美語會話 246 今晚有派對

Nikki greets Wen with a hug at the entrance to Howard University

Nikki:Hey, Wen! Welcome to D.C.! Glad you came out to visit!

Wen:Thanks for inviting me. Actually, I've never been anywhere with so many black people before. It's different.

Nikki:Howard is eighty percent black. But there are whites, and even Asians here. Thankfully, it's also coed.

Wen:Great! Is your dorm coed, too?

Nikki:Sorry, nope. But the Alpha Phi Alpha's are throwing a party tonight.

Wen:That's a black fraternity, right? So we should see some dancing!

coed (n.,a.)

男女合校;男女合校的

A: All the apartments at my university are coed.

我大學里的每個系都是男女合系。

B: You must have wild parties.

你們一定有很多瘋狂派對。

fraternity (n.)

兄弟會。是美國大學常見的學生社團，多以希臘字母命名，文中的Alpha Phi Alpha 就是一例

Guys often have to humiliate themselves before they can join a fraternity.

男生總得先讓自己難堪才能加入兄弟會。

Howard University

哈沃德大學，是美國著名的黑人大學。D.C. = District of Columbia，哥倫比亞特區(qū)。就是指Washington, D.C.「華盛頓的哥倫比亞特區(qū)」，是美國的首府

My sister graduated from Howard University.

我姊姊是哈沃德大學畢業(yè)的。

dorm (n.)

宿舍

My dorm always has the best parties.

我的宿舍總是有最好的派對。

throw (v.)

主辦

A: When will I see you next?

我下次何時見到你?

B: I'm throwing a party next weekend—come over.

我下周末要辦個舞會——過來玩啊。

嘻哈美國黑人

妮琪在哈沃德大學門口擁抱并迎接小雯

妮琪：嗨，小雯!歡迎來到哥倫比亞特區(qū)!真高與你來這里玩!

小雯：謝謝你邀請我來。老實說，我從沒到過黑人這么多的地方!感覺截然不同。

妮琪：哈沃德有八成的學生是黑人。但這里也有白人，甚至亞洲人。值得慶幸的是，它也是男女合校。

小雯：真棒!你的宿舍也是男女合宿嗎?

妮琪：抱歉，不是。ΑΦΑ兄弟會今晚有派對。

小雯：那是個黑人的兄弟會，對嗎?那我們應該可以見識一些舞技了