SCENE① A 鋼琴學校里 赫伯特與柔絲見面之后隔天

【她放我鴿子】

Sue: Well, how did it go last night?

蘇： 怎么樣，昨天晚上怎么樣？

Rose: It went OK.

蘇： 還好。

Sue: What does that mean? Did you meet that young girl?

蘇： 這是什么意思？你有沒有見到那個小女孩？

Rose: No, she ¹⁾ stood me up. And she didn't send me an e-mail to say why.

柔絲： 沒有，她放我鴿子，而且也沒有寄電子郵件告訴我怎么回事。

Sue: So did you go home?

蘇： 所以你就回家了？

Rose: No. I stayed to have a ²⁾ drink.

柔絲： 沒有。我留下來喝了一杯。

Sue: A drink? Do you mean an ³⁾ alcoholic drink? But Rose, you don't drink!

蘇： 喝一杯？你是說喝酒嗎？但是，柔絲，你不喝酒啊！

語言詳解

A: Are beverages included in the price?

這個價錢有包括飲料嗎？

B: Yes. But only non-alcoholic ones.

有。但是只限非酒精飲料。

【to stand someone up 放（某人）鴿子】

當你跟人約會，在約定的時間地點卻沒看到對方，就可以說I was stood up. 我被放鴿子。或是He stood me up.他放我鴿子。

A: I waited for him for an hour! He never came!

我等了他一個小時！他都沒來！

B: He stood you up again?

他又放你鴿子了？

A: Can't you go out with her another day?

你不能改天再跟她出去嗎？

B: It's too late to cancel, and I don't want to stand her up.

現在取消太遲了，而我不想放她鴿子。

1) stand...up 放（某人）鴿子，跟（某人）約會卻沒有出現，stood 是 stand 的過去式。

2) drink (n.,v.) 酒（飲料），喝（酒）

3) alcoholic (a.) 酒精的