双语阅读：看喜剧可以缓解经济压力(图)

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看喜剧可以缓解经济压力

　　The economic downturn and forecasts of a recession could be leading people to seek relief from live comedy, club organisers have said.

　　俱乐部的组织者表示，经济下滑，衰退将至，人们可能会通过看喜剧寻求安慰。

　　The Stand has reported a 2% increase in audience numbers overall for its shows in Edinburgh and Glasgow for November.

　　The Stand(苏格兰著名喜剧俱乐部)说，11月它在爱丁堡和格拉斯哥举办的演出，观众总数增加了2%。

　　And comic Bruce Fummey said the crisis was a source of comic material. He has found the financial climate a good source of new material and has a joke about Chancellor Alistair Darling's eyebrows and how Mr Darling wakes from a night out to find he is missing the £47bn he had in his pocket.

　　喜剧演员布鲁斯·法美伊说，危机是搞笑素材的源泉。他发现如今的金融环境是一个很好的题材，于是就拿财政大臣阿里斯泰尔·达令的眉毛开涮，还说他如何在夜间醒来，发现口袋里丢了470亿英镑。

　　Tommy Sheppard, of The Stand, said: "The rise could mean a margin of error, but there is no sense of people staying away as a result of the credit crunch." He believed the club had been busier than usual.

　　The Stand俱乐部的托米·舍帕尔德说：“数字增加也可能只是弄错了，但人们没有理由因为信贷紧缩就不看演出。” 他相信俱乐部的生意比通常更好。

　　Mr Sheppard said: "I would say numbers are slightly up. I looked at the last four weeks and, compared to November last year, we were 2% up overall and 8% up in Edinburgh."

　　舍帕尔德说：“我要说，数字出现了上升。我把过去四个星期与去年11月相比，总体的确上升了2%，单在爱丁堡更上升了8%。”

　　"There could be an element of people saying let's have a laugh, but live comedy is also relatively cheap entertainment."

　　“这里面的一个可能因素是，人们说，咱们去笑笑吧；况且现场喜剧表演也相对便宜。”