学生:Drew,你喜欢聚会吗? Student: Drew.Do you like going to parties?
老师:是的,我朋友说我是聚会迷。
Teacher:Yes .My friends say I m a real party animal.
学生:你们国家里聚会是什么样子的?
Student:What s the party like in your country?
老师:你知道,在加拿大,啤酒是很贵的,所以,通常我们都自带酒,这叫BYOB聚会,我们也玩儿一些游戏,有时会玩得很疯。
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.
学生:你们聚会时都干些什么?喝酒吗?
Student:What do you do at parties, drinking?
老师:当然,我们喝酒,跳舞,泡妞,开心—
Teacher:Yeah,we drink, dance, pick up hot chicks and have fun.
学生:Hot chick是什么意思?
Student:Hot chic1
老师:漂亮姑娘。
Teacher:That means2 beautiful girls.
学生:校园里有很多聚会吗?
Student:Are there lots of parties on campus3?
老师:是啊,我们经常考试后聚一聚,你知道我们需要放松,因此就去泡吧。
Teacher:Yeah.We would party after exams.You know we need to relax. So we hit the bars.
学生:Hit是什么意思?
Student:Hit?
老师:噢,Hit在这里不是指打的意思,Hit the bar表示我们列一张酒吧的单子,然后挨个去逛。
Teacher:Oh! Hit the bars doesn t mean we hit them.It means we make a list of bars and go around them.
学生:噢,谢谢。
Student:Oh. Thanks.
老师:没问题。
Teacher:You re welcome.
1.BYOB是英语Bring Your Own Beer的首字母缩写。由于国外的酒很贵,因此人们会自带酒水,在国外外时可要当心,别轻易向别人要烟或酒,弄不好就会被别人当成Social smoker或Social drinker,就是那些自己不带烟或不买酒,却总是向别人要的那种人。
2.Drinking games,国外的drinking games和国内可不一样,有一种游戏是互相问问题,不管多尴尬都要回答,甚至有人会问你:Who did you sleep with last night?
3.Pick up hot chicks中文的直译是泡妞。hot chicks是男孩对女孩的称呼,尤其是漂亮女孩儿。男孩儿们更常说的是"Let s go to the bar and pick up some hot chicks."绝对地道。
4.hit the bars不要被hit这个词迷惑,hit the bar在这里就是指去泡吧,hit就是go to的意思。另外还有几个跟hit有关的用法,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表示聚会迷,需要注意的是animal表达这种含义时,仅用于这种情况,千万别自创出什么movie animal来,那就出笑话了。