舌尖上的美国(50):邀请舞会

A:Who are you going to invite to the prom?

A:你要邀请谁去参加毕业舞会?

B:I'm thinking about asking Mary.

B:我在考虑邀请玛丽.

A:I heard she was going with John.

A:我听说她要跟约翰去.

B:I heard that too,but it's not 's going with Jessica.

B:我也听说了,但那不是真的.约翰要跟洁西卡去.

在美国口语中可以表示学校的班级舞会。

eg：On the night of the prom the seniors were on a cloud. 举行学生舞会的晚上，四年级学生都兴高采列。

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invite sb to some place邀请某人去...

eg：Jake invites me to his house this Friday.

invite还有名词性质，解释为“邀请函”。

eg:He has got an invite to the fashion show.

invite还有招致，引起的意思。

His carelessness invited this bad result.

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a.伴随

Happiness doesn't necessarily go with money.

b.与...相配

Do you think this hat would go with my new dress?

c.与...约会

He goes with the girl every week.

学生们在星期六晚上要去参加一个舞会。

[误] The students are going to a dance party on Saturday night.

[正] The students are going to a dance on Saturday night.

Notice:舞会应该说dancing party，不要说dance party，但一般只说dance也就够了。

开舞会就说give a dance，

去参加舞会就说go to a dance。

那旅馆每晚举行舞会：At the hotel dances are held nightly.

我第一次遇见她是在一个舞会上：She and I first met at a dance.

他们请我参加舞会：They asked me to a dance.

规模较大的舞会，英语又可说ball，是从拉丁文来的。