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黄西

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Joe Wong

黄西（Joe Wong），曾在中国科学院攻读硕士，后获得德克萨斯州莱斯大学博士学位，全职工作从事科学研究。2009年4月应 …

Joe Huang

近期，一位华裔生化博士黄西（Joe Huang）在美国CBS的“大卫莱特曼秀”(The David Letterman Show）以及华盛顿“电台电视 …

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Wong said he'd changed many Americans' stereotypical view that Chinese lack a sense of humor and are always buried in work.

黄西说他已经改变了不少美国人认为中国人缺乏幽默感并总是埋头工作的思维定势。

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The audience struggled to grasp the punch lines, and Mr. Wong recalls looking out on the blank faces of a 'polite but serious' crowd .

黄西回忆说，观众们努力想听懂笑话中的包袱，但台下的人礼貌、严肃、一脸茫然。

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"He thought I was one of the waiters , " Wong said .

“他以为我是一个服务员，”黄西说道。

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On Youtube, Wong`s clip attracted hundreds of thousands of views , with typical comments posted being "smart " , "good material" and "fresh" .

在 Youtube 网站上，黄西表演的视频吸引了上万人浏览，大多数观众在评论中都说他很 “聪明风趣 ”，“笑料新鲜独特 ”。

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After practicing for a few months , Wong made his debut performance at a comedy club in Boston in late 2002.

通过数月的练习，黄西于 2002年年末，在波士顿一家喜剧俱乐部上演了处女秀。

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' That was an unfunny routine , ' says Ding Guangquan , a Chinese comedian , who invited Mr. Wong to perform there .

邀请黄西来华演出的中国相声演员丁广泉说，这不是个好笑的事。

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Wong, 41, grew up Xi Huang in a small Chinese town near the Korean border, where most people did manual labor on farms or in factories .

41 岁的黄西来自中国靠近朝鲜边境的一个小镇，那里的人们基本在田里或是工厂从事体力劳动。

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Seven years later , Wong stepped onto the stage of New York's Ed Sullivan Theater to make his debut on the "Late Show with David Letterman. "

七年之后，黄西如愿走上了纽约埃德·沙利文剧场，在《大卫深夜秀》上第一次登台亮相。

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Wong's wife and baby son were in the green room when he performed for the first time on Letterman.

在大卫秀第一次表演的时候，黄西的孩子和爱人都在演员休息室。

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Eddie Brill, a talent agent for The Late Show, says he thinks that Wong's talent will eventually outweigh his ethnicity .

《深夜脱口秀》的经纪人艾迪•布瑞尔（EddieBrill ）说，他认为黄西的才干最终将超越他的种族。

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"My English teacher told me , 'Who knew a Chinese guy can be funny ! '" Wong said.

黄西说道：“我的英文老师说，天晓得这个中国学生这么有趣！”

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So Liu and his schoolmates quickly designed an eye-catching poster for Huang's campus talk .

刘宇和同学们很快为黄西的校园演讲设计了一张醒目的海报。

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"I realized that Americans had this perception of Chinese people as being serious and unfunny, " Wong says .

“我意识到，美国人对中国人有这样的看法，认为中国人严肃、古板，”黄西说。

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But it wasn't Wong's dream , which still seemed a little half-baked, even to him .

但它不是黄西的梦想。对他来讲，还有不满足的地方。

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Wong kept practicing and performing at the club , until he became well known in Boston .

黄西继续在这家俱乐部练习加表演，直到他名扬波士顿。

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But Joe Wong was determined to become an American stand-up comic .

但是黄西坚决地想成为一名美国喜剧笑星。

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And, in October , he is scheduled in perform in Chinese cities, including Beijing and Shanghai .

随后，今年 10月，黄西预计将回中国，在北京、上海等地举办演出。

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His jokes are impossible for ordinary Chinese to get , he says .

他说，普通的中国人不可能理解黄西的笑话。

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But Joe Wong, a chemist turned comic, is having a tough time with an audience of 1 . 3 billion.

但从化学领域转战喜剧舞台的黄西（JoeWong ）却在 13亿观众面前遭遇滑铁卢。

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Good evening, everyone . My name is Joe Wong.

大家晚上好！我叫黄西。

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A widely followed blogger in China on cultural issues, He Caitou, says he decided not to recommend Mr. Wong to his 500, 000 subscribers .

在中国广受欢迎的文化问题博客作家和菜头说他决定不向自己的 500,000 读者推荐黄西。

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Mr. Wong's approach is scientific .

黄西沿袭了科学的方法。

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The invitation was forwarded more than 500 times in 20 hours , which means Huang would see his name tagged over 500 times .

该邀请在 20 小时内被转发了 500 多次，这就意味着黄西将会看到自己的名字被提到 500 多次。

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Mr. Wong isn't the first , of course , to find humor doesn't translate .

当然，黄西并不是第一个发现幽默无法翻译之人。

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Yet in China , where Mr. Wong grew up , people were puzzled from the start .

然而在黄西的家乡中国，人们从一开始就感到困惑。

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While Mr. Wong has been panned in China , he has fans among English-speaking Chinese .

尽管黄西在中国不受欢迎，但在讲英语的华人中有自己的粉丝。

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