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

原来他们是笑这个啊。我还以为是我对事的评论很逗呢。

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.

歌曲中包括外国的名字，名人和事评论。他的歌里充满了小笑话和隐藏的含义。

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” 艺术的大师，这是一种喜剧技巧， 演员们直接向观众发言，通常是赞扬剧作发表事评论和笑话。

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事评论爱好那样去关注和跟进。

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

我还以为是我对事的评论很逗呢。

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，你作为一位杰出的公共知识分子及全球事评论，同也是当代最杰出的小说之一，事业非常成功。