The Girl Who Could Not Stop Laughing笑得停不下来的那个女孩

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Laughter burstl out in the classroom.Mr. Johnson， the maths teacher， knew whodid it.

教室里爆发出一片笑声。数学老师约翰逊先生知道发出笑声的人是谁。

“Grace！ Please leave the classroom，”he said.

“格蕾丝！请离开教室。”他说。

The class went quiet and everyone looked at Grace， who sat on the fifth row.

全班安静了下来，所有人都看向坐在第五排的格蕾丝。

“But... Please！ I tried to control2 my laughter but it burst out！" Everyone in the classroom burst out laughing， too. Grace laughed a lot. She laughed for nearly every-thing. For example， last week， a classmate told Grace a joke3：

“但……請别这样！我试着控制我的笑声，但它还是爆发出来了！”教室里的每个人也笑了起来。格蕾丝经常笑，她几乎什么事情都会笑。比如上周，一位同学给格蕾丝讲了一个笑话：

Q： Why does maths teacher always look sad？

问：为什么数学老师总是看起来很悲伤？

A： Because he has to solve4 so many problems.

答：因为他要解答很多问题。

Grace giggled5. That is why that everyone laughed when they saw Mr.Johnson now.

格蕾丝咯咯地笑了起来，这就是大家现在看到约翰逊先生都会笑的原因。

Every joke would have a different answer from Grace. Sometimes it was a giggle， and sometimes a polite laugh. Sometimes， when Grace tried really hard to control her laughter，it would burst out.

格蕾丝对每个笑话都会有不同的反应。有时是傻笑，有时是礼貌的笑。有时，当格蕾丝真的很努力地抑制自己的笑声时，她的笑声还是会爆发出来。

Grace was womed. Was there anything wrong with her？ Why couldn't she stop laughing？ She thought she needed to do something. So， she ate some fruit， but it didn't help. It just got out of her mouth when she laughed.

格蕾丝很担心。她是不是有什么问题呀？为什么她笑得停不下来呢？她觉得她需要做点什么。于是她吃了点水果，但没有用。她一笑，水果就从她嘴里掉出来了。

Grace made a list of things she found funny： first， laughter; second， people slipping6 on a banana; third， the word“fruit”.

格蕾丝列出了她觉得好笑的事情：第一，笑声：第二，有人踩到香蕉皮滑倒；第三，“水果”这个词。

“I will make sure I never laugh at these again，” said Grace.

“我保证我再也不会因为这些事而笑了。”格蕾丝说。

Next day， there was a Plan A. During library， Jenny moved behind a bookcase and let out a laughter right next to Grace. When Grace heard it， she burst out a laughter， too.And she forgot all about her list！ This was not going to work.

第二天，她有一个A计划。在图书馆的时候，珍妮走到一个书柜后面，在格蕾丝旁边放声大笑。格蕾丝一听就哈哈大笑，也跟着笑了起来，把她的清单忘得一干二净！这是行不通的。

It was time for Plan B. Tom， Graces older brother and a scientist， was Plan B.Maybe he could make a tool that could stop her from laughing. When Grace told Tom what had happened to her， the man who was usually serious7 burst out laughing. Grace wondered if this was a family problem. Did they all have the same laughing problem？

是时候进行B计划了o汤姆，格营丝的哥哥，也是一名科学家，他就是B计划。也许他可以制作一种能阻止她发笑的工具。当格营丝告诉汤姆发生在她身上的事情时，这个一向严肃的人突然大笑起来。格蕾丝怀疑这是不是家族遗传问题。他们都有同样爱笑的问题吗？

“Like chimpanzees8， and even dogs can make him laugh！" Anna， Toms wife， told her.

“比如黑猩猩，甚至是狗都能讓他发笑！”安娜，汤姆的妻子，告诉她。

The thought of her pet dog Doudou started Graces laughing again.

一想到她的爱犬杜杜，格蕾丝又开始笑起来。

When the laughter finally stopped，Anna said， “Do you know youve just ex-ercised， Grace？”

笑声终于平息下来，安娜说：“你知道你刚刚在锻炼吗，格蕾丝？”

“How， Anna？ We were talking the whole time."

“怎么会呢，安娜？我们刚刚一直在说话呀。”

“Whenever you smile even a little， the muscles9 0f your face get to work.So each time you giggle or laugh， it's a completeworkout for your face，”Anna told her.

“只要你笑，哪怕只是微微一笑，脸上的肌肉就会开始锻炼。所以每次你咯咯笑或大笑时，都是对你脸部的全面锻炼。”安娜告诉她。

“Ooh，” said Grace，“will my face build muscles， like my arms then？”

“哦，”格蕾丝说，“那我的脸会像手臂一样锻炼出肌肉吗？”

Anna smiled， “Whenever you laugh， the small muscles in your face help pull your mouth up and out in a smile.”

安娜笑道：“每当你笑的时候，你脸上的小块肌肉群会帮助你在微笑时把嘴向上和向外拉。”

“But what about the sound？ That makes others laugh， too，” said Grace.

“但是声音呢？这也会让其他人发笑。”格蕾丝说。

“When you breathelo， the air will go into your lungsll. But when you laugh， the air is out， leading to those 6ha-ha-hasounds that you cant seem to stop，”Anna answered.“So，Grace， you understand that laughter is natural？So long as youre not hurting anyones feelings， theres nothing wrong with a good laugh."

“当你呼吸时，空气会进入你的肺。但是当你笑的时候，空气就出来了，导致你发出似乎无法停止的‘哈哈哈的声音。”安娜回答道，“所以，格蕾丝，你明白笑声是件自然发生的事了吗？只要你没有伤害任何人的感情，开开心心地笑并没有错。”

Grace felt so much better.“Its the tea time. Shall we have a fruit then？”said Anna.

格蕾丝感觉好多了。“现在是下午茶时间。我们吃点水果好吗？”安娜说。

Grace couldnt stop laughing. But she tried to take a breath and made the laughter down. She can do it.

格蕾丝忍不住笑了起来。但她尝试着深呼吸，压低了笑声。她可以做到。

（英语原文选自：indianexpress.com）