VOA常速英语2019--美国大学喜剧俱乐部

University Comedy Club

I’m kind of awkward a lot of the time.

很多时候我都有点尴尬。 

Like even like just standing around feels like I’m not supposed to be there.

就像站在那里感觉我不应该在那里一样。 

So a lot of people would be like, Are you new here?

所以很多人会觉得，你是新来的吗？ 

I’m just like, no I’m just uncomfortable.

我就只能说，不， 我只是不舒服。 

So it started five years ago.

所以俱乐部五年前就成立了。 

A guy named Brandon Block was talking to his friend and he’s like we should have a stand-up comedy club.

一个叫布兰登·布洛克的家伙和他的朋友说，他说我们应该建立个喜剧俱乐部。 

And they actually started having shows.

然后他们开始表演节目了。 

It attracts a lot of different people because I think a lot of people want to do this as a hobby.

它吸引了很多不同的人，因为我认为很多人都想把这作为一种爱好。 

Members go up and then they they deliver their about seven-minute stand-up sets.

会员们走上前，然后他们表演大约七分钟的单口相声。 

And like, even back home, it just look like I’m lost.People will be like, so when did you move here?

就像回家一样，看起来我迷路了。人们会说，你什么时候搬到这的？ 

And I’m like, I don’t know when I was born.

我会说，我不知道我什么时候出生的。 

The general rule in the club is that you’re allowed to do whatever you want

俱乐部的一般规则是允许你做任何你想做的事 

but we just strongly advise against certain controversial topics that are just

但我们强烈反对某些有争议的话题 

cuz yeah they’ll offend people but they also you know they won’t play well on stage.

因为，这会冒犯人们，但他们也知道，他们不会在舞台上发挥得很好。 

You know if you go up and say something that people are gonna hate for you saying,

你知道，如果你上去说一些人们会讨厌你说的话。 

why you what they’re saying it yeah.

他们会说你为什么这么说。 

Or like where you can locate birds.

或者你能找到鸟类的地方。 

And when we do our writing,we do it similar to a writing class style, so everyone brings in their own material,

当我们写作的时候，我们的做法类似于写作课的风格，每个人都有自己的材料， 

And then when we’re in a stand-up meeting we workshop it, so we go through it.

然后当我们在一个单口相声的会议上，我们进行创作，仔细研究。 

It’s very different than any other type of writing I’m doing in my classes.

这和我在课堂上做的任何其他类型的写作都有很大的不同。 

It’s just completely different.It’s like an outlet for all of my other thoughts and feelings that like can’t go into my classes.

完全不同。它就像一个发泄我所有其他想法和感情的出口，课堂上无法这样做。 

I was always like you know joking around with my friends back in high school

我在高中的时候经常和我的朋友开玩笑 

but I think once you start writing,

但我觉得一旦开始写作 

It’s always important to like maybe don’t always go with your first idea.

很重要的一点是不要总是和你的第一个想法一致。 

Now I’ve like definitely thought some things that I said were funny

现在我觉得我说的话很有趣 

and then looked back and like where I got to what the joke was a lot funnier than where I started.

然后回头看，有些话比我开始的说的有趣得多。 

Feel free to take input as well,but also you know everyone has the different styles,

你也可以随意输入但你也知道每个人都有不同的风格， 

so like if something doesn’t feel natural with you saying it than like you know don’t be afraid to, not do it.

所以如果你觉得说出来不自然，不要害怕，不要做。 

I really storytelling it might stand up so I feel like this would yeah I should maybe venture into it though.

我讲故事的时候可能会站起来，所以我觉得我应该尝试一下。 

These people who think that the earth is flat just funny because it’s not true. Factually incorrect.

这些人认为地球是平的，只是因为它不是真的。事实上是错误的。 

A thing called gravity.

一种叫做重力的东西。 

Why do we have the tomato show at the end of the year?

为什么我们会在年底举行番茄表演？ 

We supplied these foam Tomatoes and people get to like throw them at us during the set that’s really fun.

我们提供了这些泡沫塑料番茄，人们喜欢在表演过程中把它们扔到我们身上，这真的很有趣。 

I’m a bit out of practice but I’d like to think that I’m somewhat decent at performing magic tricks.

我有点缺乏练习，但我认为我在表演魔术方面还算不错。 

And yet despite every trick that I’ve mastered,there’s one that always eludes me no matter how hard I try

然而，尽管我已经掌握了每一个技巧，但是有一个事情总是不行。 

there’s one that always eludes me no matter how hard I try I just can’t seem to make my virginity disappear.

有一个总是逃避我，无论我多么努力，我只是不能使我的童贞消失。