Larry 昨天完晚上跟同事聚会，喝多了。李华今天要学两个常用语，hangover
和tipsy.

    LL： Ugh. I feel terrible today ， Li Hua. I have such a bad hangover
from the drinking I did last night.

    LH： Larry，什么是hangover？你昨天不是跟同事聚会吗？

    LL： A hangover is the way you feel after you have had too much alcohol
to drink at a party. Right now I have a head ache ， my stomach hurts ，
and I'm very tired.

    LH：哦，hangover就是中文里说的“宿醉”。头痛、恶心、还有四肢乏力都
是宿醉的症状，是前一天晚上喝酒的后遗症。

    LL： Except that a hangover isn't as fun as the drinking I did the
night before. Oooh. My head really hurts.

    LH： Larry，你经常会有hangover吗？

    LL： No ， I don't， Li Hua. I really don't drink alcohol that much.

    LH：那昨天是什么重要的日子吗？

    LL： My office was holding a party to celebrate the completion of
a project. I lost track of how much I was drinking， and now I'm hung
over.

    LH： Larry，有没有什么办法能让你舒服一些吗？

    LL： Well ， to help myself feel better ， the first things I did
when I got up this morning were to take some aspirin and eat a simple
breakfast.

    LH：啊，你这么不舒服，居然还能吃得下东西？

    LL： Well ， it is true that since I am hung over ， I don't have
much of an appetite - but I did eat a plain piece of toast.

    LH：我觉得你今天应该好好在家里休息。

    LL： Yeah ， I plan to get lots of rest today. Fortunately， it is
the weekend ， and I have two days to recover from my hangover.

    LH：我听朋友说，一边喝酒，一边吃东西喝水，就能避免宿醉。

    LL： Really ， Li Hua ？ I'll have to try that the next time I'm drinking
a lot at a party. I'd do anything to avoid getting another hangover.

    LH：其实啊，要想避免宿醉，最好的办法就是不喝酒。

    LL： Of course， Li Hua ， but how much fun would that be ？

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    LL： So ， Li Hua ， I've never seen you drink very much， but I remember
at my New Year's Eve party last year you got a little tipsy.

    LH： Tipsy？你是说我上次有点儿醉醺醺的吗？

    LL： Yes， tipsy is the feeling you have when you have had a little
to drink， but you haven't yet had too much to drink. You feel relaxed，
laugh a lot ， and may do things that are a little silly.

    LH：我记得，去年元旦聚会，我确实有点儿喝多了，但没醉。那种感觉轻飘
飘的。我每次喝到tipsy 就会脸红，然后就开始讲笑话。

    LL： Actually ， when you started telling jokes that is when I knew
you were tipsy， Li Hua. You don't tell jokes that often.

    LH：没错，我平时挺严肃，不太讲笑话，大概只有喝过酒以后，特别放松的
时候，才会讲笑话。

    LL： You know ， when I get tipsy ， Li Hua ， I get a little clumsy.
I might spill my drink， bump into some one near me ， or drop my napkin.

    LH：这么说元旦聚会时你也有点儿喝多了？我还记得你把酒了一地。当时大
家都有说有笑，所以没有人注意到。

    LL： That's right. I guess we were both tipsy that night， Li Hua.

    LH：虽说有点晕，但我还是很清醒。我一直告诉自己，千万不能喝多了。

    LL： And that is a good thing ， Li Hua. Being tipsy at a party is
fine， but drinking too much can lead to problems.

    LH：是啊，有的人喝多了就会找碴生事，扫大家的兴。

    LL： And some people get really sad when they drink too much. I think
it is probably best to stop drinking when you feel tipsy and are just
having a good time.

    LH：不过，即使光是有些tipsy ，没有醉，也不能自己开车回家，美国有关
醉酒驾驶的法律是非常严格的。

    LL： That's right ， Li Hua. If I notice my guests are a little tipsy，
I ask them to wait until they are completely sober before they leave -
or I find some one who hasn't been drinking to drive them home.

    LH：你真够意思。不过别忘了，喝多了酒还有另外一个非常严重的问题！

    LL： What's that？

    LH：你忘了？宿醉啊！

    今天李华学到了两个常用语。一个是hangover，指宿醉。另一个是tipsy ，
指有些醉意。