Lesson 63

Jeremy Hampden has a large circle of friends and is very popular at parties.
杰里米·汉普登有一大群朋友，在聚会上非常受欢迎。
Everybody admires him for his great sense of humour — everybody, that is, except his six-year-old daughter, Jenny.
每个人都钦佩他极好的幽默感——也就是说，除了他六岁的女儿珍妮以外的每个人。
Recently, one of Jeremy's closest friends asked him to make a speech at a wedding reception.
最近，杰里米最亲密的朋友之一邀请他在婚礼招待会上致辞。
This is the sort of thing that Jeremy loves.
这就是杰里米喜欢的那种事情。
He prepared the speech carefully and went to the wedding with Jenny.
他仔细地准备了演讲，并和珍妮一起去参加了婚礼。
He had included a large number of funny stories in the speech and, of course, it was a great success.
他在演讲中引用了大量的趣闻轶事，理所当然地，演讲取得了巨大的成功。
As soon as he had finished, Jenny told him she wanted to go home.
他一完成，珍妮就告诉他她想要回家。
Jeremy was a little disappointed by this but he did as his daughter asked.
杰里米对此感到有一点失望，但他还是按照他女儿的要求做了。
On the way home, he asked Jenny if she had enjoyed the speech.
在回家的路上，他问珍妮是否喜欢这场演讲。
To his surprise, she said she hadn't.
令他惊讶的是，她说她没有。
Jeremy asked her why this was so and she told him that she did not like to see so many people laughing at him
杰里米问她为什么会是这样，她告诉他，她不喜欢看到这么多的人在嘲笑他