A：Ok, so who are we going to invite to our dinner party?
好了，那么我們打算邀請(qǐng)誰(shuí)來(lái)參加我們的宴會(huì)?
B：Well, we have the Thompsons, the Greens, and the Andersons, about twelve people total.
唔，我們將邀請(qǐng)托馬斯一家，格雷一家，安德森一家，大約一共有12個(gè)人。
A：Don't forget my friend Andy from the office. He has nothing to do on Friday, so I invited him over.
不要忘了我辦公室的朋友安迪。星期五他無(wú)事可做，所以我邀請(qǐng)了他過(guò)來(lái)。
B：But that makes thirteen people! We can't have thirteen people for dinner on Friday!
但是那樣就有13個(gè)人!星期五我們不能有13個(gè)人吃飯!
A：Why can't we?
為什么不能?
B：It's an old superstition. If we have thirteen people at the table, then it means bad luck. Can Andy bring a date?
這是個(gè)老迷信。如果我們?cè)陲堊郎嫌?3個(gè)人，那就意味著運(yùn)氣不好。安迪能帶他女朋友來(lái)嗎?
A：I'm not sure. He just broke up with his girlfriend recently, and I don't think he's in the mood to start again so soon.
我不知道。他最近才和他女朋友分手，我想他沒有心情這么快又找一個(gè)。
B：But we can't have thirteen for dinner!
但我們不能有13個(gè)人吃飯!
A：I think you're making a mountain out of a molehill. It's only a superstition. It really doesn't mean anything.
我想你是在把問題弄大。這只是個(gè)迷信，沒有任何實(shí)際意義。
B：Absolutely not! I refuse to have thirteen people for dinner on Friday!
絕對(duì)不是!我拒絕星期五13個(gè)人吃飯!
A：Ok, ok. I'll ask my sister to come. That way we'll have fourteen for dinner.
好，好。我要我妹妹也來(lái)。那樣我們就有14人吃飯。
B：That's better.
那還差不多。