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    “跳舞”的另一种说法
    (2008-08-04 11:20:40)
    奥运风情,舞动北京。"are you a good dancer? " i'm not really bad. i'm ok at boogying." boogie 这个词是什么意思? 我们今天要讲的新词就是boogie。
    boogie的意思其实很简单, boogie is simply another word for dance,boogie 就是跳舞的意思。boogie 这个词既可以做动词也可以做名词,你可以说 i want to boogie,也可以问are you having a boogie?
    而且,it's not a bad word or a rude word 。它可以对任何人使用,虽然它是一个非正式场合用词,但是和老板或者同事谈话时也可以用boogie。简而言之,boogie是个中性词,凡是你想说 dance 跳舞的时候,都可以使用 boogie 来代替。
    那么,boogie这个词的由来有什么样的故事么?boogie起初是作为一种爵士乐曲在钢琴上演奏,而后转为用吉他弹唱。这种形式一直盛行,直到上世纪50年代。那时,boogie became less popular, and by the mid-1950s, its related form, rock and roll, became the most popular style. by the mid-1970s, the meaning of the term returned to its roots, in a certain sense, as during the disco era, "to boogie" meant "to dance in a disco style". 所以说,上世纪70年代开始,boogie拥有了“跳舞”的含义并且沿用至今。
    最后,让我们来看看有关boogie的这段对话:
    examples
    a: so did you go anywhere good last night?
    b: we went for a few drinks and then decided to go for a boogie in that new club on the high street.
    a: that was one of the best office parties we've ever had.
    b: you seemed to be enjoying yourself--i saw you boogying with sam at one point.
    夏日的激情,舞动的北京。do you enjoy a good boogie?