BBC Learning English - Jo Brand 乔·布兰德

　　Jean: 其实 Jo 离开家的时候是蛮开心的，因为她早就盼着这一天了。

　　Andrea: Anyway, Jo Brand wasn’t always a comedian. Before she started performing, she was a psychiatric nurse for ten years.

　　Jean: 什么？原来演喜剧之前的 Jo 做了 10 年的精神病科护士！

　　Andrea: She saw some terrible things during that time.

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　　We had a guy come in one day with a huge carving fork – just stabbed it down onto the desk – that was quite scary. We had a lot of incidents where people would pick up chairs and throw them at you.

　　Jean: 一个男人有一天到诊所来，把一只叉子戳在了桌子上!

　　Andrea: There were lots of incidents like that.

　　Jean: Incidents – 事故、事件。

　　Andrea: Some people would throw chairs at her.

　　Jean: 听起来够恐怖的，怪不得她选择改行了呢！

　　Andrea: So, what advice does Jo Brand have for new young comedians?

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　　It’s very important in stand-up to appear to be calm on the outside. So, to me, kind of 80% of it is appearing to be confident – and once you’ve cracked that, I think pretty much you can do anything – even if your jokes aren’t that funny.

　　Jean: Jo 为那些想做“栋笃笑”的喜剧演员们提出了很好的一些忠告。

　　Andrea: She says you need to appear or look calm.

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