a pause placed just before the punch line or the punch word builds a sense of anticipation, a form of tension, which makes the joke stronger.
在点睛句或点睛词之前稍微停顿一下,制造出一种紧张,就可以使笑话的影响力更大!
「do you want fries with that」 will no longer be a national punch line but rather an unattainable dream.
「你需要配上炸薯条吗?」这句话将不再是一句民族的妙语,相反,将变成无法实现的梦想。
you can structure the punch line for maximum effect by putting the punch word last. and you can pause to add impact.
你可以最后地使用点睛词,来把你的点睛句以最大的影响发挥出来,也可以加以停顿来增加其作用!
most of all, however, i will miss his wit and humor… a consummate storyteller who found a punch line in even the most mundane scenarios.
最重要的,我更会想念他的机智和幽默…一个平凡下的非同凡响的人。
a doctored version praised the cream but the punch line was that it gave users disgusting spots.
改编了的广告也赞扬这种面霜,但关键的一句台词是说它使使用者长出讨厌的斑点。
behind each of his inventions is a story about how it came to him, and lemelson tells it in the manner of a standup comedian, except that instead of a punch line at the end there is an invention.