地道英语：老外也会“酒后驾车”(图)

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2012年01月06日  中国日报网-英语点津

“酒后驾车”英文怎么说

　　DAN在北京学汉语，他的中国朋友要是遇到了不知道用美语怎么说的词，就会来请教他。今天是吴琼问的：酒后驾车。
　　DAN: 吴琼， 你怎么无精打采的？
　　WQ: 别提了！昨天晚上让警察给抓了！
　　DAN: What happened? Who did you kill?
　　WQ: 杀人？DAN你就别损我了，我哪会杀人，就是酒后驾车了，在美语里就是driving after drinking 对么？
　　DAN: Actually it's called drunk driving. WQ, drunk driving is no trivial matter. You really shouldn't do it.
　　WQ: 你就别教育我了，我知道错了！其实我也是第一次酒驾，以前我都很注意的！昨天实在没人开车了，我在一帮人里算喝得最少的了，就想……
　　DAN: You took a chance and thought you'd get lucky, right?
　　WQ: 是。我觉得就这么一次，肯定出不了事，也肯定不会被抓到，谁知道……
　　DAN: You got pulled over by a cop?
　　WQ: Pull over?
　　DAN: Yea. When a cop asks you to stop the car on the side of the road, that's called getting pulled over.
　　WQ: 明白了，警察 pull someone over，就是示意司机把车停靠在路边。Yes, I got pulled over by a traffic police. 我本来还想装作没事，结果人家警察叔叔一下就看出我喝了酒，一点情面也没留，罚了我1000块！
　　DAN: 1000块？酒驾罚款不是200么？
　　WQ: 上礼拜才改的新规定！都让我赶上了！
　　DAN: Sounds like you had a tough break!
　　WQ: To have a tough break 就是倒霉吧？我的确是够倒霉的！
　　DAN: WQ, I'm sorry you had a tough break, but it's no excuse for drunk driving. Next time you go out drinking with a bunch of friends, don't forget to have a designated driver!
　　WQ: Designate? D-E-S-I-G-N-A-T-E, designate是指定的意思，designated driver就是专门负责开车送朋友们回家的人喽！
　　DAN: 没错！
　　WQ: Next time we'll definitely have a designated driver!
　　DAN: Good idea! Now let's see what you've learned today.
　　WQ: 酒后驾车是drunk driving； 警察示意路边停车是pull someone over； 倒霉，运气差，是have a tough break； party结束后专门负责开车送大家回家的人是the designated driver。