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Understanding Sentences 1.Why is it that several students in a class will fall out of their chairs laughing after I tell a joke while the rest of the students look as if I ’ ve just read the weather report? Paraphrase When I tell a joke, some students can understand it and laugh, but other students can not, so, for them, the joke seems to be as common as the weather report.