Larry昨天完晚上跟同事聚會，喝多了。李華今天要學(xué)兩個常用語，hangover和tipsy.

LL: Ugh. I feel terrible today, Li Hua. I have such a bad hangover from the drinking I did last night.

LH: Larry, 什么是hangover？你昨天不是跟同事聚會嗎？

LL: A hangover is the way you feel after you have had too much alcohol to drink at a party. Right now I have a head ache, my stomach hurts, and I'm very tired.

LH: 哦，hangover就是中文里說的“宿醉”。頭痛、惡心、還有四肢乏力都是宿醉的癥狀，是前一天晚上喝酒的后遺癥。

LL: Except that a hangover isn't as fun as the drinking I did the night before. Oooh. My head really hurts.

LH: Larry，你經(jīng)常會有hangover嗎？

LL: No, I don't, Li Hua. I really don't drink alcohol that much.

LH: 那昨天是什么重要的日子嗎？

LL: My office was holding a party to celebrate the completion of a project. I lost track of how much I was drinking, and now I'm hung over.

LH: Larry，有沒有什么辦法能讓你舒服一些嗎？

LL: Well, to help myself feel better, the first things I did when I got up this morning were to take some aspirin and eat a simple breakfast.

LH: 啊，你這么不舒服，居然還能吃得下東西？

LL: Well, it is true that since I am hung over, I don't have much of an appetite - but I did eat a plain piece of toast.

LH: 我覺得你今天應(yīng)該好好在家里休息。

LL: Yeah, I plan to get lots of rest today. Fortunately, it is the weekend, and I have two days to recover from my hangover.

LH: 我聽朋友說，一邊喝酒，一邊吃東西喝水，就能避免宿醉。

LL: Really, Li Hua? I'll have to try that the next time I'm drinking a lot at a party. I'd do anything to avoid getting another hangover.

LH: 其實啊，要想避免宿醉，最好的辦法就是不喝酒。

LL: Of course, Li Hua, but how much fun would that be?

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LL: So, Li Hua, I've never seen you drink very much, but I remember at my New Year's Eve party last year you got a little tipsy.

LH: Tipsy? 你是說我上次有點兒醉醺醺的嗎？

LL: Yes, tipsy is the feeling you have when you have had a little to drink, but you haven't yet had too much to drink. You feel relaxed, laugh a lot, and may do things that are a little silly.

LH: 我記得，去年元旦聚會，我確實有點兒喝多了，但沒醉。那種感覺輕飄飄的。我每次喝到tipsy就會臉紅，然后就開始講笑話。

LL: Actually, when you started telling jokes that is when I knew you were tipsy, Li Hua. You don't tell jokes that often.

LH: 沒錯，我平時挺嚴(yán)肅，不太講笑話，大概只有喝過酒以后，特別放松的時候，才會講笑話。

LL: You know, when I get tipsy, Li Hua, I get a little clumsy. I might spill my drink, bump into some one near me, or drop my napkin.

LH: 這么說元旦聚會時你也有點兒喝多了？我還記得你把酒了一地。當(dāng)時大家都有說有笑，所以沒有人注意到。

LL: That's right. I guess we were both tipsy that night, Li Hua.

LH: 雖說有點暈，但我還是很清醒。我一直告訴自己，千萬不能喝多了。

LL: And that is a good thing, Li Hua. Being tipsy at a party is fine, but drinking too much can lead to problems.

LH: 是啊，有的人喝多了就會找碴生事，掃大家的興。

LL: And some people get really sad when they drink too much. I think it is probably best to stop drinking when you feel tipsy and are just having a good time.

LH: 不過，即使光是有些tipsy, 沒有醉，也不能自己開車回家，美國有關(guān)醉酒駕駛的法律是非常嚴(yán)格的。

LL: That's right, Li Hua. If I notice my guests are a little tipsy, I ask them to wait until they are completely sober before they leave - or I find some one who hasn't been drinking to drive them home.

LH: 你真夠意思。不過別忘了，喝多了酒還有另外一個非常嚴(yán)重的問題！

LL: What's that?

LH: 你忘了？宿醉啊！

今天李華學(xué)到了兩個常用語。一個是hangover, 指宿醉。另一個是tipsy, 指有些醉意。