借火來搭訕

現在幾乎所有的公共場所，像辦公室，飯館兒，都是禁煙的，所以想抽煙的朋友們只能去戶外。而一個適用于他們的搭訕方式也誕生了，就叫做smirting（借火搭訕）。

Feifei: Why are you looking so happy Diarmuid?
菲菲：迪爾米德，為什么你看上去那么開心？

Diarmuid: Well, earlier today, I was outside on my telephone, when a lady asked me for a lighter. I think she might have been trying to smirt with me.
迪爾米德：嗯，今天早晨我在外面打電話，一位女士過來問我借打火機。我覺得她是想要“借火搭訕”。

Feifei: Smirt?
菲菲：借火搭訕?

Diarmuid: Yes, smirt, S.M.I.R.T, smirt. Now smirt is a slang word to describe flirting with another person when you are smoking.
迪爾米德：是的，借火搭訕。現在這是個俚語，指的是在吸煙的時候和某人調情。

Feifei: It sounds like smoking and flirting have been joined together to make the word smirting.
菲菲：聽上去是吸煙和調情這兩個詞加在一起構成了這個詞。

Diarmuid: Exactly, that is how the word smirting is created.
迪爾米德：確實是，這就是這個詞的構成。

Diarmuid: But I didn't have a lighter, because I don't smoke, so that was the end of the conversation.
迪爾米德：但是我沒有打火機，因為我不吸煙，所以就不了了之。

Feifei: Was she pretty?
菲菲：她可愛嗎？

Diarmuid: She was very pretty.
迪爾米德：她非常可愛。

Feifei: Oh well. She'll probably be there tomorrow if you want to talk to her again.
菲菲：好吧，如果你還想和她搭訕，明天可能她還會在那里呢。

What do people usually say when they are smirting?
菲菲：以借火搭訕的時候會說什么呢？

Diarmuid: It depends. Here is an example of some people smirting:
迪爾米德：這得看情況。下面是一些人以借火和某人搭訕的實例：

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Example

A: Hi, could I borrow your lighter?
嗨，我能借用一下你的打火機嗎？

B: Sure.
當然。

A: Thanks. Are you new here?
謝謝，你是新來的嗎？

B: Yeah, I just started in the IT department.
是的，我剛來，在IT部門。

A: Oh great, I work in the office right next to you.
哦，很好，我就在你旁邊的辦公室里工作。

B: I guess we'll be seeing a lot of each other.
我想我們會經常見面的。

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Feifei: All this talk of smirting is making me feel a little lonely.
菲菲：不知道我什么時候才能遇到夢中的白馬王子呀！

Diarmuid: You do know that smoking is bad for you and that there are healthier ways to meet a nice guy than to smirt.
迪爾米德：你一定知道吸煙對你有害，除了借火搭訕這種方法，還有很多好的方法去認識不錯的人。

（英文來源：BBC英語教學 翻譯&編輯：yaning）