【绝望的主妇】“我们尽力想严肃一点，但是他一直在说俏皮话。”

【句子】Well, I'm a lawyer who got shot. Everybody's cracking wise. 【Desperate Housewives S2E6】【发音】/wel/ /aɪm/ /ə/ /'lɔ:jə(r)/ /huː/ /gɒt/ /gɑːt/ /ʃɒt/ /ʃɑːt/ /ˈev.riˌbɒdiz/ /ˈev.riˌbɑːdiz/ /ˈkrækɪŋ/ /waɪz/【发音技巧】I'm a连读；got shot不完全爆破；【翻译】我是一个挨了枪子儿的律师。人人都会说俏皮话逗逗我。【适用场合】今天节目中，我们学习一下crack wise的用法。它可以用来表达：“说俏皮话；开玩笑”这样的意思；To make glib, facetious, and sardonic remarks或者 to make wisecrackseg: If you keep cracking wise in class, you're going to get in trouble.如果你再在课堂上说俏皮话，你就有麻烦了。eg: We tried to be serious, but he was always cracking wise.我们尽力想严肃一点，但是他一直在说俏皮话。而在口语中，对应的，我们说make wisecrack，也是“说俏皮话、开玩笑”的意思。这里的wisecrack是一个名词用法，用来指：a remark that criticizes someone or something in a humorous wayeg: He made some wisecrack about my lack of culinary ability.他说了一些俏皮话讽刺我不会做饭。eg: There is always some truth in wisecracks.讽刺的俏皮话里多少也有些大实话。其实，wisecrack也可以当成动词使用，比如说看下面这个翻译练习：【尝试翻译以下句子，并留言在文章留言区】He was known for his accurate passing on the field and wisecracking off the field.