托福词汇之欢乐时光辩论

　　Senator Lindsay Graham, who has yet to grace the main stage this year, iscredited with coining the term ‘happy hour debate', alluding to the lateafternoon starting time of the event. To judge from the shockingly high numberof Google hits for ‘republican debate drinking game', many Americans are takingthe notion of a happy hour debate literally.

　　共和党参议员格雷厄姆尚未在辩论中有什么出彩的表现，不过，他还是有一个贡献，那就是造出了“欢乐时光辩论”(happy hourdebate)这个词，借此暗指辩论在午后开始的时间。从谷歌搜索中有关“共和党辩论喝酒游戏”的大量惊人数据来看，很多美国人都把这个“欢乐时光”当真了。

　　Happy hour指饭店、酒吧等场所在特定时段，一般是下班后5点到8点左右，提供优惠价格饮食的营销方式。

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　　Well, when I'm in the first debate, which is the happy hour debate, at fiveo'clock, start drinking. By nine o'clock, Donald may make sense to you if youdrink enough.

　　嗯，我参加第一场辩论的时候，是五点开始，那是一场欢乐时光辩论，你们就开喝。到了九点，如果你喝的够多的话，川普说的话可能听着就有点道理了。