游客在哈哈屋博物馆笑解烦忧
📖 逐句对照翻译
A new museum of laughter in Croatia is offering to help people deal with the negativity of modern life.
克罗地亚一家新开的笑声博物馆愿帮助人们应对现代生活中的消极情绪。
Visitors to the HaHaHouse in the Croatian capital Zagreb walk into a little cloud of white smoke when they step inside.
在克罗地亚首都萨格勒布的哈哈屋，参观者一踏入门内，便步入了一团白色的轻烟之中。
Its purpose is to blow away their worries before they climb into a "giant washing machine".
其目的是在他们爬进“巨型洗衣机”之前，吹散他们的烦恼。
Then they move down a twisting slide into a space filled with little white balls where their trip to a happier place starts.
然后，他们沿着蜿蜒的滑梯下滑，进入一个满是白色小球的空间，在那里，他们通往更快乐地方的旅程开始了。
Forty-three-year-old Andrea Golubic is the museum’s creator.
43岁的安德烈娅·戈卢比奇是这家博物馆的创建者。
Golubic said she got the idea during the COVID-19 pandemic.
戈卢比奇说，她是在新冠疫情期间萌生这个想法的。
At that time, many people were feeling down, depressed and alone: "I realized that I had a mission -- to heal people with laughter."
那时，许多人感到沮丧、抑郁和孤独：“我意识到自己有一个使命——用笑声治愈人们。”
The idea "came straight from the heart", Golubic told the French News Agency (AFP).
戈卢比奇告诉法新社：“这个想法‘完全是发自内心的’。”
She had ideas for many of the museum elements in one day: “that's how the HaHaHouse began.
她在一天之内就对博物馆的许多元素有了想法：“哈哈屋就是这样开始的。
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Golubic said a picture of her when she was seven-year-old inspired her.
戈卢比奇说，她七岁时的一张照片启发了她。
“I was constantly joking as a kid," she added.
“我小时候总是爱开玩笑，”她补充道。
Visitors press a button to be "disinfected from negativity" as soon as they step inside the museum, which has eight interactive zones, or areas.
参观者一踏入博物馆，按下按钮即可“消除负能量”。馆内设有八个互动区。
One has rubber chickens singing cheerfully.
有一个橡皮鸡在欢快地唱歌。
They sing songs like ABBA's "Dancing Queen."
他们演唱像ABBA乐队的《Dancing Queen》这样的歌曲。
There is a karaoke room with distorted voices and a "Sumo Arena" for wrestling in puffed up clothes.
这里有一间声音失真的卡拉OK房，还有一个“相扑竞技场”，供穿着充气服装进行摔跤。
There is also some serious history of humor from ancient to modern times told through theatre, film or the internet.
从古代到现代，还有一些严肃的幽默历史是通过戏剧、电影或互联网来讲述的。
The museum also explains different kinds of humor.
博物馆还解释了不同类型的幽默。
These include word play, slapstick, dark humor and satire.
这些包括文字游戏、打闹喜剧、黑色幽默和讽刺。
Inner child
内在小孩
Golubic said the HaHaHouse is popular with everyone from small children to older people.
戈卢比奇表示，哈哈屋从幼童到老年人都很受欢迎。
Adults say it is a good excuse to act like a child.
大人们说，这是像孩子一样行事的好借口。
"All those who still feel a bit of childish joy and embrace their inner child, will recharge themselves," she said.
她说：“所有仍然怀有几分童真喜悦、拥抱内心童趣的人，都会让自己重新充满活力。”
Retiree Bruno Dadic told AFP he was pleased by his visit "as there is never enough humor in life.
退休老人布鲁诺·达迪奇告诉法新社，他对这次参观感到高兴，“因为生活中永远不嫌幽默多。”
"Laughter is a medicine for the soul," he said.
他说：“笑是心灵的良药。”
Aleksandar Suka celebrated his fifth birthday with a visit.
阿列克桑达尔·苏卡在一次探访中庆祝了他的五岁生日。
Visiting with his mother, the little boy said he liked lying on the "Bed of Nails" since they tickled him.
小男孩在和母亲一起参观时说他喜欢躺在“钉床”上，因为它们让他觉得痒痒的。
Singer Zorica Bucic, from the coastal town of Split, said the museum was just right for our times.
来自海滨小镇斯普利特的歌手佐里卡·布契奇表示，这座博物馆正合我们时代的需求。
"Entering here is like entering childhood, being relieved of all problems,” she said.
她说：“进入这里就像回到了童年，所有烦恼都烟消云散了。”
Bucic added that if you could come to museum often, you would not need to visit a psychologist.
布契奇还补充说，如果你能经常来博物馆，就不需要去看心理医生了。
Psychologist Petar Kraljevic told AFP that laughter is a kind of weapon which gives people strength to face their problems.
心理学家佩塔尔·克拉列维奇告诉法新社，笑是一种武器，赋予人们面对问题的力量。
He said that if doctors could advise their patients to have "three hours of laughter” a day, people would feel much better.
他说，如果医生能建议病人每天“笑三小时”，人们会感觉好得多。
I’m John Russell.
我是约翰·拉塞尔。
Lajla Veselica reported this story for Agence-France Press.
拉伊拉·韦塞利卡为法新社报道了这则新闻。
Jill Robbins adapted it for Learning English.
吉尔·罗宾斯为《学习英语》改编了它。
