今天的这段对话，在讨论喝酒，
好汉不醉无归，在中国为什么很多人喜欢敬酒
来听今天的讲解:
A: Bob! Your eyes look bloodshot. Did you not sleep well?
鲍勃!你满眼血丝,没睡好?
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。我参加了一位中国同事的宴会。我惊讶地发现，人们被迫在中国的桌子上违背自己的意愿喝酒。
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.
你说得对。在中国，酒精是一种交流情感的媒介。与商业伙伴或潜在朋友喝酒是巩固友谊的一种方式，尤其是在中国北方。
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.
当人们向我敬酒时，如果我拒绝喝酒，我会感到尴尬。但如果我一杯接一杯地大口喝下去，我担心我会感到身体不适或生病。
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.
你拒绝喝酒会丢脸，而主人可能会认为你拒绝给他面子。正确的做法似乎是把自己喝得语无伦次，直到吐出来。这会让你受到朋友的喜爱。
B: a few guys even threw a drunken fit last night, crying hoarsely and bawling whole heaps of nonsense that I never understood.
昨晚甚至有几个家伙喝醉了，声嘶力竭地哭了起来，还大喊了一大堆我从来都听不懂的废话。
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开心扉。总之，只要你表现出在已经极度不舒服的情况下仍想多喝一杯，就没有人会嘲笑你。
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。我会在祝酒时说“我不能再喝了”，然后无论如何都要喝酒。
好汉不醉无归，在中国为什么很多人喜欢敬酒
来听今天的讲解:
A: Bob! Your eyes look bloodshot. Did you not sleep well?
鲍勃!你满眼血丝,没睡好?
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。我参加了一位中国同事的宴会。我惊讶地发现，人们被迫在中国的桌子上违背自己的意愿喝酒。
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.
你说得对。在中国，酒精是一种交流情感的媒介。与商业伙伴或潜在朋友喝酒是巩固友谊的一种方式，尤其是在中国北方。
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.
当人们向我敬酒时，如果我拒绝喝酒，我会感到尴尬。但如果我一杯接一杯地大口喝下去，我担心我会感到身体不适或生病。
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.
你拒绝喝酒会丢脸，而主人可能会认为你拒绝给他面子。正确的做法似乎是把自己喝得语无伦次，直到吐出来。这会让你受到朋友的喜爱。
B: a few guys even threw a drunken fit last night, crying hoarsely and bawling whole heaps of nonsense that I never understood.
昨晚甚至有几个家伙喝醉了，声嘶力竭地哭了起来，还大喊了一大堆我从来都听不懂的废话。
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开心扉。总之，只要你表现出在已经极度不舒服的情况下仍想多喝一杯，就没有人会嘲笑你。
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。我会在祝酒时说“我不能再喝了”，然后无论如何都要喝酒。
