青梅竹馬的愛人

Veronica： Hey， Jimmy. ①How’re you holding up？

Jimmy： I’m alright. But I take it， from your enquiry， that you noticed my status on Facebook.

Veronica： Sorry. I couldn’t help it. ②And I know what a big deal it is to change your relationship status online. You pretty much make it official when it’s posted it for all to see.

Jimmy： Yeah…

Veronica： ③Geez， that sucks！ I really thought she was the one. I feel your pain Jimmy.

Jimmy： Thanks Vee. I appreciate the comforting words and all， and I， I don’t wanna seem ungrateful， but， if I’m being honest， I don’t think you have the slightest idea as to how I feel. You’ve been with the same guy since 8th grade.

Veronica： So what？ Does that mean that someone can’t be a movie critic unless they’ve actually acted in movies？ Or that a 1）nerdy newspaper columnist can’t write about football unless he’s played it professionally？ Or that a doctor can’t treat someone with AIDS unless they’ve 2）contracted it as well？

Jimmy： While those are all excellent examples of people who studied a 3）craft and followed it as a career， I’d rather get relationship advice from someone who’s， you know， actually had relationship problems.

Veronica： So you’d rather get advice from people who fail at relationships than someone who’s happily married and has made their relationship work for years？

Jimmy： Alright， I’ll give you that one. But answer me this： How did you know your husband was the one？

Veronica： Because， whenever I’m with him， or even just thinking about him， I know there’s no place I’d rather be than in his arms. It’s where I feel the safest， because I don’t need to hide my true self.

Jimmy： ④And you knew all this right off the bat？ You were always so comfortable around him？

Veronica： No. He put me at ease by making me laugh， he always has. I think as long as you marry someone with the same sense of humor as you have， you’ve got as good a shot as anyone. After all， who wouldn’t want to laugh for the rest of their life？

Jimmy： But what about being 4）compatible in other ways？ Like， in the bedroom？

Veronica： Yeah， what about it？

Jimmy： Well， you’ve only slept with one person， right？ Are you OK with the fact that you will only be with that one person till death do you part？

Veronica： Yeah， I’m cool with it， but， how about this？ If I ever get bored of it， you’ll be the first one I call， alright？ Gotta go， see ya later！

Jimmy： Wait. Vee， are you serious？ Wait， hold up！

維羅妮卡：嘿，吉米。你怎么樣了？

吉米：我很好。而從你的詢問中，我知道你注意到我在臉書上的（婚姻）狀態(tài)了。

維羅妮卡：對(duì)不起，我忍不住。我知道在網(wǎng)上更改你的婚姻狀態(tài)是多么重要的事情。當(dāng)你發(fā)布出來讓所有人看到的時(shí)候，你很大程度上算是正式宣布了。

吉米：沒錯(cuò)……

維羅妮卡：哎呀，太糟糕了！我曾經(jīng)真的以為她就是你的真命天女。我能感受到你的傷痛，吉米。

吉米：謝謝你，維。我很感激你所有安慰的話，而我，我不想自己顯得那么不領(lǐng)情，但是，老實(shí)說，我認(rèn)為你一點(diǎn)都不了解我的感受。你八年級(jí)以來只跟同一個(gè)人在一起。

維羅妮卡：那又怎樣？那樣就意味著人們要實(shí)際參演電影才能成為電影評(píng)論家嗎？或者一個(gè)書呆子式的報(bào)紙專欄作者不能寫足球內(nèi)容除非他是專業(yè)足球運(yùn)動(dòng)員？又或者一個(gè)醫(yī)生不能治療艾滋病除非他們自己也染上這種??？

吉米：這些都是非常好的例子證明了人們學(xué)一門手藝并把它發(fā)展成為一份職業(yè)，你懂的，我寧愿從一個(gè)有實(shí)際婚姻問題的人那里去尋求婚姻方面的意見。

維羅妮卡：那么你寧愿聽取有失敗婚姻的人的話，也不愿聽有著幸?；橐?，而且幸福婚姻持續(xù)了多年的人的勸告？

吉米：好吧，你說得沒錯(cuò)。但是回答我這個(gè)問題：你怎么知道你的丈夫就是你的真命天子？

維羅妮卡：因?yàn)?，每?dāng)我跟他在一起，或者只是想念他的時(shí)候，我別無他想，只想呆在他的懷里。那是我感覺最安全的地方，因?yàn)槲也恍枰獋窝b真實(shí)的自己。

吉米：你是立刻就知道這一切的嗎？在他身邊你總是感到那么自如嗎？

維羅妮卡：不是。他通過逗我笑來讓我放松，他總是這樣。我認(rèn)為只要跟與自己有同樣幽默感的人結(jié)婚，你就有很大機(jī)會(huì)跟任何人一樣（得到美滿的婚姻）。畢竟，誰不想歡聲笑語伴隨自己的余生？

吉米：但是在其他方面也那么水乳交融嗎？比如，在臥室里？

維羅妮卡：嗯，在臥室里怎么了？

吉米：呃，你只跟一個(gè)人同床共枕過，對(duì)吧？你將只跟一個(gè)人廝守直到死亡把你們分開，這樣的事實(shí)你滿意嗎？

維羅妮卡：是的，我很高興這樣，但是，這樣如何？如果我對(duì)此感到厭倦了，我打電話找的第一個(gè)人就是你，好嗎？得走了，遲些見！

吉米：等等，維，你是認(rèn)真的嗎？等等，停一下！

Smart Sentences

① How’re you holding up？ 你怎么樣了？

How are you holding up？： used to show concerns about other’s state in an unpleasant circumstance（用以表達(dá)對(duì)他人在不佳狀態(tài)的關(guān)心）。例如：

How are you holding up， Betty？ I heard about your parents’divorce.

貝蒂，你怎么樣了？我聽說你父母離婚的事了。

② And I know what a big deal it is to change your relationship status online. 我知道在網(wǎng)上更改你的婚姻狀態(tài)是多么重要的事情。

a big deal： sth. is important or significant（重要的事，影響重大的事）。例如：

Growing up in a poor rural family， going to college is a big deal for Don.

對(duì)于在一個(gè)貧窮的農(nóng)村家庭長(zhǎng)大的唐來說，上大學(xué)是一件大事。

③ Geez， that sucks！ I really thought she was the one. 哎呀，太糟糕了！我曾經(jīng)真的以為她就是你的真命天女。

sth. sucks： sth. is very bad or unpleasant（形容某事令人討厭，令人極不愉快）。例如：

This courier company sucks！ They lost my husband’s package yesterday and dropped the mug I bought online today and broke it.

這家快遞公司太差勁了！他們昨天弄丟了我丈夫的包裹，今天又把我網(wǎng)購(gòu)的馬克杯掉在地上打碎了。

④ And you knew all this right off the bat？ 你是立刻就知道這一切的嗎？

right off the bat： immediately； first thing（毫不猶豫，馬上）。例如：

My roommate decided to refuse the job offer right off the bat after hearing the news of the company’s irresponsible act of pumping waste water into the Yangtze River.

我的室友在聽到那家公司把廢水排入長(zhǎng)江這種不負(fù)責(zé)任的行為后，立刻決定拒絕對(duì)方提供的工作機(jī)會(huì)。