借火來(lái)搭訕

　　現(xiàn)在幾乎所有的公共場(chǎng)所，像辦公室，飯館兒，都是禁煙的，所以想抽煙的朋友們只能去戶外。而一個(gè)適用于他們的搭訕?lè)绞揭舱Q生了，就叫做smirting(借火搭訕)。

　　Feifei: Why are you looking so happy Diarmuid?

　　菲菲：迪爾米德，為什么你看上去那么開(kāi)心?

　　Diarmuid: Well, earlier today, I was outside on my telephone, when a lady asked me for a lighter. I think she might have been trying to smirt with me.

　　迪爾米德：嗯，今天早晨我在外面打電話，一位女士過(guò)來(lái)問(wèn)我借打火機(jī)。我覺(jué)得她是想要“借火搭訕”。

　　Feifei: Smirt?

　　菲菲：借火搭訕?

　　Diarmuid: Yes, smirt, S.M.I.R.T, smirt. Now smirt is a slang word to describe flirting with another person when you are smoking.

　　迪爾米德：是的，借火搭訕。現(xiàn)在這是個(gè)俚語(yǔ)，指的是在吸煙的時(shí)候和某人調(diào)情。

　　Feifei: It sounds like smoking and flirting have been joined together to make the word smirting.

　　菲菲：聽(tīng)上去是吸煙和調(diào)情這兩個(gè)詞加在一起構(gòu)成了這個(gè)詞。

　　Diarmuid: Exactly, that is how the word smirting is created.

　　迪爾米德：確實(shí)是，這就是這個(gè)詞的構(gòu)成。

　　Diarmuid: But I didn't have a lighter, because I don't smoke, so that was the end of the conversation.

　　迪爾米德：但是我沒(méi)有打火機(jī)，因?yàn)槲也晃鼰?，所以就不了了之?/p>

　　Feifei: Was she pretty?

　　菲菲：她可愛(ài)嗎?

　　Diarmuid: She was very pretty.

　　迪爾米德：她非?？蓯?ài)。

　　Feifei: Oh well. She'll probably be there tomorrow if you want to talk to her again.

　　菲菲：好吧，如果你還想和她搭訕，明天可能她還會(huì)在那里呢。

　　What do people usually say when they are smirting?

　　菲菲：以借火搭訕的時(shí)候會(huì)說(shuō)什么呢?

　　Diarmuid: It depends. Here is an example of some people smirting:

　　迪爾米德：這得看情況。下面是一些人以借火和某人搭訕的實(shí)例：

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　　Example

　　A: Hi, could I borrow your lighter?

　　嗨，我能借用一下你的打火機(jī)嗎?

　　B: Sure.

　　當(dāng)然。

　　A: Thanks. Are you new here?

　　謝謝，你是新來(lái)的嗎?

　　B: Yeah, I just started in the IT department.

　　是的，我剛來(lái)，在IT部門。

　　A: Oh great, I work in the office right next to you.

　　哦，很好，我就在你旁邊的辦公室里工作。

　　B: I guess we'll be seeing a lot of each other.

　　我想我們會(huì)經(jīng)常見(jiàn)面的。

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　　Feifei: All this talk of smirting is making me feel a little lonely.

　　菲菲：不知道我什么時(shí)候才能遇到夢(mèng)中的白馬王子呀!

　　Diarmuid: You do know that smoking is bad for you and that there are healthier ways to meet a nice guy than to smirt.

　　迪爾米德：你一定知道吸煙對(duì)你有害，除了借火搭訕這種方法，還有很多好的方法去認(rèn)識(shí)不錯(cuò)的人。