STEP 3 Use humor. If witty repartee isn't your strong suit, repeat something someone else said that you found funny, or share something amusing you read in the paper.

发挥幽默感。如果你不擅长诙谐的妙语，可以重复别人说过的听上去比较风趣的话，享你在报纸上看到的比较有趣的事情。

My hair glistens in the hot bright lights. Johnny Car–son has much to do to keep up with my quick and witty tongue.

而且，我还是一个伶牙俐齿的人，说起话来妙语连珠，就连约翰尼。卡森也望尘莫及。

As early as 1975, Thatcher had come up with a wonderful line about the opposition Labour Party: " They've got the usual Socialist disease—they've run out of other people's money" .

早在1975年，撒切尔就已经抛出了一句掷地有声的妙语，说的是其政治对手英国工党：" 他们已经患上了那种社会主义常见病——他们已经花光了其他人的钱。"

People usually never see it coming because they're so focused on the actual story.

人们通常不会想到你的妙语，因为他们都太专注于你讲的故事了。

He has a wonderful RP accent and he's very intelligent and uses wonderful vocabulary.

他说一口美妙的标准口音，而且他很智慧，并且妙语连珠。

Hm, okay. So, if it's so harmless, I'm sure Gloria knows about this flirty quipstress.

好吧，假如没有什么，歌洛莉亚肯定也知道这位妙语撩骚的女士。

I can promise you that most of the time a business owner, supervisor, or manager will really like to hear those magic words I'd like to prepare before the meeting, or I'd like to prepare in advance.

我可以向你保证，大多数时候，企业主、主管经理都非常希望听到那些我想在会前准备好，我想提前准备好的妙语。

A quip attributed to Bertrand Russell- " no matter how eloquently a dog may bark, he cannot tell you that his parents were poor but honest" - might be adapted for music.

伯特兰·罗素说过一句妙语“无论狗叫得多么生动，也无法告诉你它的父母贫穷但诚实”，这句话也适合音乐。

Richard Twining bubbled over with quaint absurdities, and George Road, conscious that he need not exhibit a brilliancy which was almost a by-word, opened his mouth only to put food into it.

理查·特维宁则滔滔不绝地发表荒唐离奇的谬论。乔治·娄德知道他的妙语惊人已经尽人皆知，用不着再施展才华，因此每次张口只不过是往嘴里添送菜肴。

The clever bit is that while whooshing the reader along on a tide of wit, the author also neatly explores the morals and values of different generations and the impact that these have on family dynamics.

比较妙的是，作不仅妙语连珠，让读感受噼里啪啦的智慧，而且还同时妙地探讨两代人的道德观与价值观，以及不同的观点对于整个家庭的影响。

Witty statements are usually in response to someone's unhelpful remarks or behaviors, and the intent is to untangle and clarify the issue by emphasizing its absurdities.

妙语通常是对某人无益的言论行为的回应，目的是通过强调问题的荒谬性来理清澄清问题。

And it was sort of zingers weaved in with anecdotes about her time as secretary of state, her own view about America's role in the world.

而且她的言妙语中还加入了她任职美国国务卿时的轶事，她对美国的世界地位的看法。

That is apt and amusing. I think I shall share that with Amy Farrah Fowler. She'll appreciate the witticism. Thank you.

这观点真是聪明又有趣 我应该跟艾米·菲拉·福勒享 她一定会欣赏你的妙语连珠 不敢当。

So they rallied up a group of stagehands to watch their show and laugh at their gags and punchlines.

于是他们召集了一群舞台工作人员来观看他们的表演，并为他们的笑料妙语而开怀大笑。

In Hollywood they are known as Goldwynisms. One of his most famous expressions was Include me out.

在好莱坞，它们被称为戈德温式妙语。他最著名的表达之一是“别把我算在内”。

He was a philosopher, full of little sayings and homilies about the ways of the world.

他是哲学家，满口关于世道人心的要言妙语。

They call it a punch line because you don't see it coming.

他们称之为妙语，因为你并不能预测到。

I felt they expected me to say clever things, and I never could think of any till after the party was over.

我知道他们都等着我说几句隽词妙语，可是直到茶会开完了，我仍然想不出什么有风趣的话来。

Stories are great because you can hold the punch line all the way to the end.

故事的好处是你可以伏笔把妙语留到最后。

Man, that's-- - Or do you just get the punchline when you eat the taffy?

- 伙计，那是 - 当你吃太妃糖时你只是得到了妙语？