杰里米·汉普顿有一大群朋友，在派对上深受欢迎。
Jeremy Hampden has a large circle of friends and is very popular at parties.
每个人都因他出色的幽默感而钦佩他——也就是说，除了他六岁的女儿珍妮之外，每个人都这样。
Everybody admires him for his great sense of humour--everybody, that is, except his six-year-old daughter, Jenny.
最近，杰里米最亲密的朋友之一请他在一场婚宴上发表演讲。
Recently, one of Jeremy's closest friends asked him to make a speech at a wedding reception.
这正是杰里米最喜欢的那类事情。
This is the sort of thing that Jeremy loves.
他认真准备了演讲，然后带着珍妮去参加了婚礼。
He prepared the speech carefully and went to the wedding with Jenny.
他在演讲中加入了大量笑话，当然，演讲大获成功。
He had included a large number of funny stories in the speech and, of course, it was a great success.
他一演讲结束，珍妮就告诉他她想回家了。
As soon as he had finished Jenny told him she wanted to go home.
杰里米对此有点失望，但他还是按照女儿的要求做了。
Jeremy was a little disappointed by this but he did as his daughter asked.
在回家的路上，他问珍妮她是否喜欢那场演讲。
On the way home, he asked Jenny if she had enjoyed the speech.
令他惊讶的是，她说她没有。
To his surprise she said she hadn't.
杰里米问她为什么这样，她告诉他说她不喜欢看到那么多人嘲笑他！
Jeremy asked her why this was so and she told him that she did not like to see so many people laughing at him!