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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.
B: Which friend of yours is the designated driver, 杨林？
A: Haha, I'm lucky. A friend of mine is allergic to alcohol, so she's the perfect candidate for designated driver!
B: Oh, poor her! She must be really busy driving around taking you guys home!
A: 哈哈！没错！这个朋友因为对酒精过敏，所以滴酒不沾，当然是designated driver的最佳人选喽！大家只要在party上看到她在，就可以开怀畅饮了！
B: Gosh! She should start charging fees.
A: Hey! Don't give her ideas!
B: Haha!
A: 好了，咱们来听下面的节目吧。
B: Okay! Let's listen to ǒGo Englishō.
GoEnglish: Play Date: Intermediate
