流行美语 (Popular American) 273

Larry昨天完晚上跟同事聚会，喝多了。李华今天要学两个常用语，hangover和tipsy.

LL: Ugh. I feel terrible today, Li Hua. I have such a bad hangover from the drinking I did last night.

LH: Larry, 什么是hangover？你昨天不是跟同事聚会吗？

LL: A hangover is the way you feel after you have had too much alcohol¹ to drink at a party. Right now I have a head ache, my stomach hurts, and I'm very tired.

LH: 哦，hangover就是中文里说的“宿醉”。头痛、恶心、还有四肢乏力都是宿醉的症状，是前一天晚上喝酒的后遗症。

LL: Except that a hangover isn't as fun as the drinking I did the night before. Oooh. My head really hurts.

LH: Larry，你经常会有hangover吗？

LL: No, I don't, Li Hua. I really don't drink alcohol that much.

LH: 那昨天是什么重要的日子吗？

LL: My office was holding a party to celebrate the completion of a project. I lost track of how much I was drinking, and now I'm hung over.

LH: Larry，有没有什么办法能让你舒服一些吗？

LL: Well, to help myself feel better, the first things I did when I got up this morning were to take some aspirin² and eat a simple breakfast.

LH: 啊，你这么不舒服，居然还能吃得下东西？

LL: Well, it is true that since I am hung over, I don't have much of an appetite - but I did eat a plain piece of toast.

LH: 我觉得你今天应该好好在家里休息。

LL: Yeah, I plan to get lots of rest today. Fortunately, it is the weekend, and I have two days to recover from my hangover.

LH: 我听朋友说，一边喝酒，一边吃东西喝水，就能避免宿醉。

LL: Really, Li Hua? I'll have to try that the next time I'm drinking a lot at a party. I'd do anything to avoid getting another hangover.

LH: 其实啊，要想避免宿醉，最好的办法就是不喝酒。

LL: Of course, Li Hua, but how much fun would that be?

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LL: So, Li Hua, I've never seen you drink very much, but I remember at my New Year's Eve party last year you got a little tipsy.

LH: Tipsy? 你是说我上次有点儿醉醺醺的吗？

LL: Yes, tipsy is the feeling you have when you have had a little to drink, but you haven't yet had too much to drink. You feel relaxed, laugh a lot, and may do things that are a little silly.

LH: 我记得，去年元旦聚会，我确实有点儿喝多了，但没醉。那种感觉轻飘飘的。我每次喝到tipsy就会脸红，然后就开始讲笑话。

LL: Actually, when you started telling jokes that is when I knew you were tipsy, Li Hua. You don't tell jokes that often.

LH: 没错，我平时挺严肃，不太讲笑话，大概只有喝过酒以后，特别放松的时候，才会讲笑话。

LL: You know, when I get tipsy, Li Hua, I get a little clumsy³. I might spill my drink, bump⁴ into some one near me, or drop my napkin.

LH: 这么说元旦聚会时你也有点儿喝多了？我还记得你把酒了一地。当时大家都有说有笑，所以没有人注意到。

LL: That's right. I guess we were both tipsy that night, Li Hua.

LH: 虽说有点晕，但我还是很清醒。我一直告诉自己，千万不能喝多了。

LL: And that is a good thing, Li Hua. Being tipsy at a party is fine, but drinking too much can lead to problems.

LH: 是啊，有的人喝多了就会找碴生事，扫大家的兴。

LL: And some people get really sad when they drink too much. I think it is probably best to stop drinking when you feel tipsy and are just having a good time.

LH: 不过，即使光是有些tipsy, 没有醉，也不能自己开车回家，美国有关醉酒驾驶的法律是非常严格的。

LL: That's right, Li Hua. If I notice my guests are a little tipsy, I ask them to wait until they are completely sober⁵ before they leave - or I find some one who hasn't been drinking to drive them home.

LH: 你真够意思。不过别忘了，喝多了酒还有另外一个非常严重的问题！

LL: What's that?

LH: 你忘了？宿醉啊！

今天李华学到了两个常用语。一个是hangover, 指宿醉。另一个是tipsy, 指有些醉意。
 

1 alcohol   

n.酒精，乙醇；含酒精的饮料

参考例句：

• The law forbids shops to sell alcohol to minors.法律禁止商店向未成年者出售含酒精的饮料。
• The alcohol is industrial.这些酒精是供工业用的。

2 aspirin   

n.阿司匹林

参考例句：

• The aspirin seems to quiet the headache.阿司匹林似乎使头痛减轻了。
• She went into a chemist's and bought some aspirin.她进了一家药店，买了些阿司匹林。

3 clumsy   

adj.笨手笨脚；不圆滑的，缺乏技巧的

参考例句：

• He is clumsy with his hands.他的一双手很笨。
• Its body looks heavy and clumsy when it has eaten its fill.它步态蹒跚，吃饱了的身体更显得笨拙可笑。

4 bump   

v.（against,into）碰，颠簸；n.碰撞，隆起物

参考例句：

• I heard a bump in the next room.我听到隔壁房间传来“砰”的一声。
• He got a bad bump on his forehead.他碰得前额隆起一个大包。

5 sober   

adj.清醒的，沉着冷静的，稳重的，颜色暗淡的；vt.使清醒，使沉着；vi.清醒，冷静下来

参考例句：

• He talked to us in a sober friendly fashion.他以冷静而又友好的方式同我们交谈。
• The man was still sober when he went home.那人回到家时头脑依然清醒。