BBC Learning English - Dinner Parties 晚宴聚会

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　　Dinner Parties 晚宴聚会

　　John: Hello, welcome to BBC Learning English, and welcome to our dinner party!

　　Jean: I love dinner parties, are you a fan of them John?

　　John: Yes, I really am Jean. I love having people round to the house, making them good food, basically entertaining!

　　Jean: Entertaining 款待宾客。这个词一般用来形容人们在晚上举办晚宴酒会邀请众 多宾客到家里来欢聚一堂，大吃一顿的意思。我们也可以叫这样的场合为晚宴聚 会 dinner parties.

　　John: Now, you either love dinner parties or you hate them, you either love them or you hate them!

　　Jean: 这是一个英语中常见的说法，你要不很喜欢要不就很不喜欢， you either love it or you hate it. 就是说你肯定会有立场鲜明的感觉。 So John, why do some British people love dinner parties?

　　John: Well the BBC spoke to the author Emma Kennedy. She loves dinner parties, why?

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　　Well, I think it's the best way of seeing your friends. I’m not particularly mad on going to restaurants, I find them too formal, I find them too uncomfortable. I like to have an intimate gathering of my nearest and dearest, and sit down and be able to have proper conversations with them, and let them kick their shoes off while they’re doing it.

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