(слишком симпатичной для него, во всяком случае).
down [daʋn], guy [ɡaɪ], disappointed [,dɪsǝ'pɔɪntɪd]
Then she noticed with a start that someone had handed her another drink. It wasn't easy to dance with a drink in one hand, so Paula downed this drink, too, in one long swallow.
Now Paula began feeling dizzy. 'Excuse me – I don't feel too good. I must sit down,' she said to her dancing partner. The guy looked disappointed. He'd thought it was his lucky night, for Paula was a good-looking girl – too good-looking for him, anyway.
Never having had a drink before (/поскольку она/ никогда не выпивала раньше), this was a completely new experience for Paula (то для Паулы это были совершенно новые впечатления; experience – /жизненный/ опыт; впечатление, переживание). It all felt so strange (все это казалось таким странным; to feel – чувствовать, ощущать). In a way it felt nice, but in a way it scared her (отчасти ощущение было приятным, но немного пугало ее; in a way – в некотором отношении, в определенной мере) because she didn't seem in full control of herself anymore (потому что ей казалось, будто она не полностью владеет собой; in control of – /иметь/ контроль над; full – полный, наполненный целиком; полный, несокращенный). And this was a feeling that she did not like (а это ощущение ей не нравилось). She thought of her real dad (она подумала о своем родном папочке; real – реально существующий, настоящий), who had lost all control of himself and had ended up dead (который совершенно утратил контроль: «утратил весь контроль» над собой, отчего в результате умер; to end up – закончить, завершить /тем, что…/; dead – мертвый).
completely [kǝm'pli:tlɪ], experience [ɪk'spɪ(ǝ)rɪǝns], thought [θɔ:t]
Never having had a drink before, this was a completely new experience for Paula. It all felt so strange. In a way it felt nice, but in a way it scared her because she didn't seem in full control of herself anymore. And this was a feeling that she did not like. She thought of her real dad, who had lost all control of himself and had ended up dead.