中国加入世贸组织十周年

短语讲解：

1. In the evening he works on his stand-up routine.

work on致力于…
例句：He has been working on a new novel for over a year now.
近一年多来, 他一直在写一部新小说。

2. Yoram says he became a comic by accident.

by accident偶然地
例句：He made this mistake by accident.
他犯这个错误纯属偶然。

3. I wrote a parody of an economics textbook, just to kind of blow off steam and one thing led to another and it got published in a science humour journal called the Annals of Improbably Research.

lead to导致, 引起
例句：An ordinary cold can soon lead to a fever.
一场普通的感冒很快便会引起高烧。

4. Yoram's material is full of academic references.

full of充满
例句：Mary's heart was full of distress.
玛丽的心里充满痛苦。

5. And he's particularly keen on the idea of taxing carbon emissions.

be keen on喜爱
例句：He is keen on angling.
他喜欢钓鱼。

6. By using something like a carbon tax or a tax on air pollution in China then, not only do you generate revenue that you can use to provide social services or reduce existing taxes, but you also clean up pollution and reduce the resulting health impacts and other impacts on society that weigh very heavily here in China.

clean up打扫; 清理
例句：Let me clean up the broken glass before someone walks on it.
我来把碎玻璃扫掉, 以免有人踩到。

7. He just seems to be able to connect with what's going on in the world and make it funny

connect with使有关系
例句：The police have sufficient evidence to connect the suspect with the explosion.
警察有充足的证据认为该疑犯与爆炸案有关。