VOA流行美語 Unit 273:hangover和tipsy.
Larry昨天完晚上跟同事聚會，喝多了。李華今天要學兩個常用語，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, 什麼是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就是中文裏說的“宿醉”。頭痛、噁心、還有四肢乏力都是宿醉的症狀，是前一天晚上喝酒的後遺症。
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: 那昨天是什麼重要的日子嗎？
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，有沒有什麼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，你這麼不舒服，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: 我覺得你今天應該好好在家裏休息。
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，然後就開始講笑話。
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，我平時挺嚴肅，不太講笑話，大概只有喝過酒以後，特別放鬆的時候，纔會講笑話。
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: 這麼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，美國有關醉酒駕駛的法律是非常嚴格的。
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重的問題！
LL: What's that?
LH: 你忘了？宿醉啊！
今天李華學到了兩個常用語。一個是hangover, 指宿醉。另一個是tipsy, 指有些醉意。
