20160225-Michael Chugani 褚簡寧：又中又英——A freeloader
Michael Chugani 褚簡寧：又中又英——A freeloader
19:55 25/2/2016
This morning I woke up feeling sad. I had hoped I could be a freeloader tonight but I cannot. It is the fault of Democratic Party chairman Emily Lau Wai-hing. She could have let me be a freeloader but she did not. Maybe she thinks I am pro-establishment. Maybe that is why she decided I could not be a freeloader tonight. But I want to assure her I am neither pro-establishment nor pro-democracy. I am pro-free food and pro-free wine. I don’t mind being pro-democracy if I can be a freeloader tonight. But Lau Wai-hing has not given me an opportunity to sing for my supper.
A freeloader is a person who always wants to get things for free, such as food, but never gives anything back. If you have a good job and good pay but live in the home of your parents without giving them any money, you are a freeloader. The word “supper” means an evening meal, or dinner. The expression “sing for your supper” means to do something for a person so you can get something back in return, usually a free meal. For example, you are singing for your supper if you are invited to a lunch or dinner gathering of businessmen but have to give a speech about the economy before the meal.
The Democratic Party will hold its annual anniversary dinner tonight. Lau Wai-hing invited me last year after I jokingly wrote that I wanted to join senior government officials in boycotting the dinner but could not boycott it because I had not been invited. I woke up feeling sad because she has not invited me this year. Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying wants to attend but Lau Wai-hing has refused to invite him. She has invited other senior officials but Leung Chun-ying has ordered them to boycott the dinner because he has not been invited. I want Lau Wai-hing to know I don’t mind singing for my supper by giving a speech saying I am pro-democracy even though in my heart I am pro-free food. I don’t mind saying anything to be a freeloader.
今早醒來，我感到很傷心。我曾經期盼今晚可以當個白吃白喝的人（freeloader），原來不行，這實在是民主黨主席劉慧卿的錯。她本可以讓我做個白吃白喝的人（freeloader），她卻沒有。也許她以為我是親建制的，也許她因此而決定我今晚不能做個白吃白喝的人（freeloader）。但我想向她保證，我並非親建制，也不是親民主的，我是親免費食物、親免費酒的。若我今晚可以做個白吃白喝的人（freeloader），我不介意做個親民主的。但劉慧卿卻連讓我做點事以換取免費餐（sing for your supper）的機會也不給我。
A freeloader就是不勞而獲、白吃白喝的人。若你有份好工、人工可觀，卻住在父母的家，也不給任何家用，那你就是個 freeloader了。Supper通常是指晚餐，習語“sing for your supper”意思是你為某人做事，讓你可換取一些回報，通常是一頓免費餐。譬如，若你獲邀出席一個商人午宴或晚宴，但在開席前卻得就經濟議題發表演說，那你就在singing for your supper。
民主黨今晚舉辦周年晚宴。上年我開玩笑說，我想參與政府高官杯葛晚宴的行動卻不能，因為我根本沒有獲邀，劉慧卿隨後便邀請了我。我今早醒來很傷感，因為她今年沒有邀請我。特首梁振英也想出席，但劉慧卿拒絕邀請他。她也邀請了其他高官，但梁振英下令他們一律得杯葛晚宴，因為他自己不獲邀。我希望劉慧卿知道，我不介意為了換取免費餐而做些甚麼（singing for my supper），譬如演講說我是親民主的，即使我打從心底裏是親免費食物的。為了做個白吃白喝的人（freeloader），我甚麼都能說。
中譯:七刻
Michael Chugani 褚簡寧
19:55 25/2/2016
This morning I woke up feeling sad. I had hoped I could be a freeloader tonight but I cannot. It is the fault of Democratic Party chairman Emily Lau Wai-hing. She could have let me be a freeloader but she did not. Maybe she thinks I am pro-establishment. Maybe that is why she decided I could not be a freeloader tonight. But I want to assure her I am neither pro-establishment nor pro-democracy. I am pro-free food and pro-free wine. I don’t mind being pro-democracy if I can be a freeloader tonight. But Lau Wai-hing has not given me an opportunity to sing for my supper.
A freeloader is a person who always wants to get things for free, such as food, but never gives anything back. If you have a good job and good pay but live in the home of your parents without giving them any money, you are a freeloader. The word “supper” means an evening meal, or dinner. The expression “sing for your supper” means to do something for a person so you can get something back in return, usually a free meal. For example, you are singing for your supper if you are invited to a lunch or dinner gathering of businessmen but have to give a speech about the economy before the meal.
The Democratic Party will hold its annual anniversary dinner tonight. Lau Wai-hing invited me last year after I jokingly wrote that I wanted to join senior government officials in boycotting the dinner but could not boycott it because I had not been invited. I woke up feeling sad because she has not invited me this year. Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying wants to attend but Lau Wai-hing has refused to invite him. She has invited other senior officials but Leung Chun-ying has ordered them to boycott the dinner because he has not been invited. I want Lau Wai-hing to know I don’t mind singing for my supper by giving a speech saying I am pro-democracy even though in my heart I am pro-free food. I don’t mind saying anything to be a freeloader.
今早醒來，我感到很傷心。我曾經期盼今晚可以當個白吃白喝的人（freeloader），原來不行，這實在是民主黨主席劉慧卿的錯。她本可以讓我做個白吃白喝的人（freeloader），她卻沒有。也許她以為我是親建制的，也許她因此而決定我今晚不能做個白吃白喝的人（freeloader）。但我想向她保證，我並非親建制，也不是親民主的，我是親免費食物、親免費酒的。若我今晚可以做個白吃白喝的人（freeloader），我不介意做個親民主的。但劉慧卿卻連讓我做點事以換取免費餐（sing for your supper）的機會也不給我。
A freeloader就是不勞而獲、白吃白喝的人。若你有份好工、人工可觀，卻住在父母的家，也不給任何家用，那你就是個 freeloader了。Supper通常是指晚餐，習語“sing for your supper”意思是你為某人做事，讓你可換取一些回報，通常是一頓免費餐。譬如，若你獲邀出席一個商人午宴或晚宴，但在開席前卻得就經濟議題發表演說，那你就在singing for your supper。
民主黨今晚舉辦周年晚宴。上年我開玩笑說，我想參與政府高官杯葛晚宴的行動卻不能，因為我根本沒有獲邀，劉慧卿隨後便邀請了我。我今早醒來很傷感，因為她今年沒有邀請我。特首梁振英也想出席，但劉慧卿拒絕邀請他。她也邀請了其他高官，但梁振英下令他們一律得杯葛晚宴，因為他自己不獲邀。我希望劉慧卿知道，我不介意為了換取免費餐而做些甚麼（singing for my supper），譬如演講說我是親民主的，即使我打從心底裏是親免費食物的。為了做個白吃白喝的人（freeloader），我甚麼都能說。
中譯:七刻
Michael Chugani 褚簡寧
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