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1. I went to a leaving do last night and I drank too much beer… and wine…
2. A leaving do? Do?
3. Yes, a leaving do. A colleague has got a job at another company and had a party to celebrate his last day.
4. so in British English, another word for party is ‘do’.
译文：
1. 昨晚我去参加了一个欢送聚会，我喝了太多的啤酒… 和葡萄酒…
2. A leaving do? Do?
3. 是的，’A leaving do’，一个同事在另一家公司找到了一份工作，并在他的最后一天举行了庆祝聚会。
4. 在英国英语中，party的另一个说法就是’do’。
do = party，聚会 [非正式]
leaving do = 欢送聚会
Christmas do = 圣诞聚会
【习惯用法】do的常用意思是‘[动]做’，在这里则用作名词，‘聚会’，非正式，很普遍的英国人说法。现在快到圣诞节了，很多的公司或团体都在筹备圣诞聚会 ‘Christmas Do’。通常的圣诞聚会都是在餐馆、酒馆或某个人的家里进行，以吃喝为主，事先定好每个人付多少钱；吃完后大都会去NightClub[夜总会]跳舞。英国人的这个do的用法常常让外籍人士丈二和尚摸不着头。
口语练习：
John is going to have a leaving do this Saturday.
Our company is going to have a Christmas do at a Chinese restaurant this year.
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