【英语趣味课堂】告别单身派对-The Bachelorettte Party

Wendi: I wanna know what goes on at the bachelorette party. Have you had to throw one - like having been a bridesmaid - have you ever thrown a bachelorette party for a girlfriend?

 

Rachel: Yeah, but, I don't know if I want to talk about it.

 

Wendi: I don't need any serious details, but maybe kind of like, what's the whole point of it and what typically goes on?

 

Rachel: Oh, OK. Well, a bachelorette.... there's usually a bachelor¹ party.That's usually what you hear about in movies and on television, where the guys go out for one last final night out and it's supposed to be really crazy, and I guess for many years it wasn't traditional to have a bachelorette party for the girls but then, I don't know, with trying to be on the same ground, and equal rights maybe bechelorette parties came out. Basically,...

 

Wendi: The girls decided² to kick their heels³ up too.

 

Rachel: Yeah, exactly. So the girls have decided, "Yeah, OK, well if the guys can go out and party, the girls are going to go out and party too." And, usually it's a surprise. Usually there's a limo involved in picking everybody up and of course the bride can't look awful so she's gotta think something's going on. Maybe, she's going out to dinner with her husband or something, and yeah, the girls just all go out and usually drink a lot and I don't know, maybe go to places where there's a lot of good-looking guys, and yeah, it's supposed to - I guess - make the bride feel like she's lucky that she's getting married and doesn't have to deal with this crazy insanity⁴ of single life anymore.

 

Wendi: I've definitely⁵ kind of experienced⁶ and seen at bachelorette parties - I've even been to a bachelore party as well but - that was strange, but I've seen...

 

Rachel: Hopefully not the one jumping out of the cake.

 

Wendi: No. No. I've seen people, like, they kind of feel like it's like getting initiated⁷ onto a sports team. It's like, they feel the right to make the person do stupid things that they would never ask them to do any other day of the week.

 

Rachel: It's kind of like a sorority type thing I think.

 

Wendi: Yeah. It absolutely is. So have you ever kind of been at a bachelorette party where the girl getting married was asked to so something kind of strange or silly or foolish or just kind of off at all - or not so much?

 

Rachel: I think all of my friends are kind of off, so nothing out of the ordinary but you know, my standards might not be your standards.

 

Wendi: Fair enough. I think that's a good answer the question. So, I'll interpret⁸ that yes.

 

Rachel: Hey, you know what, they say you can plead⁹ the fifth ammendment my friend.

 

Wendi: You'll take the fifth?

 

Rachel: Yeah.

 

Wendi: OK. Fair enough.

1 bachelor   

n.单身汉，未婚者；学士学位

参考例句：

• She was a bachelor woman.她是一个独立生活的未婚女子。
• I graduated from Qinghua University and got a Bachelor Degree.我毕业于清华大学，获得学士学位.

2 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

3 heels   

n.高跟鞋；紧随某人；跟捬；飞奔逃跑；（袜子等的）后跟( heel的名词复数 )；足跟；有…后跟的；女高跟鞋

参考例句：

• Her heels clacked on the marble floor. 她的鞋后跟在大理石地面上发出咔嗒咔嗒的响声。
• The dogs yapped at his heels. 几只狗跟在他后面汪汪乱叫。

4 insanity   

n.疯狂，精神错乱；极端的愚蠢，荒唐

参考例句：

• In his defense he alleged temporary insanity.他伪称一时精神错乱，为自己辩解。
• He remained in his cell,and this visit only increased the belief in his insanity.他依旧还是住在他的地牢里，这次视察只是更加使人相信他是个疯子了。

5 definitely   

adv.一定地，肯定地；明确地，确切地

参考例句：

• The team will definitely lose if he doesn't play.如果他不参加比赛，这个队肯定会输。
• I shall definitely be home before six o'clock.6点以前，我一定回家。

6 experienced   

adj.有经验的；经验丰富的，熟练的

参考例句：

• Experienced seamen will advise you about sailing in this weather.有经验的海员会告诉你在这种天气下的航行情况。
• Perhaps you and I had better change over;you are more experienced.也许我们的工作还是对换一下好，你比我更有经验。

7 initiated   

n. 创始人 adj. 新加入的 vt. 开始，创始，启蒙，介绍加入

参考例句：

• He has not yet been thoroughly initiated into the mysteries of computers. 他对计算机的奥秘尚未入门。
• The artist initiated the girl into the art world in France. 这个艺术家介绍这个女孩加入巴黎艺术界。

8 interpret   

vt.解释，说明，理解；vi.作口译

参考例句：

• We have to interpret his words in a modern light.我们不得不用现代观点来解释他的话。
• Please interpret the comments of our foreign guest.请把外宾的话翻译一下。

9 plead   

vt.辩护，恳求，提出借口；vi.辩护，反对

参考例句：

• He had a good lawyer to plead his case.他请了一位出色的律师为自己的案子辩护。
• Are you ready to plead against the case offered by the defendant?你准备好反驳辩护人提出的问题了吗？