Neil: Hello and welcome to The English We Speak.I'm Neil Edgeller.
尼爾：大家好，歡迎收聽(tīng)地道英語(yǔ)節(jié)目。我是尼爾·埃杰勒。
Feifei: And I'm Feng Feifei. Neil, you look terrible! You've got red eyes, grey skin and your voiceis so rough!
菲菲：我是馮菲菲。尼爾，你看起來(lái)很糟糕!你的眼睛發(fā)紅，膚色發(fā)灰，聲音沙啞!
Neil: Oh, Feifei, you're right. I feel terrible. I went to a leaving do last night and I drank toomuch beer... and wine...
尼爾：菲菲，你說(shuō)得沒(méi)錯(cuò)。我感覺(jué)很糟。我昨晚參加了一個(gè)歡送會(huì)，我喝了太多啤酒，還有紅酒……
Feifei: A leaving do? Do?
菲菲：一個(gè)leaving do?Do?
Neil: Yes, a leaving do. A colleague has got a job at another company and had a party tocelebrate his last day.
尼爾：對(duì)，一個(gè)歡送會(huì)。一個(gè)同事在另一家公司找到了份新工作，所以他辦了個(gè)聚會(huì)來(lái)慶祝他在這里的最后一天。
Feifei: So it was a party?
菲菲：所以那是個(gè)派對(duì)?
Neil: Yes, that's what I said. It was a leaving do.
尼爾：對(duì)，就是我剛才說(shuō)過(guò)的，一個(gè)歡送會(huì)。
Feifei: Right, so 'do' is a noun and it means party?
菲菲：好，所以do在這里是個(gè)名詞，意思是聚會(huì)?
Neil: Yes, that's right. It's British English. Urgh.
尼爾：對(duì)，沒(méi)錯(cuò)。這是英式英語(yǔ)。
Feifei: Ah, so in British English, another word for party is 'do'.
菲菲：所以在英式英語(yǔ)中，派對(duì)也可以用do來(lái)表示。
A: Did you enjoy Mary's wedding?
A：你在瑪麗的婚禮上玩得開(kāi)心嗎?
B: Oh, it was an amazing do. The food was delicious and there was an excellent band playing.We danced all night!
B：哦，那真是個(gè)非常精彩的宴會(huì)。食物非常好吃，而且樂(lè)隊(duì)演奏非常棒。我們整晚都在跳舞!
A: Oh, hi Dave. We're having a bit of a do on Saturday and wondered if you and Sally would liketo come over?
A：你好，戴夫。我們打算周六舉行一場(chǎng)小型宴會(huì)，不知道你和薩莉愿不愿意來(lái)參加?
B: Thanks, that would be great. You two always put on a good do.
B：謝謝你，那真是太好了。你們兩個(gè)人總是舉辦精彩的宴會(huì)。
Feifei: So is this a common word?
菲菲：所以這個(gè)詞很常用嗎?
Neil: Yes, you'll hear it all the time: especially in certain phrases.
尼爾：對(duì)，你會(huì)經(jīng)常聽(tīng)到這個(gè)詞;尤其是在特定的詞組中。
Feifei: Like what?
菲菲：舉例來(lái)說(shuō)呢?
Neil: Well, a leaving do.
尼爾：比如歡送會(huì)。
Feifei: A leaving do.
菲菲：歡送會(huì)。
Neil: And a bit of a do–we're having a bit of a do.
尼爾：還有小型聚會(huì)，我們計(jì)劃辦場(chǎng)小型聚會(huì)。
Feifei: A bit of a do. So, was it a good leaving do last night?
菲菲：小型聚會(huì)。那昨晚的歡送會(huì)精彩嗎?
Neil: Um, yes, yes, yes it was very good... I think. I can't really remember...
尼爾：嗯，很棒，非常精彩……我想，其實(shí)我不太記得了……
Feifei: Go home and get some sleep!
菲菲：回家睡一會(huì)兒吧!
Neil: That's a very, very good idea. Bye for now.
尼爾：這是個(gè)非常棒的主意。現(xiàn)在該結(jié)束節(jié)目了。
Feifei: Bye!
菲菲：再見(jiàn)!
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