许多人从小开始学习英文，有的甚至到美国定居过多年，但仍听不懂美国的笑话。不同的文化有不同的幽默，被美国人视为可笑的事物，其必定蕴含美国人的价值观、敬畏情结和梦想。如果你理解了一种文化的幽默，你也就理解了这种文化里的人。本书通过美国幽默来讲解美语口语中的音变和口语化的词汇，让我们在笑声中感悟美国文化，在笑声中享受学习美语的乐趣。

Introduction
Unit 1 "Uh huh"
JOKE:Mvoers
Unit 2 "Unt unh"
JOKE:Country Doctor
Unit 3 "Uh"
JOKE:Husbands and Wives
Unit 4 "Hmm"
JOKE:Sex and Violence in the Movies
Unit 5 Irregular Pacing
JOKE:College Graduate
Unit 6 "uh oh"
JOKE:Faith
Unit 7 "You Know"
JOKE:The Space Program
Unit 8 Repetition of Words
JOKE:The Differences Between the Sexes
Unit 9 "Hey"
JOKE:Smoking
Unit 10 "Huh?"
Unit 11 "In Other Words"
Unit 12 Sentence Changes
Unit 13 "Ah"
Unit 14 "Oops"
Unit 15 "Let's See"
Unit 16 "Like"
Unit 17 "Tsk tks tsk"
Unit 18 "Aha"
Final Test
Answer Key
Word Index
Index of Expressions