Learn by Listening Level 2

[00:00.20]Joking|[00:01.69] Joking is good.|[00:02.62] Jokes can be very funny.|[00:04.67] Jokes can also be hurtful.|[00:06.79] Jokes can be tasteless too.|[00:08.96] It is not an easy thing to find jokes|[00:11.14] that do not offend anyone.|[00:13.82] Some jokes make fun of different races.|[00:15.99] Those jokes are not funny.|[00:18.23] They are hurtful.|[00:19.41] It is not right to tell racist jokes.|[00:21.90] Many jokes use bad language|[00:24.64] or are about questionable subject matter.|[00:27.31] These jokes are also not acceptable.|[00:29.93] Many people are highly offended by rude jokes.|[00:32.85] What some people find funny, others will not.|[00:36.03] Comedy is a very personal thing.|[00:38.51] Some people like slapstick comedy.|[00:40.44] That is the kind of comedy that the Three Stooges use.|[00:43.55] Some people like very subtle humor.|[00:46.22] Some people will laugh at just about anything.|[00:48.59] Sometimes, it is not appropriate to laugh,|[00:51.76] but you feel like laughing anyway.|[00:53.38] Did you ever see anyone fall down?|[00:55.62] Did you feel like laughing when they fell down?|[00:58.29] You were probably worried|[00:59.97] that they had hurt themselves,|[01:01.47] yet the way that they fell was so funny|[01:04.02] that you felt like laughing.|[01:06.01] It's not funny when someone falls,|[01:08.18] but you can't help but laugh|[01:09.68] even though you try to hide it.|[01:11.98] Jokes and comedy differ from culture to culture.|[01:15.71] Many people from other countries come here|[01:18.58] and don't understand our comedy.|[01:20.63] Jokes and comedies are often geared|[01:23.61] toward our environment.|[01:25.42] Sometimes, comedians make fun of the things|[01:28.15] that we do in our everyday lives|[01:30.33] like going to the bank, or going grocery shopping.|[01:33.69] We can all relate to that.|[01:35.93] Being a comedian is not an easy job.|[01:39.10] Telling jokes and making people laugh|[01:41.40] is extremely difficult.|[01:43.33] Jokes are fun, and they are funny if they are good.|[01:46.88] Jokes can get you into a lot of trouble|[01:49.37] if they are inappropriate,|[01:51.23] and sometimes they're just not funny and nobody laughs.|[01:55.03] Here is a joke.|[01:56.33] Why does a cow wear a bell?|[01:58.95] - Because its horns don't work .|[02:01.19] Do you get it?|[02:03.55] Do you think it is funny?|[02:05.42] Well, maybe it's not that funny.|[02:08.34] I told you that it was difficult being a comedian.