Jisu98 Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
comparison ...can't get the meaning
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00 The below sentence can be transtlated into 2 meanings, I think, and I don't know which one is better one. Help me please. 02 br
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00 Laughter is contagious. 01 font 00 It can spread through a crowd faster than you can slip on a banana peel. 02 font 00 Producers of radio and TV shows know this. That's why they often play laugh tracks - recordings of laughter - to make humorouis moments seem funnier to audiences that "catch" the giggles. 02 br
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00 I think the blue sentence can mean, 02 br
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00 1. Spreading (of laughter) is faster than your action itself.(slipping on a banana peel) 02 br
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00 2. Spreading (of laughter) is faster than squeezing laughter by slipping on a banana peel. 02 br
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00 What do you think? 02 br
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00 I think 1 is the original meaning. But I think 2 can be a possible meaning. Isn't it? 02 br
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00 Thank you, in advance!! 0-
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00 The below sentence can be transtlated into 2 meanings, I think, and I don't know which one is better one. Help me please. 02 br
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00 Laughter is contagious. 01 font 00 It can spread through a crowd faster than you can slip on a banana peel. 02 font 00 Producers of radio and TV shows know this. That's why they often play laugh tracks - recordings of laughter - to make humorouis moments seem funnier to audiences that "catch" the giggles. 02 br
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00 I think the blue sentence can mean, 02 br
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00 1. Spreading (of laughter) is faster than your action itself.(slipping on a banana peel) 02 br
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00 2. Spreading (of laughter) is faster than squeezing laughter by slipping on a banana peel. 02 br
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00 What do you think? 02 br
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00 I think 1 is the original meaning. But I think 2 can be a possible meaning. Isn't it? 02 br
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00 Thank you, in advance!! 0-
Top answer
02 font 02 br 02 br 00 Slipping on a banana peel happens very fast. 02 br 02 br 00 When we hear other people laugh, it makes us laugh. Just hearing or seeing laughing people makes us want to laugh.
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1 font 00 It can spread through a crowd faster than you can slip on a banana peel. 02 font 02 br
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00 Slipping on a banana peel happens very fast. It is also a well known action / joke in the movies or in the theater. 02 br
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00 When we hear other people laugh, it makes us laugh. Just hearing or seeing laughing people makes
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00 Slipping on a banana peel happens very fast. It is also a well known action / joke in the movies or in the theater. 02 br
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00 When we hear other people laugh, it makes us laugh. Just hearing or seeing laughing people makes
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0 If I understand you, number one is the correct analysis. Number two is extremely unlikely. 02 br
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00 I think you're suggesting that instead of playing a laugh track to "infect" the audience with laughter, they might instead try having someone slip on a banana peel to generate the laughter; and if they did, it would not be as fast. 02 br
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00 I think you're suggesting that instead of playing a laugh track to "infect" the audience with laughter, they might instead try having someone slip on a banana peel to generate the laughter; and if they did, it would not be as fast. 02 br
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