借火来搭讪

现在几乎所有的公共场所，像办公室，饭馆儿，都是禁烟的，所以想抽烟的朋友们只能去户外。而一个适用于他们的搭讪方式也诞生了，就叫做smirting（借火搭讪）。

Feifei: Why are you looking so happy Diarmuid?
菲菲：迪尔米德，为什么你看上去那么开心？

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.
迪尔米德：嗯，今天早晨我在外面打电话，一位女士过来问我借打火机。我觉得她是想要“借火搭讪”。

Feifei: Smirt?
菲菲：借火搭讪?

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.
迪尔米德：是的，借火搭讪。现在这是个俚语，指的是在吸烟的时候和某人调情。

Feifei: It sounds like smoking and flirting have been joined together to make the word smirting.
菲菲：听上去是吸烟和调情这两个词加在一起构成了这个词。

Diarmuid: Exactly, that is how the word smirting is created.
迪尔米德：确实是，这就是这个词的构成。

Diarmuid: But I didn't have a lighter, because I don't smoke, so that was the end of the conversation.
迪尔米德：但是我没有打火机，因为我不吸烟，所以就不了了之。

Feifei: Was she pretty?
菲菲：她可爱吗？

Diarmuid: She was very pretty.
迪尔米德：她非常可爱。

Feifei: Oh well. She'll probably be there tomorrow if you want to talk to her again.
菲菲：好吧，如果你还想和她搭讪，明天可能她还会在那里呢。

What do people usually say when they are smirting?
菲菲：以借火搭讪的时候会说什么呢？

Diarmuid: It depends. Here is an example of some people smirting:
迪尔米德：这得看情况。下面是一些人以借火和某人搭讪的实例：

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Example

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

B: Sure.
当然。

A: Thanks. Are you new here?
谢谢，你是新来的吗？

B: Yeah, I just started in the IT department.
是的，我刚来，在IT部门。

A: Oh great, I work in the office right next to you.
哦，很好，我就在你旁边的办公室里工作。

B: I guess we'll be seeing a lot of each other.
我想我们会经常见面的。

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Feifei: All this talk of smirting is making me feel a little lonely.
菲菲：不知道我什么时候才能遇到梦中的白马王子呀！

Diarmuid: You do know that smoking is bad for you and that there are healthier ways to meet a nice guy than to smirt.
迪尔米德：你一定知道吸烟对你有害，除了借火搭讪这种方法，还有很多好的方法去认识不错的人。

（英文来源：BBC英语教学 翻译&编辑：yaning）