Being interesting at a dinner party isn't that hard.
在晚宴上表现得有趣并不难。
According to Jessica Hagy, author of How to Be Interesting, it's not difficult to make yourself interesting at a dinner party.
根据《如何变得有趣》一书的作者杰西卡·哈吉的说法，在宴会上让自己变得有趣并不难。
If you're faced with an awkward silence at a dinner party, the only thing that always gets everyone talking again is to give the host a compliment.
如果你在宴会上遇到了尴尬的沉默，唯一能让所有人再次说起话的办法就是说句恭维主人的话。
After the marathon, the runners pigged out at a dinner buffet.
马拉松跑完后，参赛者们在自助餐晚宴上狼吞虎咽。
We were at a dinner with friends when I realised how much I fancied her.
我意识到自己是多迷恋她是在一次和朋友晚餐的时候。
It was at a dinner party in Paris, at the house of the artist Bill Copley.
那是巴黎的一个午餐聚会，在比尔·科普利家举行的。
I met Jill a couple of months ago when I sat next to her at a dinner party.
几个月前见到了吉尔，当时在一次宴会上我坐她身旁。
At a dinner in New Hampshire, he offered your correspondent his sticky pudding.
在NewHampshire的一次晚餐中，他递给通讯记者他黏糊糊的布丁。
Brolin was at a dinner party in Los Angeles with Travolta and Marlon Brando.
布洛林在洛杉矶的一个晚宴上见到了屈伏塔和马龙·白兰度。
When I mentioned that I had done this at a dinner party, I was immediately ostracized.
当我在一个晚宴上提起我对孩子的这一行为时，人们马上就疏远我。
Michael and Lisa hit it off on their very first date, at a dinner party of a mutual friend.
迈克和丽萨在第一次约会时就十分合拍，在一个晚餐会上成为了朋友。
In pages from a notebook da Vinci’s slanted “mirror” writing describes the guests at a dinner.
达芬奇在一本倾斜倒写的笔记中描述了这一顿晚餐的客人们。
You meet a man called Lawrence at a dinner party. Which of the following is his most likely occupation?
你在晚宴上遇到一个叫劳伦斯的人。下面哪一项是他最可能的职业？
At a dinner held in his honor last night at the New York Public Library, several of his high-powered friends stood by him.
在昨晚纽约公共图书馆举行的招待他的晚宴上，他的一些有权有势的朋友围绕着他。
Once, we looked up from our books at exactly the same moment, as though trapped at a dinner table with nothing to say.
有时，我们同时从书里抬起头来，就像同桌就餐但却无话可说。
The doctor finally reached his table at a dinner, after breaking away from a woman who sought advice on a health problem.
大夫在打发走了一个就健康问题向他咨询的妇女之后，最后来到餐桌上。
Keeping these two simple tips in mind should greatly ease your concern about being present at a dinner in someone else's home.
记住这两个简单的准则应该就能大大消除你到别人家用餐的忧虑。
Later, in Chicago, Bush blew out the candles on a birthday cake at a dinner in a basement room at the Chicago Firehouse Restaurant.
之后，在芝加哥消防队餐馆地下室举行的生日宴会上，布什吹灭了生日蛋糕上的蜡烛。
The president painted a pupil into the eye of the doll presented to him at a dinner with Japan's Yasuo Fukuda late Sunday, an official said.
据一位官员介绍，上周日晚些时候，日本首相福田康夫在“八国峰会”的欢迎晚宴上送给布什一个人偶作为生日礼物，布什则为人偶画上了一只眼睛。
A month later the Facebook cofounder and chief executive sat next to Obama at a dinner with other tech titans, including Apple's Steve Jobs.
1个月后脸谱的联合创始人和首席执行官与奥巴马共进晚餐，与奥巴马和其他技术巨头坐在一起，其中有苹果公司的史蒂芬·乔布斯。
At a dinner party, "the lady begins to help the soup.".. commencing with the gentleman on her right and on her left, and continuing in the same order till all are served.
在晚宴上，“这位夫人开始给大家盛汤……先是给左右两边的两位绅士，然后继续沿着同一顺序给在座所有人奉上汤。”
At a dinner event earlier this week, Flickr co-founder Stewart Butterfield casually mentioned a site called Wordie, whose tagline is "Like Flickr, but without the photos."
在本周早些时候的一个晚宴上，flickr的共同创始人斯图尔特·巴特菲尔德不经意间提起了Wordie的标语是：“没有图片的flickr ”。
"I met Clive at a dinner I hosted for my boss," Rajna says in a refined Eastern European drawl. "He was like a fish out of water and I was concerned, so I got talking with him."
“我是在为我的老板主持的一次晚宴上见到克雷夫的，”劳伊娜用文雅的东欧语调慢慢地说，“他那时就像一条离了水的鱼，他引起了我的注意，我和他交谈起来。”
Since then his public appearances have been limited, though a photograph had appeared of him at a dinner with other Silicon Valley notables with President Barack Obama in February.
从那以后，他的公开会面就被限制了，尽管出现过一张他及其它硅谷要人和BarackObama2月份就餐的照片。
Almost alone of the academic disciplines, mathematics is one where expressions of ignorance are more of a boast than a shameful admission (imagine admitting at a dinner party that you can't read).
在众多学科中，惟有数学是当一个人表达其无知时，他不是表达其羞耻之心而是在表达其得意之情(请设想在晚宴上承认你没有阅读能力)。
The first published sketch, "A dinner at Poplar Walk", brought tears to Dickens's eyes when he discovered it in the pages of The Monthly Magazine.
当狄更斯发现他的第一部随笔，《白杨庄晚宴》，在《每月杂志》上刊登的时候，他热泪盈眶。
You can purchase an expensive bottle of wine at dinner, get a massage or go on a weekend getaway.
你可以在晚餐时买一瓶昂贵的好酒，做一次按摩或者去周末度假。
You can purchase an expensive bottle of wine at dinner, get a massage or go on a weekend getaway.
你可以在晚餐时买一瓶昂贵的好酒，做一次按摩或者去周末度假。
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