作者： 360abc

Emily: He’s dancing with Jack!
Joice: Gross!
Emily: The wei-ya is the one time a year you can make fun of the boss.
Joice: But I think Eddy is going too far!
Emily: You’re right. They are spinning pretty fast. Aren’t they getting dizzy? What if they fall…
Joice: Ohh! Ouch! That must’ve hurt!
Emily: How embarrassing!

spin (v.) 　
旋转

embarrassing (a.) 　
令人尴尬的

go too far 　
做得太过，过分

dizzy (a.) 　
头晕的
A: Do you like to ride roller coasters? 你喜欢坐云霄飞车吗？
B: No, they make me dizzy. 不喜欢，云霄飞车让我头晕。

艾蜜莉：他是跟杰克跳舞！
乔伊丝：惨不忍睹！
艾蜜莉：尾牙是你一年当中，唯一可以开老板玩笑的时候。
乔伊丝：可是我觉得艾迪太过分了！
艾蜜莉：你说得对。他们转得还真快。这样不会头晕吗？要是他们摔……
乔伊丝：噢！哎呦！一定很痛！
艾蜜莉：好丢人啊！

Joice: Next is a ballet performance, but who is the dancer?
Emily: I’d swear that’s Eddy from circulation.
Joice: Since when did Eddy start doing ballet?!
Emily: Not very long from the looks of it!
Joice: Look! He has a partner!

circulation (n.) 　
流通，发行量。这里是指「发行部」 circulation department

ballet (n.) 　
芭蕾
A: Brenda moves very gracefully. 布兰达的举止很优雅。
B: I know. She was a ballet dancer when she was younger. 我知道。她年轻的时候是芭蕾舞者。

乔伊丝：接下来是芭蕾舞表演，不过是谁在跳啊？
艾蜜莉：我看好象是发行部门的艾迪。
乔伊丝：艾迪打什么时候开始跳芭蕾的？！
艾蜜莉：看这德性就知道不会很久！
乔伊丝：看！有新舞伴加入了！

Emily: Oh. It looks like Jack is going to make his annual speech.
Joice: Couldn’t he wait until we’re finished eating?
Emily: Yeah. I’m still hungry, but I guess it’s kind of rude to keep eating while he’s talking, huh?
Joice: Can you even hear what he’s saying?
Emily: No. He’s so far away I can hardly see him! Let’s keep eating!
Joice: Can you turn the lazy Susan for me? I want some more chicken.
Emily: All that’s left is a leg. I gave the head to Tim!

annual (a.) 　
年度的，一年一次的
A: I met Sue at last year’s annual Christmas party. 我是在去年度的耶诞派对上认识苏的。
B: Then you’ve known her for a year now. 那你到现在已经认识她一年了。

lazy Susan 　
置于大桌上方便人取菜用的旋转餐台

rude (a.) 　
卤莽的
A: How rude! Stop talking with your mouth full! 真不礼貌！嘴里有东西别说话！
B: Then you stop slurping your soup so loudly! 那你喝汤也别那么大声！

艾蜜莉：噢。看来杰克要发表年度演说了。
乔伊丝：他就不能等我们吃完饭吗？
艾蜜莉：对啊。我肚子还很饿，可是他边说我们边吃，好象有点不礼貌吧？
乔伊丝：你听得到他在说什么吗？
艾蜜莉：听不到。离那么远，我都快看不到他了！我们就继续吃吧！
乔伊丝：你能帮我转一下旋转餐台吗？我还要吃鸡肉。
艾蜜莉：只剩一根鸡腿。我把鸡头夹给提姆了！