with Spring Festival coming up,we at The World of Chinese,like many over the New Year,hit the bottle pretty hard.Ginger dug through history books and will have a look at drinking and prohibition in ancient China,compl...with Spring Festival coming up,we at The World of Chinese,like many over the New Year,hit the bottle pretty hard.Ginger dug through history books and will have a look at drinking and prohibition in ancient China,complete with drunken despots,merry ministers and plastered poets.It’s hard to imagine,especially on the subway on a Friday night。展开更多
大千世界,无奇不有!捷克的选民现在遇到一个难题,基督教民主党在竞选中慷赠免费的喝酒账单,而共产党则让半裸美女在散发竞选印刷品,各施绝招!文章则写得更妙:...forcing people to decide between a free shot and a freepeek!其中...大千世界,无奇不有!捷克的选民现在遇到一个难题,基督教民主党在竞选中慷赠免费的喝酒账单,而共产党则让半裸美女在散发竞选印刷品,各施绝招!文章则写得更妙:...forcing people to decide between a free shot and a freepeek!其中的两个free就值得玩味。文章第二段出现了free shots,这个shots可不能胡乱猜译!《美国传统词典》对shot一词有释:shot:a drink,especially a jigger ofliquor(一杯,尤指一杯酒);an amount to be paid,as for drinks(喝酒的账单),据此,我们可以把free shots译成“免费喝酒的账单”。另外,请勿忘记咀嚼本文的标题!Booze者,酒也;Breasts,美女也。如此搭配,构成了头韵(alliteration)。展开更多
文摘with Spring Festival coming up,we at The World of Chinese,like many over the New Year,hit the bottle pretty hard.Ginger dug through history books and will have a look at drinking and prohibition in ancient China,complete with drunken despots,merry ministers and plastered poets.It’s hard to imagine,especially on the subway on a Friday night。
文摘大千世界,无奇不有!捷克的选民现在遇到一个难题,基督教民主党在竞选中慷赠免费的喝酒账单,而共产党则让半裸美女在散发竞选印刷品,各施绝招!文章则写得更妙:...forcing people to decide between a free shot and a freepeek!其中的两个free就值得玩味。文章第二段出现了free shots,这个shots可不能胡乱猜译!《美国传统词典》对shot一词有释:shot:a drink,especially a jigger ofliquor(一杯,尤指一杯酒);an amount to be paid,as for drinks(喝酒的账单),据此,我们可以把free shots译成“免费喝酒的账单”。另外,请勿忘记咀嚼本文的标题!Booze者,酒也;Breasts,美女也。如此搭配,构成了头韵(alliteration)。