and write down what made them laugh. And this is the first descriptive step

并记录下是什么令他们笑的这是发展笑的理论的
to developing a theory of laughter. And his big finding is

第一个描述性的步骤他有个重大的发现
that you could separate people-- you could separate the question of laughter

就是你可以区分人们区别这笑声
from the question of a joke or the question of humor.

是来自笑话或是来自幽默
Most of what people--what made people laugh

令大多数人笑的
wasn't in any sense a joke or humorous.

并不是笑话或幽默
So, he had over a thousand laughter-initiated situations

他总结了超过一千多种能引起笑的情境
and here are some typical comments that initiated laughter,

这里有一些能引起人笑的典型句子
sometimes uproarious laughter, on the parts of people.

会令一部分人捧腹大笑
"I'll see you guys later." "Look. It's Andre."

"迟点见伙计" "看那是安德烈"
"Are you sure?" "I know." "How are you?"

"你确定" "我知道了" "你好吗"
"I try to lead a normal life." it's sort of funny.

"我想过上正常的生活" 这个有点搞笑