和老外聊天的地道口语第49期:你办的派对总是很有意思

请进,要把衣服脱了吗?
谢谢你,我带了一瓶葡萄酒,希望你能喜欢.
哦,真客气.
你家真漂亮,我特别喜欢这件艺术品.
那是一个朋友送的礼物,他今晚也会过来,我相信他要是知道有人喜欢他的作品一定会很高兴的.
我真想认识认识他.今晚你邀请了多少人呢?
十个,不过鲍勃和玛丽不能来了,鲍勃今晚要加班,玛丽最后一刻告诉我说她有急事,所以今晚一共就8个人来.
我知道了,他们不来太可惜了,有他们在总是很好玩.
是啊,不过今晚我们也会很开心的.
那是当然了,你办的聚会总是很有意思.你从哪儿找的这么好听的音乐? 你太会制造氛围了.
那个音乐是皮特弄的,他就在那儿,你可以问问他,他在音乐方面很有品味.
好的,我觉得好像有人在敲门.
哦,那我去看看,你自便.


Artwork: a work of art, especially one in a museum （尤指博物馆里的）艺术作品

Appreciate: to recognize the good qualities of sb/sth 欣赏；赏识；重视 VN
You can't really appreciate foreign literature in translation.
看翻译作品不能真正欣赏到外国文学原著的美妙之处。
His talents are not fully appreciated in that company.
他的才干在那家公司未受到充分赏识。
Her family doesn't appreciate her.
她的家人不重视她。

Overtime: time that you spend working at your job after you have worked the normal hours 加班；加班的时间
to do/work overtime
加班
overtime pay/earnings/hours
加班费／收入／时间
The union announced a ban on overtime.
工会宣布禁止加班。

Company: the fact of being with sb else and not alone 陪伴；做伴 uncountable
I enjoy Jo's company(= I enjoy being with her).
我喜欢和乔在一起。
She enjoys her own company(= being by herself)when she is travelling.
她喜爱独自旅行。
The children are very good company(= pleasant to be with)at this age.
和这个年龄的孩子在一起很开心。
a pleasant evening in the company of friends
与朋友一起度过的愉快夜晚
He's coming with me for company.
他要陪伴我一起来.



Come up: to happen 发生
I'm afraid something urgent has come up.
恐怕有紧急事情发生.
We'll let you know if any vacancies come up.
一有空缺,我们就会通知你.

Set the ambiance:调节气氛