每当别人问起我的职业,我总是窘得面红耳赤,张口结舌,虽然别人都认为我是一个镇静沉着的人。我羡慕那些人,他们可以说:我是一个泥瓦工。我羡慕理发匠、会计和抄写员,他们可以坦率地说出他们的职业,而不需要加一长串解释。当我被迫回答这样的问题时,只能勉强说:“我是一个卖笑的人。”这样一个回答常常会引发出第二个我不得不回答的问题:“难道你就靠这个为生?”而我只能如实回答:“是的。”我确实是靠我的笑声过活,而 Whenever someone asks about my job, I'm always embarrassed and talkative, though others think I am a calm person. I admire those people, they can say: I am a bricklayer. I envy hairdressers, accountants and scribes, who can speak out their profession without having to add a long list of explanations. When I was forced to answer such a question, I could barely say: “I am a joke.” Such an answer often raises the second question I have to answer: “Do you rely on this ”I can only honestly answer: “ ”I really live by my laughter, and