好漢不醉無歸，在中國為什么很多人喜歡敬酒

 
好漢不醉無歸，在中國為什么很多人喜歡敬酒
 
來聽今天的講解:
 
A: Bob! Your eyes look bloodshot. Did you not sleep well?
 
鮑勃!你滿眼血絲,沒睡好?
 
B: I had a drop too much last night. I attended a banquet given by a Chinese colleague of mine. And it was startling for me to find that people are forced to drink against their will on a Chinese table.
 
我昨晚喝得太多了。我參加了一位中國同事的宴會。我驚訝地發(fā)現(xiàn)，人們被迫在中國的桌子上違背自己的意愿喝酒。
 
A: you have it right. Alcohol is a medium for communicating emotion in China. Drinking with business partners or would-be friends is a way of solidifying friendship, especially in Northern China.
 
你說得對。在中國，酒精是一種交流情感的媒介。與商業(yè)伙伴或潛在朋友喝酒是鞏固友誼的一種方式，尤其是在中國北方。
 
B: I just felt embarrassed if I refused to drink when people toasted to me. But if I keep gulping down one cup after another, I'm afraid I would feel unfit or sick.
 
當(dāng)人們向我敬酒時，如果我拒絕喝酒，我會感到尷尬。但如果我一杯接一杯地大口喝下去，我擔(dān)心我會感到身體不適或生病。
 
A: you lose face by refusing to drink, and the host might think you refuse to give him face. The right thing to do seems to be drinking yourself into incoherence until you throw up. This will endear you to your friends.
 
你拒絕喝酒會丟臉，而主人可能會認(rèn)為你拒絕給他面子。正確的做法似乎是把自己喝得語無倫次，直到吐出來。這會讓你受到朋友的喜愛。
 
B: a few guys even threw a drunken fit last night, crying hoarsely and bawling whole heaps of nonsense that I never understood.
 
昨晚甚至有幾個家伙喝醉了，聲嘶力竭地哭了起來，還大喊了一大堆我從來都聽不懂的廢話。
 
A: then he must be opening his heart to the friends. In a word, as long as you demonstrate a rediness to drink more in spite of already suffering extreme discomfort, no one will jeer at you.
 
那么他一定是在向朋友敞開心扉。總之，只要你表現(xiàn)出在已經(jīng)極度不舒服的情況下仍想多喝一杯，就沒有人會嘲笑你。
 
B: I got you. Next time. I'll perface a toast with a statement like 'I can't drink any more' and then drink anyway.
 
我了解了。下次。我會在祝酒時說“我不能再喝了”，然后無論如何都要喝酒。