That's why they were laughing. I thought it was my funny take on current events.

原来们笑个啊。我还以为我对时事评很逗呢。

He included the names of foreign countries, famous people and comments on current events. And he filled his songs with little jokes and hidden meanings.

歌曲中包括外国名字，名人和时事评。歌里充满了小笑话和隐藏含义。

Aristophanes also became the master of the parabasis, a comic technique where actors address the audience directly, often praising the playwright or making topical comments and jokes.

阿里斯托芬还成为了“插话” 艺术大师，种喜剧技巧， 演员们直接向观众发言，通常赞扬剧作家或发表时事评和笑话。

And people are not following along the way you do as a historian or way lovers of current event commentary do.

而且人们并没有像你作为历史学家或者时事评爱好者那样去关注和跟进。

147.I thought it was my funny take on current events.

我还以为我对时事评很逗呢。

Now, you've enjoyed a very successful career as one of the leading public intellectuals and commentators on current and global events, and also as one of the most distinguished contemporary novelists.

现在，你作为位杰出公共知识分子及全球时事评家，同时也当代最杰出小说家之，事业非常成功。