Smirting 以借火和某人搭讪

Diarmuid: Hello and welcome to Authentic Real English from BBC Learning English. I'm Diarmuid. 大家好，欢迎来到BBC地道美语节目。我是圣保罗。

Feifei: 大家好，我是冯菲菲。 Why are you looking so happy Diarmuid? 圣保罗，为什么你看上去那么开心？

Diarmuid: Well, earlier today, I was outside on my telephone, when a lady asked me for a lighter. 嗯，今天早晨我在外面打电话，一位女士过来问我借打火机。

Feifei: 打火机。

Diarmuid: Yes, I think she might have been trying to smirt with me. 是的，我以为她是来问我借火的。

Feifei: 她想和你干什么 smirt?

Diarmuid: Yes, smirt, S.M.I.R.T, smirt. Now smirt is a slang word to describe flirting with another person when you are smoking. 这个单词是当你们在吸烟的时候和某人调情的。

Feifei: It sounds like smoking and flirting have been joined together to make the word smirting. 听上去是吸烟和调情这两个词加在一起构成了这个词。

Diarmuid: Exactly, that is how the word smirting is created. 确实是，这就是这个词构成。

Feifei: 原来是这个意思，今天早上问 Diarmuid 借火的这个女孩子其实对 Diarmuid 有好感，所以以借火为由和他搭讪。

Diarmuid: Yes, but I didn't have a lighter, because I don't smoke, so that was the end of the conversation. 是的，但是我没有打火机，因为我不吸烟，所以就不了了之。

Feifei: Was she pretty? 她可爱吗？

Diarmuid: She was very pretty. 她非常可爱。

Feifei: Oh well. She'll probably be there tomorrow if you want to talk to her again. 现在在英国几乎所有的公共场所，像办公室，饭馆儿，都是禁烟的，所以想抽烟的朋友们只能去户外抽烟。What do people usually say when they are smirting? 以借火搭讪的时候会说什么呢？

Diarmuid: It depends. Here is an example of some people smirting: 这得看情况。下面是一些人以借火和某人搭讪的实例：

Example

A: Hi, could I borrow your lighter? 嗨，我能借用一下你的打火机吗？

B: Sure. 当然。

A: Thanks. Are you new here? 谢谢，你是新来的吗？

B: Yeah, I just started in the IT department. 是的，我刚来，在IT部门。

A: Oh great, I work in the office right next to you. 哦，很好，我就在你旁边的办公室里工作。

B: I guess we'll be seeing a lot of each other. 我想我们会经常见面的。

Feifei: All this talk of smirting is making me feel a little lonely. 不知道我什么时候才能遇到梦中的白马王子呀！

Diarmuid: You do know that smoking is bad for you and that there are healthier ways to meet a nice guy than to smirt. 你一定知道吸烟对你有害，除了借火搭讪这种方法，还有很多好的方法去认识好人。

Feifei: I know. 我知道。

Diarmuid: Ok, well that's all for today. 好的，今天的节目就到这儿了。

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