Eztalk美语【246】throw a party tonight 今晚有派对

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.

我大学里的每个系都是男女合系。

B: You must have wild parties.

你们一定有很多疯狂派对。

fraternity (n.)

兄弟会。是美国大学常见的学生社团，多以希腊字母命名，文中的Alpha Phi Alpha 就是一例

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

男生总得先让自己难堪才能加入兄弟会。

Howard University

哈沃德大学，是美国著名的黑人大学。D.C. = District of Columbia，哥伦比亚特区。就是指Washington, D.C.「华盛顿的哥伦比亚特区」，是美国的首府

My sister graduated from Howard University.

我姊姊是哈沃德大学毕业的。

dorm (n.)

宿舍

My dorm always has the best parties.

我的宿舍总是有最好的派对。

throw (v.)

主办

A: When will I see you next?

我下次何时见到你?

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

我下周末要办个舞会——过来玩啊。

嘻哈美国黑人

妮琪在哈沃德大学门口拥抱并迎接小雯

妮琪：嗨，小雯!欢迎来到哥伦比亚特区!真高与你来这里玩!

小雯：谢谢你邀请我来。老实说，我从没到过黑人这么多的地方!感觉截然不同。

妮琪：哈沃德有八成的学生是黑人。但这里也有白人，甚至亚洲人。值得庆幸的是，它也是男女合校。

小雯：真棒!你的宿舍也是男女合宿吗?

妮琪：抱歉，不是。ΑΦΑ兄弟会今晚有派对。

小雯：那是个黑人的兄弟会，对吗?那我们应该可以见识一些舞技了!