戴尔英语红宝书 第95期

 

Topic: I’ll buy the first round.

Victor：Nancy今天我们又回到酒吧里面。

Nancy：I’ll buy the first round.

Victor：在酒吧喝酒的时候你和朋友说：“让我来买第一回。”要用round这个词。

Nancy：You say this when you are at a bar with your friends， but only at the bar not at the restaurant.

Victor：大家注意一定要在酒吧里面可以用这个round，如果在餐馆就不可以。

Nancy：It means¹ you’ll pay for everyone in your group’s drinks.

Victor：你要给大家买酒喝哦。

Nancy：And then someone else pays for the next round.

Victor：然后呢继续延绵下去。

Nancy：And so on and so on， and so on.

Victor：每个人轮着来。

Nancy：So, I’ll buy the first round.

Victor：I’ll buy the first round.

Nancy：Ok， that’s all for today.

Victor：Catch you later.

Bye-bye!

1 means   

n.方法，手段，折中点，物质财富

参考例句：

• That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
• We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。