Section 6: Having Fun with Friends

Unit 59: Going to a Dinner Party

参加晚宴

At the Dinner Party

host greeting guests
Dan (the host) greets Tom and Jenny (the guests) at the door.
giving bottle of wine
They give him a bottle of wine they brought.
saying hello to people
Inside, they say hello to some people they know.
Dan introducing people
Dan introduces them to some people.
shaking hands
They shake hands...
making small talk
...and make some small talk.
having dinner
They have their dinner.
saying goodnight
At the end of the evening, the guests say goodnight and thank Dan.

For Special Attention

bring a bottle of wine = it's polite in America for a guest at an adult party to bring a bottle of wine; it's also polite for a host to say that the gift is unnecessary. — 在美国成人派对上，客人带一瓶葡萄酒是礼貌的；主人说不必带礼物也是礼貌的。
small talk = is talk about some unimportant topic like the weather or sports; you "make small talk" and "make conversation." — 聊天气、体育等无关紧要的话题。
evening = is the time from about sundown until about midnight. — 从日落前后到午夜左右的时间段。

Key Vocabulary

Verbs

单词音标中文
bring/brɪŋ/带来
give/gɪv/给
greet/grit/迎接
go to/goʊ tɪ/去参加
have/hæv/享用（晚餐）
introduce/ˌɪntrəˈdus/介绍
know [knew]/noʊ [nu]/认识
make/meɪk/进行（交谈）
say goodnight/seɪ ˈgʊdˌnaɪt/道晚安
say hello/seɪ həˈloʊ/问好
shake hands/ʃeɪk hændz/握手
thank/θæŋk/感谢

Nouns

单词音标中文
bottle/ˈbɑtəl/瓶子
dinner party/ˈdɪnɚ ˈpɑrti/晚宴
door/dɔr/门
end/ɛnd/结束
evening/ˈivnɪŋ/晚上
guest/gɛst/客人
host/hoʊst/主人
people/ˈpipəl/人们
small talk/smɔl tɔk/闲聊
snack/snæk/小吃
wine/waɪn/葡萄酒
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