英语口语红宝书 17

Victor：Nancy，今天我们来谈论一个有趣的‘launch party’。

Nancy：There’s a launch party Saturday night.

Nancy：A launch party is a grand opening for a magazine or something like that.

Victor：大家可能奇怪什么叫”launch party” ，”launch party”就是一个正规的开盘仪式，它经常会被一些杂志或是报纸所使用。

Nancy：So if someone starts a new magazine， they may invite all the other magazines， and local celebrities¹，

Victor：如果我有一个新杂志，那么那么我也会办一个launch party.

Nancy：And whoever else is lucky enough to get in.

Victor：如果你对我好的话，下一次我有launch party 会请你来哦。

Nancy：There’s a launch party Saturday night.

Victor：There’s a launch party Saturday night.

Nancy：Okay， that’s all for today.

Victor：Bye-bye.

Nancy：Bye-bye.

1 celebrities   

n.（尤指娱乐界的）名人( celebrity的名词复数 )；名流；名声；名誉

参考例句：

• He only invited A-list celebrities to his parties. 他只邀请头等名流参加他的聚会。
• a TV chat show full of B-list celebrities 由众多二流人物参加的电视访谈节目