That's why they were laughing. I thought it was my funny take on current events.

原来他们是笑这个啊。我还以为是我对时事很逗呢。

147.I thought it was my funny take on current events.

我还以为是我对时事很逗呢。

He included the names of foreign countries, famous people and comments on current events. And he filled his songs with little jokes and hidden meanings.

歌曲中包括外国名字，名和时事。他歌里充满了小笑话和隐藏。

A lot of commentators here are actually expecting that this new government will not last very long, at least in the form that it is.

以色列许多时事员认为这届新政府不会持续太长时间，至少这种形式不会持续太长时间。

Aristophanes also became the master of the parabasis, a comic technique where actors address the audience directly, often praising the playwright or making topical comments and jokes.

阿里斯托芬还成为了 parabasis 大师，这是一种喜剧技巧， 演员直接向观众讲话，经常赞美剧作家或发表时事和笑话。

Now, you've enjoyed a very successful career as one of the leading public intellectuals and commentators on current and global events, and also as one of the most distinguished contemporary novelists.

现在，你作为一位杰出公共知识分子及全球时事家，同时也是当代最杰出小说家之一，事业非常成功。