學(xué)生:Drew,你喜歡聚會(huì)嗎?
Student:Drew.Do you like going to parties?
老師:是的,我朋友說(shuō)我是聚會(huì)迷。
Teacher:Yes .My friends say I'm a real party animal.
學(xué)生:你們國(guó)家里聚會(huì)是什么樣子的?
Student:What's the party like in your country?
老師:你知道,在加拿大,啤酒是很貴的,所以,通常我們都自帶酒,這叫BYOB聚會(huì),我們也玩兒一些游戲,有時(shí)會(huì)玩得很瘋。
Teacher: Well,you know,Cause beer is very expensive in Canada.We always bring our own beer. It's called BYOB party,and we play drinking games,sometimes it's really crazy.
學(xué)生:你們聚會(huì)時(shí)都干些什么?喝酒嗎?
Student:What do you do at parties, drinking?
老師:當(dāng)然,我們喝酒,跳舞,泡妞,開(kāi)心----
Teacher:Yeah,we drink, dance, pick up, hot chicks and have fun.
學(xué)生:Hot chick是什么意思?
Student:Hot chick?
老師:漂亮姑娘。
Teacher:That means beautiful girls.
學(xué)生:校園里有很多聚會(huì)嗎?
Student:Are there lots of parties on campus?
老師:是啊,我們經(jīng)??荚嚭缶垡痪郏阒牢覀冃枰潘?,因此就去泡吧。
Teacher:Yeah.We would party after exams.You know we need to relax. So we hit the bars.
學(xué)生:Hit是什么意思?
Student:Hit?
老師:噢,Hit在這里不是指打的意思,Hit the bar表示我們列一張酒吧的單子,然后挨個(gè)去逛。
Teacher:Oh! Hit the bars doesn't mean we hit them.It means we make a list of bars and go around them.
學(xué)生:噢,謝謝。
Student:Oh. Thanks.
老師:沒(méi)問(wèn)題。
Teacher:You're welcome.
1.BYOB是英語(yǔ)Bring Your Own Beer的首字母縮寫(xiě)。由于國(guó)外的酒很貴(4到5美元或加元),因此人們會(huì)自帶酒水,在國(guó)外外時(shí)可要當(dāng)心,別輕易向別人要煙或酒,弄不好就會(huì)被別人當(dāng)成Social smoker或Social drinker,就是那些自己不帶煙或不買(mǎi)酒,卻總是向別人要的那種人。
2.Drinking games,國(guó)外的drinking games和國(guó)內(nèi)可不一樣,有一種游戲是互相問(wèn)問(wèn)題,不管多尷尬都要回答,甚至有人會(huì)問(wèn)你:Who did you sleep with last night?
3.Pick up hot chicks中文的直譯是泡妞。hot chicks是男孩對(duì)女孩的稱(chēng)呼,尤其是漂亮女孩兒。男孩兒們更常說(shuō)的是"Let's go to the bar and pick up some hot chicks。"絕對(duì)地道。
4.hit the bars不要被hit這個(gè)詞迷惑,hit the bar在這里就是指去泡吧,hit就是go to的意思。另外還有幾個(gè)跟hit有關(guān)的用法,也很常用,比如hit the road表示Let's go. hit the book表示Let's study. hit the sack表示Go to bed.
5.Party animal表示聚會(huì)迷,需要注意的是animal表達(dá)這種含義時(shí),僅用于這種情況,千萬(wàn)別自創(chuàng)出什么movie animal來(lái),那就出笑話了.