What about that other dinner-party killer: awkward silence?
另一个晚宴杀手：尴尬的沉默呢？
THE ups and downs of house prices have provided an inexhaustible topic for dinner-party conversations for several years.
几年来，房价起起落落，成了餐会上茶余饭后永不枯竭的谈资。
It also allows you to compare house prices in real terms and against average incomes, so you can bring a global perspective to that next dinner-party debate.
此图表还可使您在扣除物价因素和对比平均收入的基础上比较房价，如此一来，下次参加餐会再与人讲起，您的谈话就有全球视角了。
Being interesting at a dinner party isn't that hard.
在晚宴上表现得有趣并不难。
If you're invited to a yuppie dinner party, don't be surprised if you're offered freshly-cooked insects as a first course.
如果你被邀请参加雅皮士的晚宴，第一道菜是新鲜烹制的昆虫的话不要感到惊讶。
How many living creatures are sacrificed only to grace the dishes at a dinner-party, a large proportion of which will leave the table untouched!
仅仅为了给一次宴会的菜肴增添光彩，有多少活生生的生灵做了牺牲啊！可是，到头来这些大部分菜肴竟会原封不动地撤下餐桌！
On the way home, Mum and Dad talked about hosting a dinner party for the new neighbors to try our traditional Greek food.
在回家的路上，妈妈和爸爸商量要为新邻居举办一次晚宴，让他们尝尝我们的传统希腊食物。
I'd like to invite you to a dinner party to celebrate the finish of my dissertation, Dr. Hampton.
哈姆普逊博士，我想邀请您去参加一个为庆祝我完成博士论文而举行的晚宴。
You're hosting a literary dinner party. Which three writers are invited?
假如你要举办一个文学宴会派对，你会邀请哪三位作家？
We tend to get so caught up in our own heads by planning the perfect weekend, outing, dinner, summer vacation or birthday party.
完美的周末，完美的出行，完美的晚餐，完美的暑假，完美的生日会……我们的头脑常常被这些追求完美的计划所困扰。
Heavy silverplate adds an opulent touch to a formal dinner party.
沉甸甸的镀银餐具给正式晚宴增加一种奢华感。
Steve invited me to the dinner party on Sunday evening.
史蒂夫邀请我参加星期天晚上的晚宴。
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。
Huffington says two other guests at the dinner party, both television actors, have confirmed her contention.
赫芬顿说，另外两名电视演员也出席了那次晚宴，他们也证实了赫芬顿的说法。
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？
No host enjoys seeing nervous or fearful guests who are struggling to "do the right thing" at his home or expensive formal dinner party.
作东的人都不乐于见到客人在他家中或昂贵的正式晚宴上，神情紧张或害怕地努力要让自己的举止合宜。
First he came along to a dinner party my mother gave one summer in Oxford; some time after, there was a friendly picnic on Christ Church meadow along with my mother, my brother and me.
他第一次出现在晚宴上，正是我母亲在牛津度夏的时候；不久，又和我母亲、我弟弟、还有我，一起在神学院的草地上共进了一次气氛融洽的野餐。
I really didn't want to go to my boss's dinner party, so I told a white lie and said I had to go to a friend's wedding party that night.
我真的不愿意参加老板的晚宴，因此我说了个推脱之词，说我要出席朋友今晚举行婚礼宴会。
It is customary to ask others to pass dishes to you for self-serving; at a formal dinner party, there is usually catering (service). Again, do not hesitate to ask others for information or advice.
习惯上可以请别人将菜传给你自己来盛；在正式晚宴上则通常会有分菜(服务)。
The first was to imagine they had $5, 000 in the bank. They could spend part or all of it on various luxury items such as a new car, a dinner party at a restaurant or a holiday in Europe.
第一个是让他们发挥想象：如果自己在银行有五千美元，而且可以将这些钞票部分地或全部地花在各种奢侈品上，比如买一辆新车，在餐厅举行一次晚宴或到欧洲度一次假。
Thee guests at the dinner party were slightly surprised at the commanding tone of the American.
出席晚宴的客人对那个美国人威严的语气感到有点意外。
Several days after meeting Alex, I attended a party I knew he would be at. As I had hoped, he asked me to have dinner with him afterwards.
在遇见艾利克斯几天后，我特地去参加了一个派对，因为我知道他一定也会参加的。
Or perhaps it's shopping for them. Or perhaps it's making Christmas dinner. Or perhaps it's planning your awesome New Year's Eve party.
你可以和他们一起购物，可以和他们一起做圣诞大餐，可以和他们一起策划一起新年派对。
Think of the kerfuffle that goes into deciding who to invite with whom to a dinner party.
想一想在决定邀请谁与谁搭伴前来参加宴会时出现的那种混乱场面吧。
Charles is visiting his friend Michelle who is preparing for a dinner party.
查尔斯拜访朋友米歇尔，她正在准备晚餐。
Charles is visiting his friend Michelle who is preparing for a dinner party.
查尔斯拜访朋友米歇尔，她正在准备晚餐。
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