SCENE① A 钢琴学校里 赫伯特与柔丝见面之后隔天

【她放我鸽子】

Sue: Well, how did it go last night?

苏： 怎么样，昨天晚上怎么样？

Rose: It went OK.

苏： 还好。

Sue: What does that mean? Did you meet that young girl?

苏： 这是什么意思？你有没有见到那个小女孩？

Rose: No, she ¹⁾ stood me up. And she didn't send me an e-mail to say why.

柔丝： 没有，她放我鸽子，而且也没有寄电子邮件告诉我怎么回事。

Sue: So did you go home?

苏： 所以你就回家了？

Rose: No. I stayed to have a ²⁾ drink.

柔丝： 没有。我留下来喝了一杯。

Sue: A drink? Do you mean an ³⁾ alcoholic drink? But Rose, you don't drink!

苏： 喝一杯？你是说喝酒吗？但是，柔丝，你不喝酒啊！

语言详解

A: Are beverages included in the price?

这个价钱有包括饮料吗？

B: Yes. But only non-alcoholic ones.

有。但是只限非酒精饮料。

【to stand someone up 放（某人）鸽子】

当你跟人约会，在约定的时间地点却没看到对方，就可以说I was stood up. 我被放鸽子。或是He stood me up.他放我鸽子。

A: I waited for him for an hour! He never came!

我等了他一个小时！他都没来！

B: He stood you up again?

他又放你鸽子了？

A: Can't you go out with her another day?

你不能改天再跟她出去吗？

B: It's too late to cancel, and I don't want to stand her up.

现在取消太迟了，而我不想放她鸽子。

1) stand...up 放（某人）鸽子，跟（某人）约会却没有出现，stood 是 stand 的过去式。

2) drink (n.,v.) 酒（饮料），喝（酒）

3) alcoholic (a.) 酒精的