If you want to impress a man, don't try to be funny.
??? 如果你想給一個男人留下好印象，那么不要太風趣。

　　Research shows that men aren't hugely attracted to witty women.
??? 研究表明，機智幽默的女人對男人沒有太大的吸引力。

　　Given the choice of a female who makes him laugh, or one that laughs at his jokes, he will choose the latter.
??? 如果讓男人選擇讓她笑的女人還是聽他的笑話笑的女人，他會選擇后者。

　　Luckily, women aren't too worried about their jokes being appreciated. They, it seems, like men who make them smile.
??? 幸運地是，女人不太擔心她們的笑話會不會被欣賞。她們似乎更喜歡讓能她們笑的男人。

　　It is thought that women see the ability to make people laugh sign of intelligence– and men have evolved to show off how good they are with words.
??? 女人把讓人們笑的能力當做是聰明的標志，男人則喜歡賣弄他們對文字的操控能力是多么游刃有余。

　　The University of Miami researchers quizzed more than 80 men and women about how much importance they placed on having a partner who could make them laugh.
? 　有個讓他們笑的對象到底有多重要？邁阿密大學的研究員采訪了80多名男性和女性。

　　The answers revealed that women like men make them laugh, while men want to go out with women who appreciate their humour.
??? 答案顯示，女人喜歡讓他們笑的男人，然而男人想要跟欣賞他們幽默的女人約會。

　　Given that women tend to be more choosy, men are under pressure to make them laugh.
??? 考慮到女人們越來越挑剔，男人想要逗她們笑也有壓力。

　　Miss Hone, who is close to completing her PhD, said: 'Given that humour requires high-level linguistic capacity, women are thought to use humour production as a sign that a man is a mentally-capable suitor.'
??? 將要獲得博士學位的Hone小姐說：‘鑒于幽默需要高水平的語言能力，女人把幽默能力看作男人是否在精神上與之匹配的標志。’

　　However, she said that funny women shouldn't despair. There is also hope for bachelors who never remember punch lines.
??? 不過，她說，有趣的女人也不應該絕望。還是有很多單身漢不善言辭的。

　　This is because her results were based on averages – and not everyone will have the same taste.
??? 這是因為她的調查結果是基于平均值的，而且，每個人的品位都是不相同的。

（來源：滬江英語，編輯 Helen）