A:Shawn,how long have you been in China?
Shawn,你来中国多久了?
B:A bit over 4 months,I guess.
四个多月了,我想
A:Have you noticed any difference between Chinese and Canadian?
有没有注意到中国人和加拿大人不一样的地方
B:A lot.But ther's one thing that's really unique about Chinese.I mean Chinese people like to offer me smokes.
有很多,但有一件事儿挺特别的。中国人总给我第烟
A:Is there anything wrong with that?
有什么不对吗?
B:Nothing,I mean in Cnanda,smokes are like $4 to $5,which is like 20 or 25 kuai in China.So people don't bum smokes off of other people.
没什么不对的。我是说在加拿大,烟特别贵。大约四五块。合人民币二十到二十五块。所以人们通常不会要烟抽
A:Then what do people do if they really wanna smoke?
那要是人们特想抽呢/
B:Well it depends.As for me. I would ask my friends for a drag,which means I take their cigarette and smoke it.Then I return it back .
那得看情况而定了。对我来说,我会借来抽几口,然后在还回去。
A:Why don't you just bum a cigarette?
你怎么不干脆要一棵抽呢?
B:I don't wanna be called social smokers.
我可不想被叫为social smoker
A:What does that mean?
那是什么意思?
B:A social smoker is a person who smokes only when his friends smoke.Sometimes we call those people a mooch.
social smoker就是那种自己不带烟,专门向别人要烟抽的那种人
A:Where does smoking get you ?
吸烟究竟有什么好处?
B:Nothing but bad breath and lung cancer.
除了口臭和肺癌之外没什么
A:[Chuckles]Funny smokers.
[笑]可笑的烟民啊
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[1]bum是一个多义词,这句话里的bum表示'要'。所以如果你是烟民的话,想向老外们要烟时就可以说Could I bum a smoke?
[2]drag的意思是连吸几口,老外们如果不好意思向朋友们要烟抽,他们就会说Can I have a drag?
[3]social smoker是指自己不带烟,专门向朋友们要烟抽的那种人。类似的说法还有social drinker,当然就是指专门向朋友们要酒喝的那种人了。
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