so that we are 30 times more likely to laugh when we're with others, according to a study by neuroscientist Robert Provine from the University of Maryland.由馬里蘭大學(xué)的神經(jīng)學(xué)家羅伯特·普羅文執(zhí)導(dǎo)的一項(xiàng)研究表明，當(dāng)和其他人在一起的時(shí)候，想發(fā)笑的可能性是獨(dú)處時(shí)的30倍。

makes us split our sides讓我們捧腹大笑

So, what is it about other people that makes us split our sides?所以，是他人身上的什么東西讓我們捧腹大笑呢?

enjoy a good chortle 哈哈大笑

be tickled 被撓癢癢

Indeed, chimpanzees, gorillas and even rats all enjoy a good chortle, especially when being tickled.確實(shí)如此，黑猩猩、大猩猩，甚至老鼠都很會(huì)哈哈大笑，特別是在他們被撓癢癢的時(shí)候。