人人喜欢参加又有吃又好玩的社交聚会,也就是party。今天我们就来讲讲由party这个词发展而来的习惯用语。第一个是:life of the party。Life意思当然是生命,它也可以解释为“活力”或者“精华”。
Life of the party用来说某一种人。什么样的人呢?我们听个例子来体会吧。这个小伙子要向我们介绍他妹妹 Jenny, 听了他的描述,你一定觉得Jenny是非常讨人喜欢的女孩儿,注意他话里用上了习惯用语life of the party:
例句-1:People who give parties always invite Jenny because they know she'll be the life of the party. She knows everybody in town, helps guests get to know each other, makes sure they get plenty to eat and makes everybody feel very comfortable.
例句-2:Honey, let's not invite Joe. He's a real party pooper. He puts on this sour look like his stomach hurts, has nothing good to say about anybody, doesn't even smile at other people's jokes and always looks like he'd rather be any place else.
例句-3:You know we're in trouble. But let's follow the party line. Tell people we're doing okay, that we have some big new orders in sight, we're thinking about expanding our offices, and we expect our stock to go up in the market.