又中又英｜Homebody

Are you a party person or a homebody? I used to be both, but I am now more of a homebody. A party person is someone who enjoys partying with friends all the time. A homebody is someone who prefers staying at home. I am mostly a homebody while staying with US relatives because they all have big houses and backyards where I can enjoy happy hour drinks with them. I have many new Hong Kong friends in Taiwan but often choose to be a homebody during my extended stays there.

It is hard to be a homebody now that I am back in Hong Kong. Relatives and old friends have all asked me to go partying with them. Before I arrived in Hong Kong last week, I spent many evenings in my Taipei serviced apartment watching a new Netflix series called The Residence. It is a very unusual series that mixes a murder mystery with comedy and expletives, such as f..k. The Residence is the part of the White House where the US President and family live. It also has a large dining room where official dinners are held. The Netflix series The Residence is a whodunit.

A senior White House staff member is murdered during a state dinner for a foreign leader. The word "whodunit" is a slang word for "who did it?" meaning who committed the murder.A well-known private detective is asked to investigate. She orders all the guests to stay until the murderer is found because everyone is a suspect. The series is a very entertaining whodunit. It is similar to Murder on the Orient Express, a whodunit by the late novelist Agatha Christie. I won’t reveal whodunit in case you decide to watch The Residence.

你是个party person抑或是homebody？我曾经两者皆是，但我现在比较是homebody。A party person就是享受常常跟朋友吃喝玩乐的人；a homebody则是较喜欢黏在家里的人。我在美国暂居亲戚家中时，主要是个恋家的人（homebody），因为他们人人都有大屋和后院，我待在家中就能跟他们来个欢乐时光小酌几杯。我在台湾有许多香港新朋友，但延长逗留台湾期间我总是选择待在家里（homebody）。

我现在回到香港，就很难再做宅男（homebody）了。亲戚和旧友全都叫我跟他们外出玩乐。我上星期到香港前，在台北的服务式公寓花了许多个晚上，看一出新的Netflix剧集《白色官邸杀人事件》。这是一部与众不同的剧集，在凶杀悬案中掺杂了喜剧和诸如F字头的脏话。Residence是白宫的官邸，供美国总统和第一家庭居住。它亦有一个偌大的宴会厅，用来举办正式的晚宴。Netflix剧集《白色官邸杀人事件》则是一个“猜猜谁是凶手”的侦探片（whodunit）。

在一个为外国领袖举办的国宴期间，一个白宫高级职员被谋杀了。Whodunit是"who did it?"的俚语，意即“到底凶手是谁？”。一个知名的私家侦探被召来调查，她要求所有宾客都留下来，直至找出真凶，因为人人都有嫌疑。这套剧集是个非常有娱乐性的“谁是凶手”侦探片（whodunit），它跟《东方快车谋杀案》有点相似，就是由已故小说家阿嘉莎．姬丝蒂所写的“谁是凶手”（whodunit）推理侦探小说。我不会透露凶手是谁（whodunit），以防你决定要观看《白色官邸杀人事件》。

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Michael Chugani褚简宁
中译：七刻