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Jisu98 Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

comparison ...can't get the meaning

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00The below sentence can be transtlated into 2 meanings, I think, and I don't know which one is better one. Help me please.02br
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00Laughter is contagious. 01font00It can spread through a crowd faster than you can slip on a banana peel.02font00 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.02br
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00I think the blue sentence can mean,02br
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001. Spreading (of laughter) is faster than your action itself.(slipping on a banana peel)02br
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002. Spreading (of laughter) is faster than squeezing laughter by slipping on a banana peel.02br
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00What do you think?02br
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00I think 1 is the original meaning. But I think 2 can be a possible meaning. Isn't it?02br
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00Thank you, in advance!!0-
  

Top answer

02font 02br 02br 00Slipping on a banana peel happens very fast. 02br 02br 00When we hear other people laugh, it makes us laugh. Just hearing or seeing laughing people makes us want to laugh.

— Susankay

  • 02font 02br 02br 00Slipping on a banana peel happens very fast.
  • 02br 02br 00When we hear other people laugh, it makes us laugh.
  • Just hearing or seeing laughing people makes us want to laugh.
  • 02br 02br 00That is why the producers play sounds of laughter (canned laughter) during the shows.
  • We hear that and laugh along with the sound of laughter.
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1font00It can spread through a crowd faster than you can slip on a banana peel.02font02br
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00Slipping on a banana peel happens very fast. It is also a well known action / joke in the movies or in the theater.02br
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00When we hear other people laugh, it makes us laugh. Just hearing or seeing laughing people makes
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0If I understand you, number one is the correct analysis. Number two is extremely unlikely.02br
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00I 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.02br
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00The blue s
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