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Theme 本月主題
Weiya: Taiwan's year-end office party - A banquet to celebrate the end of the Chinese lunar year.
尾牙：台灣企業年終派對——慶祝農曆年尾的盛宴。
Dialogue 對話
Wang: Hey James, good to see you. What do you think of our office weiya?
王：嗨，詹姆士，真高興見到你。你覺得尾牙怎麼樣？
James: Great! It's my first weiya party in Taiwan and I think it's a really good laugh. Why is the year-end party called a weiya though?
詹姆士：實在太棒了！這可是我在台灣的第一個尾牙，我覺得非常有趣。但是我好奇，為什麼年終派對叫做尾牙？
Wang: It means tail tooth. It represents the last chance in the year to have good luck.
王：字面上，它是「尾」跟「牙」兩字的結合。它可是過農曆年前好運來臨的重要機會喔。
James: It's a bizarre name. But it's just like the Christmas parties we have back in the UK, only better! The seafood buffet is delicious, and I just won a 42 inch plasma TV in the lucky draw!
詹姆士：真是個奇怪的名字。尾牙很像我們英國人在聖誕節所舉辦的派對，但是比那更好玩！海鮮自助餐美味極了，我剛還抽獎得到42吋電漿電視！
Wang: Marvellous! I won an iPad.
王：真厲害！我贏得一台iPad。
James: Lucky you!
詹姆士：你也很幸運哩！
Wang: Well, I'm the boss, so I donated it back to the lucky draw.
王：嗯，不過我是老闆，所以我把這個獎品捐回抽獎箱。
James: Wow! You really love the team. Look, Mr. Lee, the head of the accounts department is dressed as Yao-Yao. He's singing her song Honey. It's hilarious!
詹姆士：哇！你真的很愛團隊。你看，會計部門的主管李先生打扮成瑤瑤，他正在唱她的新歌Honey，實在是太搞笑了！
Wang: And the women from the office look really hot in their cosplay outfits. I can hardly recognise them.
王：女同事扮裝起來很辣，我都快認不出來了。
James: Ha-ha – now Dave from marketing is on stage doing magic tricks. His tricks are so feeble. They're funny.
詹姆士：哈哈。現在行銷部的大衛正在台上表演魔術。他的魔術也太普通了吧，真有趣。
Wang: Ha-ha, yes. And he's been rehearsing for months. Well, I better down my beer now and get ready. See you in a minute.
王：哈哈，沒錯。不過他為此練習了幾個月喔。嗯，我最好盡快喝完啤酒好準備上台。等會見。
(soon after)
James: Mr. Wang. What a beautiful costume. You are dressed as a big, white bird.
詹姆士：王先生，好漂亮的戲服喔。你打扮成一隻白色的大鳥。
Wang: Wish me luck! I'm performing Swan Lake.
王：祝我好運吧！我要表演天鵝湖。
Keywords 字彙
(to be / have) a (good) laugh
＝to be funny, fun
＝有趣的
Sarah's birthday party was a really good laugh – you should've come.
bizarre [bI zar]
＝very unusual or strange
＝奇怪的
I just heard the most bizarre story.
lucky draw
＝抽獎
All the employees won a prize in last year's lucky draw.
marvellous [ marvl s]
＝very good or enjoyable
＝令人驚歎的
We had a marvellous time at the party.
to donate [ donet]
＝to give to a good cause
＝捐獻、捐贈
Our company donates old computers to charity.
hilarious [hI l rI s]
＝very funny
＝極好笑的、有趣的
My wife doesn't like his comedy, but I think he's hilarious!
magic trick
＝魔術
My friend taught me a magic trick, but I've forgotten how to do it.
feeble [fib!]
＝not successful or impressive
＝無力的、印象不深刻的
He's my boss, so I have to laugh at his feeble jokes even though they're not funny.
to down a drink
＝to drink alcohol quickly
＝快速喝下
I downed my beer and left the pub.
costume [ kastjum]
＝戲服
The kids all wore scary Halloween costumes.