舌尖上的美國(guó)(50):邀請(qǐng)舞會(huì)

　　A:Who are you going to invite to the prom?
　　A:你要邀請(qǐng)誰(shuí)去參加畢業(yè)舞會(huì)?
　　B:I'm thinking about asking Mary.
　　B:我在考慮邀請(qǐng)瑪麗.
　　A:I heard she was going with John.
　　A:我聽(tīng)說(shuō)她要跟約翰去.
　　B:I heard that too,but it's not true.John's going with Jessica.
　　B:我也聽(tīng)說(shuō)了,但那不是真的.約翰要跟潔西卡去.
　　1.prom
　　在美國(guó)口語(yǔ)中可以表示學(xué)校的班級(jí)舞會(huì)。
　　eg：On the night of the prom the seniors were on a cloud. 舉行學(xué)生舞會(huì)的晚上，四年級(jí)學(xué)生都興高采列。
　　2.invite
　　invite sb to some place邀請(qǐng)某人去...
　　eg：Jake invites me to his house this Friday.
　　invite還有名詞性質(zhì)，解釋為“邀請(qǐng)函”。
　　eg:He has got an invite to the fashion show.
　　invite還有招致，引起的意思。
　　His carelessness invited this bad result.
　　3.go with
　　a.伴隨
　　Happiness doesn't necessarily go with money.
　　b.與...相配
　　Do you think this hat would go with my new dress?
　　c.與...約會(huì)
　　He goes with the girl every week.
　　學(xué)生們?cè)谛瞧诹砩弦⒓右粋€(gè)舞會(huì)。
　　[誤] The students are going to a dance party on Saturday night.
　　[正] The students are going to a dance on Saturday night.
　　Notice:舞會(huì)應(yīng)該說(shuō)dancing party，不要說(shuō)dance party，但一般只說(shuō)dance也就夠了。
　　開(kāi)舞會(huì)就說(shuō)give a dance，
　　去參加舞會(huì)就說(shuō)go to a dance。
　　那旅館每晚舉行舞會(huì)：At the hotel dances are held nightly.
　　我第一次遇見(jiàn)她是在一個(gè)舞會(huì)上：She and I first met at a dance.
　　他們請(qǐng)我參加舞會(huì)：They asked me to a dance.
　　規(guī)模較大的舞會(huì)，英語(yǔ)又可說(shuō)ball，是從拉丁文來(lái)的。