為了讓自己的英語更地道，來了解一下老外的獨特幽默吧~

　老外們喜歡幽默，日常生活中許多英語幽默來自於對語言的巧妙運用，尤其是對雙關語的運用。老外們的幽默感通過雙關語得到了淋漓盡致地發揮。

　　1. 句法結構雙關

　　例句：

　　——"Do you ever draw picture in the nude?"
　　——"No, I usually wear a jacket."

　　對話中，提問的人是想問「你有沒有畫過裸體畫」，而回答的人卻理解為「你曾經光著身子畫過畫嗎？」這則幽默中雙關產生的原因是對in the nude在句中不同功能的理解，即作定語或作狀語。

　　2. 語義雙關

　　例一：一個男孩子為了追求一個在銀行窗口工作的女孩子，便在遞交存摺的同時附上了一張小紙條。

　　"Dear M:
　　I have been SAVING this question in the hope that I might gain some INTETRST. If free Friday, would you care to DEPOST yourself beside me at a movie? I have taken into ACCOUNT that you maybe previously engaged; if so I will WITHDRAW my offer and hipe Saturday. At any RATE, your company would much enjoy, and I hope you will not ASSESS this as too forward. Check you late.

Sincerely B."

　　如此有創意的求愛方式，女孩子能不為之心動么。男孩子巧妙運用銀行術語（deposit, withdraw, account, assess, check）與日常環境的不同意思，以獨特的方式表達了自己的愛慕之情。

　　例二：英語習慣用語生動形象，用在一定的語境中，可以產生一語雙關的效果。

　　——What weather does mice most dislike?
　　——When it is raining cats and dogs.

　　"Cats and dogs"是傾盆大雨的意思。這則幽默取其字面意思，貓狗都從天上掉下來了，老鼠自然不喜歡了。

　　3. 語音雙關

　　例一：The things my wife buy at auctions are keeping me baroque.

　　這是一位男士利用baroque（形式怪樣的）與broke（破產）的相近讀音來表達對妻子花錢大手大腳的不滿。

　　例二：Six year old Linda returned impressed from her school first day at school. Asked how she got on, she replied:" Every morning, we all have to sit at our desk and when the teacher calls our names, we have to answer 'prisoner' !"

　　當老師點名時，學生應該回答"present".而Linda利用"prisoner"與"present"的相近讀音，表達了對學校生活的不滿。

　　例三：

　　——"You're not eating your fish," the waitress asked him, "Anything wrong with it?"
　　——"Long time no sea," the customer replied.

　　"Long time no sea"魚久不見海，肯定不新鮮。而"Long time no see"是朋友見面時所用的寒暄語，相當於老朋友久別重逢時說的「好久不見」。Sea與see是同音異形異義詞，這位顧客巧妙地運用這一點，指出了魚不好吃，不新鮮。