白领口语应急80主题 工作之余78 消遣娱乐

78.消遣娱乐

常用应急场景

范例一：Learn to play Majiang

M: Have you ever played Majiang?

W: Not really, but I know it is very popular a traditional Chinese gambling¹ game.

M: Yes, some friends play it all day, all night, and sometimes a whole weekend. I tried to read about some basic rules online, but it is hard to understand. So I went to watch people play yesterday only to find I was even more confused. I think I have to work hard on those rules and more learning by doing. Practice makes the master.

W: Typical Francis, whether you are at work, or engaged in leisure time activities, you always show the same eagerness and curiosity to learn something new and improve yourself.

M: It is important to keep your mind up-to-date and active.

范例二：Cool down

M: I am going to celebrate my birthday with you all in a night club this year, what do you say?

W: Fantastic! I enjoy clubbing, especially those clubs with live bands. The only fly in the ointment² is that the air is bad, full of smoke, and the music is too loud, so conversations are not really possible. Once I nearly got burnt by a cigarette.

M: How did that happen?

W: A wild dancer dropped it on my left foot and said nothing about it. If I had drunk enough and I would have had the bold to punch him in the face.

M: Sounds cool! But that is not what a lady should do. People are easy to lose head in a night club and being drunk.

1 gambling   

n.赌博；投机

参考例句：

• They have won a lot of money through gambling.他们赌博赢了很多钱。
• The men have been gambling away all night.那些人赌了整整一夜。

2 ointment   

n.药膏，油膏，软膏

参考例句：

• Your foot will feel better after the application of this ointment.敷用这药膏后，你的脚会感到舒服些。
• This herbal ointment will help to close up your wound quickly.这种中草药膏会帮助你的伤口很快愈合。