借火来搭讪

　　Feifei: Why are you looking so happy Diarmuid?

　　菲菲：迪尔米德，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. I think she might have been trying to smirt with me.

　　迪尔米德：嗯，今天早晨我在外面打电话，一位女士过来问我借打火机。我觉得她是想要“借火搭讪”。

　　Feifei: Smirt?

　　菲菲：借火搭讪?

　　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.

　　迪尔米德：是的，借火搭讪。现在这是个俚语，指的是在吸烟的时候和某人调情。

　　Feifei: It sounds like smoking and flirting have been joined together to make the word smirting.

　　菲菲：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.

　　迪尔米德：确实是，这就是这个词的构成。

　　Diarmuid: But I didn't have a lighter, because I don't smoke, so that was the end of the conversation.

　　迪尔米德：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?

　　菲菲：她可爱吗?

　　Diarmuid: She was very pretty.

　　迪尔米德：她非常可爱。

　　Feifei: Oh well. She'll probably be there tomorrow if you want to talk to her again.

　　菲菲：好吧，如果你还想和她搭讪，明天可能她还会在那里呢。

　　What do people usually say when they are smirting?

　　菲菲：以借火搭讪的时候会说什么呢?

　　Diarmuid: It depends. Here is an example of some people smirting:

　　迪尔米德：这得看情况。下面是一些人以借火和某人搭讪的实例：

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　　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.

　　菲菲：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.

　　迪尔米德：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不错的人。