SCENE① A  钢琴学校里  赫伯特与柔丝见面之后隔天 

【她放我鸽子】

Sue:                   Well, how did it go last night?

苏：            怎么样，昨天晚上怎么样？

Rose:          It went OK.

苏：            还好。

Sue:                   What does that mean? Did you meet that young girl?

苏：            这是什么意思？你有没有见到那个小女孩？

Rose:          No, she ¹⁾ stood me up. And she didn't send me an e-mail to say why.

柔丝：         没有，她放我鸽子，而且也没有寄电子邮件告诉我怎么回事。

Sue:            So did you go home?

苏：            所以你就回家了？

Rose:          No. I stayed to have a ²⁾  drink.

柔丝：         没有。我留下来喝了一杯。

Sue:            A drink? Do you mean an ³⁾ alcoholic drink? But Rose, you don't drink!

苏：            喝一杯？你是说喝酒吗？但是，柔丝，你不喝酒啊！

语言详解

A: Are beverages included in the price?

    这个价钱有包括饮料吗？

B: Yes. But only non-alcoholic ones.

    有。但是只限非酒精饮料。

【to stand someone up 放（某人）鸽子】

当你跟人约会，在约定的时间地点却没看到对方，就可以说I was stood up. 我被放鸽子。或是He stood me up.他放我鸽子。

A:  I waited for him for an hour! He never came!

   我等了他一个小时！他都没来！

B:  He stood you up again?

   他又放你鸽子了？

A:  Can't you go out with her another day?

   你不能改天再跟她出去吗？

B:  It's too late to cancel, and I don't want to stand her up.

   现在取消太迟了，而我不想放她鸽子。

1) stand...up 放（某人）鸽子，跟（某人）约会却没有出现，stood 是 stand 的过去式。

2) drink  (n.,v.) 酒（饮料），喝（酒）

3) alcoholic (a.) 酒精的

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