美語(yǔ)會(huì)話 246 今晚有派對(duì)

Nikki greets Wen with a hug at the entrance to Howard University

Nikki:Hey, Wen! Welcome to D.C.! Glad you came out to visit!

Wen:Thanks for inviting me. Actually, I've never been anywhere with so many black people before. It's different.

Nikki:Howard is eighty percent black. But there are whites, and even Asians here. Thankfully, it's also coed.

Wen:Great! Is your dorm coed, too?

Nikki:Sorry, nope. But the Alpha Phi Alpha's are throwing a party tonight.

Wen:That's a black fraternity, right? So we should see some dancing!

coed (n.,a.)

男女合校;男女合校的

A: All the apartments at my university are coed.

我大學(xué)里的每個(gè)系都是男女合系。

B: You must have wild parties.

你們一定有很多瘋狂派對(duì)。

fraternity (n.)

兄弟會(huì)。是美國(guó)大學(xué)常見(jiàn)的學(xué)生社團(tuán)，多以希臘字母命名，文中的Alpha Phi Alpha 就是一例

Guys often have to humiliate themselves before they can join a fraternity.

男生總得先讓自己難堪才能加入兄弟會(huì)。

Howard University

哈沃德大學(xué)，是美國(guó)著名的黑人大學(xué)。D.C. = District of Columbia，哥倫比亞特區(qū)。就是指Washington, D.C.「華盛頓的哥倫比亞特區(qū)」，是美國(guó)的首府

My sister graduated from Howard University.

我姊姊是哈沃德大學(xué)畢業(yè)的。

dorm (n.)

宿舍

My dorm always has the best parties.

我的宿舍總是有最好的派對(duì)。

throw (v.)

主辦

A: When will I see you next?

我下次何時(shí)見(jiàn)到你?

B: I'm throwing a party next weekend—come over.

我下周末要辦個(gè)舞會(huì)——過(guò)來(lái)玩啊。

嘻哈美國(guó)黑人

妮琪在哈沃德大學(xué)門口擁抱并迎接小雯

妮琪：嗨，小雯!歡迎來(lái)到哥倫比亞特區(qū)!真高與你來(lái)這里玩!

小雯：謝謝你邀請(qǐng)我來(lái)。老實(shí)說(shuō)，我從沒(méi)到過(guò)黑人這么多的地方!感覺(jué)截然不同。

妮琪：哈沃德有八成的學(xué)生是黑人。但這里也有白人，甚至亞洲人。值得慶幸的是，它也是男女合校。

小雯：真棒!你的宿舍也是男女合宿嗎?

妮琪：抱歉，不是。ΑΦΑ兄弟會(huì)今晚有派對(duì)。

小雯：那是個(gè)黑人的兄弟會(huì)，對(duì)嗎?那我們應(yīng)該可以見(jiàn)識(shí)一些舞技了