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Jennifer: Hi, I'm Jennifer and this is Authentic Real English. In this programme, we teach you about English words or phrases which you might not find in the dictionary. Here comes . : Hello Jen. 大家好！Jen 我有事儿要告诉你。 Jennifer: Oh yes, what is it? : 我刚才在接水喝的时候听见老板说他准备让咱们每个人去度假两周，而且是免费的！ Jennifer: A free holiday? : Yes, I'm sure that's what he said. Jennifer: Don't make me laugh! : It does sound too good to be true. Jen 刚才说 "don't make me laugh" 意思是"你太可笑了，别逗了"。在英语里，别人告诉你一件事情，而你觉得这个事儿肯定不会发生，这时你就可以说 don't make me laugh. Jennifer: And I don't think the boss is going to give us a holiday, especially a free one. The boss giving us special treats...? Don't make me laugh. : Let's hear some more examples of this phrase. A: I heard that Justin Bieber is going to play a gig at our Christmas party! B: Don't make me laugh - he's far too famous to come here. A: Do you think that the Scotland football team could win the World Cup one day? B: Don't make me laugh - they've never won anything! : So, 'don't make me laugh' 这个表达用来表示你觉得某件事儿肯定不会发生。 Jennifer: Like our boss giving away free holidays. So I wonder what he did mean? | 
