International meetings began to sound like a pledge banquet with a pass-around microphone.
国际会议开始象在宴会上传送麦克风举杯祝酒那样发出了声音。Silvio Berlusconi, Italy's Prime Minister, as he used the remnants of a broken podium to toast President Bush at a White House dinner.
在白宫晚宴上,意大利总理西尔维奥·贝卢斯科尼手捧弄破的讲台台面这样向布什总统祝酒。西非译。At her dinner table, men hang on her every word, and women echo her pearly laugh as she raises a wine glass in a toast.
餐桌旁,男人们抢着应和她说的每一句话;女人们则在她举起葡萄酒杯祝酒时,随她一起放声欢笑。As I lifted my glass to join in a celebratory toast, I felt a hand on my shoulder and turned to see the smiling face of my old buddy, Flaps.
正当我举杯和大家祝酒庆祝的时候,我感到肩膀被人拍了一下,转过头我看到老伙计“招风耳”洋溢着笑容的脸。All ready to toast, will is more for my dead father purposely set table, report to him I have followed the ambition of his possessions.
众人准备祝酒时,必正更特意替亡父设席,向他报告本人已有了承袭家业的志气。I've still got to drive myself home, so I am going to have to pass on this round of drinks.
我还得自己开车回家呢,所以这一次的祝酒我就免了。Others are fairly easy, like going to a Toastmasters meeting (where you will probably be greeted by several people as you walk in).
其他人更为简单,像是参加祝酒会,当你进去时,你会得到一些人的问候。In the form of a toast, the conventional announcement is made by the father of the bride-to-be.
按常规,应由未来新娘的父亲,以祝酒词的形式来宣布这一消息。S. A. ! "There was no receiving line; no one gave any speeches or toasts. "
没有接受行,没有人给任何讲话或祝酒。