地道英语：满城狂玩儿

　　To paint the town red

　　满城狂玩儿

　　Will: Hello! Im Will. Its Friday night time to have fun! This is the Burning Swan - my favourite pub. Im just waiting for Li. Oh there she is. My goodness! What is she wearing this time?

　　Li: Hi Will.

　　Will: Hi Li! Nice... blue overalls!

　　Li: Thank you, 这些都是新买的工作服 overalls, 专门为今天晚上准备的。

　　Will: Okay. I dont really follow fashion, but in London at least, overalls are really just for builders and painters and carpenters.

　　Li: Yes, youre right! 好了我们从哪儿开始呢?

　　Will: Eh? What are you doing?

　　Li: 这里看上去是挺单调的。

　　Will: Why have you got a can of paint?

　　Li: 特别是对面儿的那堵墙，你看漆都掉了。Shall we?

　　Will: Li, what are you doing? You cant just walk into places and start repainting their walls! Dont! Stop it! Dont! I love that brown colour!

　　Li: Will,你不是说要刷成红色吗?

　　Will: No! No-one wants it to be red!

　　Li: But didnt you say that tonight wed paint the town red, starting with this pub 你不记得了今天早上你说我们要把这城市刷成红色的，还说就从这个酒吧开始!

　　Will: Its just an expression! It means that well go out and have a really exciting, crazy time. Well paint the town red it just means well have fun, not actually paint things.

　　Li: OK. To paint the town red 是一个短语意思是在城里狂玩儿。

　　Will: Lets listen to some examples.

　　Its my daughters birthday today. Shes gone out with her friends. I expect theyll paint the town red!

　　We had a crazy night on Saturday, we painted the town red.

　　Li: 好了Will, 你来说说你的想法把，你准备怎么个狂玩儿?Whats your idea of painting the town red?

　　Will: We drink, we dance, we laugh loudly, we meet people, we stay up all night.

　　Li: 嗯，不过我觉得，我还是想粉刷一下，你看，这面墙多旧呀。

　　Will: No, Li, stop! Well get arrested. Youll ruin our night out!

　　Li: Isnt that colour so much better?

　　Will: No, Li, just stop please!

　　Li: 你看这红色的多好看哪!

　　Will: Li!