白领应急英语口语 工作之余78 消遣娱乐

范例一：Learn to play Majiang  学打麻将

M: Have you ever played Majiang?  你有玩过麻将吗？

W: Not really, but I know it is very popular a traditional Chinese gambling game.
没有，但是我知道它是一项非常受欢迎的中国传统的赌博游戏。

M: Yes, some friends play it all day, all night, and sometimes a whole weekend. I tried to read about some basic rules online, but it is hard to understand. So I went to watch people play yesterday only to find I was even more confused. I think I have to work hard on those rules and more learning by doing. Practice makes the master.
是的，有些朋友整天整夜，甚至有时整个星期都在玩。我试着在网上看一些基本的规则，但是太难理解了。所以昨天我跑去看一下人打，没想到我更加困惑了。我想我必须努力研究这些规则，通过做来学。实践出主人。

W: Typical Francis, whether you are at work, or engaged in leisure time activities, you always show the same eagerness and curiosity to learn something new and improve yourself.
Francis这就是你，无论你是工作还是参加休闲活动，你总是对表现出同样的渴望和好奇心去学习新东西和提升自己。

M: It is important to keep your mind up-to-date and active.
保持思想的与时俱进和积极主动是很重要的。

范例二：Cool down  冷静

M: I am going to celebrate my birthday with you all in a night club this year, what do you say?
今年我打算和你们所有人在夜总会庆祝我的生日，你们觉得怎样？

W: Fantastic! I enjoy clubbing, especially those clubs with live bands. The only fly in the ointment is that the air is bad, full of smoke, and the music is too loud, so conversations are not really possible. Once I nearly got burnt by a cigarette.
太好了！我喜欢泡夜总会，特别是那些有现场乐队的俱乐部。唯一扫兴的是那里的空气太差了，到处是烟味，音乐太吵了，所以谈话时不太可能的。我有一次还被一根烟烫伤。

M: How did that happen?
怎么发生的？

W: A wild dancer dropped it on my left foot and said nothing about it. If I had drunk enough and I would have had the bold to punch him in the face.
一个狂热的舞者仍到我的左脚上，然后什么都没有说。如果我喝得够醉，我就有勇气一拳打到他脸上。

M: Sounds cool! But that is not what a lady should do. People are easy to lose head in a night club and being drunk.
听起来太酷了！但是这不是一个淑女应该做的。人们在夜总会是很容易失去理智和喝醉的。