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The four friends are chipping in for a bottle of wine for a party they’ve been invited to.
四人为一个晚餐宴会凑份子买酒当礼物。
Jerry: Come on. We’re all chipping in for wine.
来，我们凑份子去买葡萄酒吧。
George: I don’t even drink wine. I drink Pepsi.
我不喝葡萄酒，我只喝百事可乐。
Jerry: You can’t bring Pepsi.
我们总不能送人家一瓶可乐吧？
George: Why not?
为什么不能呢？
Jerry: Because we’re adults.
因为我们是成年人。
George: You’re telling me that wine is better than Pepsi? No way wine is better than Pepsi.
你在告诉我葡萄酒比可乐好吗？不，葡萄酒怎么也比不上可乐。
Jerry: I’ll tell ya, George, I don’t think we want to walk in there and put a big plastic jug of Pepsi in the middle of the table.
我告诉你，George，我认为我们不至于打算走进主人家门，把一大塑料瓶的百事可乐放在人家桌上。
George: I just don’t like the idea that any time there’s dinner invitation, there’s this annoying little chore that goes along with it.
我就是讨厌这些所谓的礼节。每次一有人请吃晚饭，就得四处买礼物啊什么的，好烦！
Jerry: Well, you’ve become quite a chore yourself.
我看你就够烦人的了！

俚语讲解：
chip in：to contribute money or labor凑钱，出力
chip-in: a gift that everyone contributes money toward凑份子买的礼物

eg: We all chipped in for beer.
我们凑钱买了啤酒。
eg: I can only afford to chip in a few dollars this time.
这次我只能出几美元。

扩展：
chip in also means to interrupt with comments or interject
chip in的另一个常用的意思是：“插嘴，打断”
eg：Lisa chipped in that it was nobody’s fault.
Lisa突然插嘴说谁都没错。

文化：
1. This expression comes from gambling: a chip is a small disk or counter used in poker and other games to represent money.
在赌博中，用一些小圆片作为筹码，代表钱数，由此chip引申为money。
2. Wine, flowers and candies are traditional gifts for the hostess of a dinner party.
被邀请去参加晚宴，出于礼节应送给女主人葡萄酒、鲜花、糖果等当礼物。