Dmitry: Stan is really miffed at you. All of that teasing at lunch really upset him.

Stan真的对你很恼火。在午餐时的细弄让你很心烦。

Charlene: What? I was just poking fun at him for trying to hit on the new, young receptionist.

什么?我只是拿他来玩笑来挑逗新来的年轻接待员。

Dmitry: You called him an old goat.

你叫他“老山羊。”

Charlene: I said that tongue in cheek. If he didn’t find that funny, then he can’t take a joke.

我是开玩笑的。如果他不觉得那有趣，那么他经不起开玩笑。

Dmitry: What about last week when you told that joke about fat people trying to dance and youmade him the butt of the joke?

那上周你讲的关于胖人试图去跳舞的笑话，你是拿他找乐子吗?

Charlene: Everybody knows I’m the class clown around here, and I make wisecracks abouteverybody. Nobody else is as thin-skinned as Stan.

大家都知道，我是这里耍宝的人，我会说每个人的俏皮话。没有其他人像Stan.那么敏感。

Dmitry: I wouldn’t be so sure about that. I suggest you watch your back. The next joke maybe on you.

我还不那么肯定。我建议你还是小心些。下那一个笑话可能就拿你开涮。

Charlene: Why? What have you heard?

为什么?你听说到什么了?

Dmitry: Oh, nothing. I just think it may be time for some payback —— big time!

哦，没什么。我只是觉得可能到了那你开玩笑的时候了——欢乐时刻!

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