2007年10月2日星期二

Overslept at a Sleep-Over

遲到,入到課室只埋頭揾位,因為尷尬,唔知要做啲乜。What's your name?Cha...Si...M...
Cha-siu (义燒) ?
Chan Siu Ming.Sorry, I can't hear you.  Please speak up.  What's your name again?
Chan Siu Ming.  [Now everybody hears that Chan Siu Ming is late.  Quite embarrassing.]OK.  Chan Siu Ming must be very busy.  He's late and didn't even bother to tell me why.  Busy man, but still manage to come to this class.  Let's give him a clap.  [Everybody laugh and clap.]

Chan Siu Ming had a hard time when he was late and impolite.
  陳小明遲到又沒禮貌時被刁難。不少同學遲到進課室時都很沒禮貌。遲到已經衰咗,入到課室又唔敲門又唔道歉又唔打招呼又唔解釋......衰多幾成。酒店都有限時 check in (登記,報到) 啦。如果老師系老板,呢位同學都唔駛揾位,返屋企等運到。


遲到嘅原因一般都系瞓晏咗。咁就應該話: I'm sorry.  I overslept (用過去式).  咪只系講瞓晏咗,比埋個原因。  Because you shouldn't oversleep. 


oversleep 即「睡過頭」;而 sleep over 即 (phrasal verb 動詞) 「睡在別人家」,sleep-over (noun 名詞)。在外國,小朋友都很愛到朋友家玩,然後睡,起來又可再玩。亦叫 slumber party 。在香港,地方小,比較難招呼其他小朋友 sleep over。大朋友 (尤其一男一女,或有特別性取向嘅兩個成人) 就叫 sleep with (someone) 喇。

A:  Did you sleep with X?
B:  I'm not answering this question.
A:  Did you sleep with Y then?B:  I'm not answering this question.
A:  Did you sleep with Z?
B:  I certainly did not sleep with Z!

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