2012年ESL之餐饮娱乐 06 Going to a Bar

 

Going to a Bar 

I’d been complaining to a coworker, Amy, about having to move to the burbs for my job. She said that there were plenty of things to do outside of the city and invited me to a bar she likes.

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Amy: Hey, there you are. 

Mykhailo: Hey, so this is the famous McQ’s you’ve been talking about. 

Amy: This is it. What would you like to drink? They have several beers on tap and pretty good well drinks. 

Mykhailo: I think I’ll get a couple of shots. 

Amy: On a Wednesday night? You guys do party hard in the city. 

Mykhailo: I’ve had a really rough week and I welcome any excuse to let my hair down. That said, I won’t be getting stinking¹ drunk² on a school night. You were right. This place is nice. It even has a dance floor. 

Amy: On the weekends, there’s a live band or a DJ, although there’s also a cover charge on Fridays and Saturdays. 

Mykhailo: So you do know how to party in the burbs. 

Amy: Didn’t I tell you? 

Mykhailo: But for me to get a thorough³ impression of the burbs, I’ll have to come here to check it out this weekend. What are you doing Saturday night? 

Amy: Actually, I plan on coming here. 

Mykhailo: Want some company? 

 

Script⁴ by Dr. Lucy Tse 

1 stinking   

adj.臭的，烂醉的，讨厌的v.散发出恶臭( stink的现在分词 )；发臭味；名声臭；糟透

参考例句：

• I was pushed into a filthy, stinking room. 我被推进一间又脏又臭的屋子里。
• Those lousy, stinking ships. It was them that destroyed us. 是的！就是那些该死的蠢猪似的臭飞船！是它们毁了我们。 来自英汉非文学 - 科幻

2 drunk   

adj.醉酒的；(喻)陶醉的；n.酗酒者，醉汉

参考例句：

• People who drives when they are drunk should be heavily penalised.醉酒驾车的人应受重罚。
• She found him drunk when she came home at night.她晚上回家时，经常发现他醉醺醺的。

3 thorough   

adj. 彻底的，完全的，精心的

参考例句：

• He made a very thorough analysis on the situation.他对形势的分析很透彻。
• The committee reported its findings after a thorough investigation.委员会在彻底调查以后报告了调查结果。

4 script   

n.剧本，广播稿；文字体系；笔迹，手迹

参考例句：

• It's easy to identify his script.他的笔迹容易辨认。
• The script is massaged into final form.这篇稿子经过修改已定稿。