第10課:Dinner party 語言剖析
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對話場景
Elvin受邀參加David的家宴。他是怎麼和主人寒暄的？應該帶些什麼禮物呢？
Elvin was invited to join David's dinner party. How did he exchange greetings and make small talk with David？What present did he give？
David：Elvin，you made it!
（Elvin，你到啦！）
Elvin：I made it! Thank you so much for having me. Here's a little something for the wine rack.
（是啊！謝謝你邀請我們。帶了一瓶葡萄酒給你。）
David：Oh! Elvin, you shouldn't have! Please, leave your shoes on. Let me take your jackets. You're the first set of guests to arrive!
（Elvin,你太破費了！進來吧，不用脫鞋了。外套交給我。你們是最先來的客人！）
Elvin：David, I love what you've done with the place.
（David, 你的房子佈置得太棒了！）
David：Thanks! I can't take credit for it though. It was all Olivia.
（謝謝！不過功勞不在我，都是Olivia弄的。）
Elvin：She's got great taste! Where is she?
（她真有品味！她人呢？）
David：She's upstairs getting ready. We'll give you the Grand Tour when she's here. But first can I offer you a beer? Wine?
（她還在樓上準備。等她下來，我們帶你們參觀一下房子。但是先喝點東西吧，啤酒還是葡萄酒？）
Elvin：I'm driving, just a soda for me please.
（我要開車，汽水就行。）
David：How about some hors d'oeuvres? We had a catering company make us a couple of platters. They're delicious!
（要不要再來點小食？我們請了一家餐飲公司給我們做了一些拼盤。味道很棒！）
Elvin：How could I resist?
（這怎麼能拒絕呢？）
語言剖析
1. you make it
you make it 你到啦！
這在社交場合，比如聚會和晚宴“making it”不一定表示你在做什麼東西, 而是表示到達目的地，就像我們中文說'你到啦', '你來啦'。儘管這個表達方式在社交場合常用，不過別的情況下也能用。
I’m sick. I don’t think I can make it to work today. 我病了。我覺得我今天不能去上班了。
Traffic is terrible today. I don’t think I’ll make it on time.可是今天交通真差。我覺得我不能按時到了。
2. Thank you so much for having me. Here’s a little something for the wine rack.
Thank you so much for having me. 謝謝你邀請我們。
Here’s a little something for the wine rack.我爲你備了一點小東西放在紅酒加上，其實就是指我帶了一瓶葡萄酒給你。這裏的a little something表達的很有藝術哈，有沒有點像中文的一點心意，不成敬意呢？
3. 文化6：帶禮物去家宴
When invited to a home dinner party, it's common courtesy to bring a small gift to show appreciation for the hosts. The most common gifts include wine, flower, cheese or dessert, things that guests could all enjoy at the party.
如果被邀請去家宴，那最好帶一些小禮物表達對主人的感謝。最常見的禮物有: 紅酒、花、奶酪和甜品。總之帶一些大家在party上能一起分享的禮物是不會出錯的。
4. 客套話
Elvin you shouldn’t have! 指的是Oh ，Elvin you shouldn’t have brought the wine here. 你本不需要帶紅酒過來。言下之意就是你太破費了！
leave your shoes on. Let me take your jackets. “不用脫鞋子”，“把外套給我”等都是非常常用的客套用語，以盡地主之儀。
5. You’re the first set of guests to arrive!
You’re the first set of guests to arrive! 你們是最先來的客人
Set我們的印象裏好像只有設置的意思，其實set有很多意思，在這句話中set是名詞形式，表示group，一羣人，時尚一族叫做the smart set 殺馬特羣體；set還可以表示一套，一副，如a set of six chairs 六把成套的椅子；一副象棋，a chess set
5. take credit for it
take credit for it 表示因某事而受到讚揚
前兩天，來英舉行了英文演講比賽，某班獲得了團隊冠軍，班長上臺發表獲獎漢語的時候說，I can’t take all the credit for today’s game: I’ve got a great team behind me.我不能獨享今天比賽的榮譽：我背後有一個團隊。爲這麼一位優秀的班長點贊！
6. She’s got great taste!
She’s got great taste! 她真有品味！
前這裏的taste並不是表示食物 food哦，而是表示對於fashion /cloth style/decoration的品味。Wow, your mom has great taste in music!哇，你媽媽音樂的品位真好！
7. How could I resist?
How could I resist? 這怎麼能拒絕呢？
反問的語句比常見的OK更能體現欣然接受的心情，所以當別人向你發出邀請的時候你也可以用How could I resist?表示欣然接受。
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