DAN在北京学汉语，他的中国朋友要是遇到了不知道用美语怎么说的词，就会来请教他。今天是吴琼问的：酒后驾车。

DAN:吴琼, 你怎么无精打采的？

WQ:别提了！昨天晚上让警察给抓了！

DAN:What happened? Who did you kill?

WQ:杀人？DAN你就别损我了，我哪会杀人，就是酒后驾车了，在美语里就是driving after drinking 对么？

DAN:Actually it's called drunk driving. WQ, drunk driving is no trivial matter. You really shouldn't do it.

WQ:你就别教育我了，我知道错了！其实我也是第一次酒驾，以前我都很注意的！昨天实在没人开车了，我在一帮人里算喝得最少的了，就想....

DAN:You took a chance and thought you'd get lucky, right?

WQ:是。我觉得就这么一次，肯定出不了事，也肯定不会被抓到，谁知道....

DAN:You got pulled over by a cop?

WQ:Pull over?

DAN:Yea. When a cop asks you to stop the car on the side of the road, that's called getting pulled over.

WQ:明白了，警察 pull someone over, 就是示意司机把车停靠在路边。Yes, I got pulled over by a traffic police. 我本来还想装作没事，结果人家警察叔叔一下就看出我喝了酒，一点情面也没留，罚了我1000块！

DAN:1000块？酒驾罚款不是200么？

WQ:上礼拜才改的新规定！都让我赶上了！

DAN:Sounds like you had a tough break!

WQ:To have a tough break 就是倒霉吧？我的确是够倒霉的！

DAN:WQ, I'm sorry you had a tough break, but it's no excuse for drunk driving. Next time you go out drinking with a bunch of friends, don't forget to have a designated driver!

WQ:Designate? D-E-S-I-G-N-A-T-E, designate是指定的意思，designated driver就是专门负责开车送朋友们回家的人喽！

DAN:没错！

WQ:Next time we'll definitely have a designated driver!

DAN:Good idea! Now let's see what you've learned today.

WQ:酒后驾车是drunk driving; 警察示意路边停车是pull someone over; 倒霉，运气差，是have a tough break; party结束后专门负责开车送大家回家的人是the designated driver.