【话匣子英语】聚会

人们总是热衷于参加聚会，各种各样的聚会。圣诞节和复活节的聚会尤其多....

 

Harp¹: Yes. So today we’re gonna talk about parties.

 

Maura: Yay! I love parties.

 

Harp: Me too. And I love how many parties there are during the Christmas season.

 

Maura: That’s right. There are so many parties. There are Christmas parties, parties for New Year’s as well, and really all kinds of other holiday parties.

 

Harp: Yes. So today we’re gonna break it down by first talking about different types of parties.

 

Maura: And then we’re going to talk about planning parties. And to be honest, it’s mostly Harp who’ll be talking and I’ll be asking the questions.

 

Harp: Yep. And then we’re gonna talk about expressions with the word party in them.

 

Maura: Yes. You heard right. This episode² is all about partying.

 

Harp: Let’s get started.

 

Maura: All right. So first we’re going to talk about different kinds of parties.

 

Harp: Yes. So obviously³, this is the holiday season, so you have a holiday party.

 

Maura: That’s right. There are lots of parties at this time. There are parties with family and there are parties with friends.

 

Harp: And I would say almost every company has some sort of a work holiday party.

 

Maura: Yeah. I know my family always gets together around Christmas and most of my family gets together for other holidays too, like Thanksgiving and Easter.

 

Harp: Yeah. Same thing for my family. We have a lot of parties during the holidays.

 

Maura: Oh, really. Usually, my mom and my dad’s families, they just have one big party with everyone who’s invited.

 

Harp: Yeah. I see a lot of people doing that.

 

Maura: Yeah. It makes sense because everyone is together. Everyone gets to see each other at the same time.

1 harp   

n.竖琴；天琴座

参考例句：

• She swept her fingers over the strings of the harp.她用手指划过竖琴的琴弦。
• He played an Irish melody on the harp.他用竖琴演奏了一首爱尔兰曲调。

2 episode   

n.（作品的一段）情节，插曲，系列事件中之一

参考例句：

• The episode was a huge embarrassment for all concerned.这段小插曲令所有有关人员都感到非常尴尬。
• This episode remains sharply engraved on my mind.这段经历至今仍深深地铭刻在我的心中。

3 obviously   

adv.显然；明白地

参考例句：

• Obviously they were putting him to a severe test.显然他们是在给他以严峻的考验。
• Obviously he was lying.显然他是在撒谎。