初識好友，情愫暗生！

I Made a Friend！

Lynn： Hey Jer. How are you today？

Jeremy： I’m fine. But why do you seem so 1）chipper this morning？ I mean， I know you’ve been down these days about that douche bag Dwayne.

Lynn： You mean he， whose name shall not be spoken？

Jeremy： Oh yeah. Sorry about that. I forgot the memo...Anyway， what’s got you out of the dumps so quickly？ Whatever it is， I’d like a try…

Lynn： O-M-G！ I met this absolute sweetheart online， a total gentleman， who made me feel completely at ease last night. We chatted for hours about our 2）rollercoaster lives. It was an instant connection， and I think we could grow to be really good friends.

Jeremy： Wow！ That’s amazing. What—what’d you say this lucky guy’s name was again？

Lynn： I didn’t， Mr. Nosey Parker. But if you must know， his name is Dan.

Jeremy： Why don’t you tell me a little bit about this Dan fellow， with whom you seem so 3）enamored？

Lynn： Dear Jeremy， I think you’re the one who seems a bit overly interested in my social life.

Jeremy： Well， after that jerk， Dway—what’s his name treated you so badly before， I just wanna make sure this Dan guy is up to your standards. After all， as your best friend， it’s supposed to be my job to keep 4）creeps like that away from you， but I didn’t see what an ass that guy was until it was too late. So I feel partly responsible.

Lynn： ①Aww， Jer， you really are a cutie pie. But Dan is no one you need to worry about. As I stated earlier， we are just friends. And I am really grateful for all the helpful advice he was doling out last night.

Jeremy： Advice about what， perchance？

Lynn： Life， love， homework…

Jeremy： Do you think the feelings you’re having maybe more than mere gratitude？

Lynn： What do ya mean？

Jeremy： Well， from where I stand， which is the outside looking in， it seems to me that you may already be in love with him.

Lynn： What？！ No way！ We just met. And we didn’t even really meet. I mean， I’ve never even seen a picture of the guy before.

Jeremy： And that matters why？ You’ve heard of love at first sight. So， why couldn’t this be love at first write？

Lynn： I don’t know…I like to think I’d know the difference between love and friendship.

Jeremy： I think…no. I know that we all wish we could tell the difference between love and whatever isn’t. ②But I also know that no one can ever know， beyond a shadow of a doubt， what lies in the depths of one’s heart， be it their own or another’s. ③The heart has a way of playing tricks on us all.

Lynn： Huh， that’s funny. Dan said something along those lines last night.

Jeremy： Hmm…Sounds like a smart guy to me. Friendship approved. But you might wanna keep your heart open to the possibility of something more…

琳恩：嗨，杰。今天好嗎？

杰里米：我很好。但是你今天早上為什么這么開心？我的意思是，我知道你這些日子為了那個叫德維恩的混蛋消沉了不少。

琳恩：你是說那個名字不應(yīng)該被提及的家伙？

杰里米：嗯是的。對不起。我都忘了……好吧，是什么讓你從那堆煩心事中快速振作起來的？不管是什么，我都想試一下……

琳恩：天?。∥沂亲蛲碓诰W(wǎng)上認(rèn)識了這個超級暖男的，一個紳士味兒十足的男人，相處起來讓我感覺特別自在。我們就人生的起起伏伏聊了幾個小時。這是一種一拍即合的緣分，我想我們能成為很好的朋友。

杰里米：哇！真神奇。你能不能再說一遍那個幸運小子的名字是什么——什么來著？

琳恩：我還沒說了，多管閑事先生。但是如果你真要知道，他的名字叫作丹。

杰里米：你為什么不跟我多說說這個讓你傾心的丹兄弟？

琳恩：親愛的杰里米，我想你是一個似乎對我的社交生活有點過度感興趣的人。

杰里米：好吧，在那個以前對你那么壞的叫作德維……什么的笨蛋之后，我只是想要確定這個叫作丹的家伙是否符合你的擇偶標(biāo)準(zhǔn)。畢竟，作為你最好的朋友，我的職責(zé)就是讓你遠離像那樣的小人。但是等我看清楚那個家伙是個混蛋的時候已經(jīng)為時已晚了。所以我感覺我得負(fù)部分責(zé)任。

琳恩：哦，杰，你真的很有魅力。但是你不需要擔(dān)心丹的為人。正如我之前說的那樣，我們只是朋友。對于他昨晚提出的所有有用的建議我內(nèi)心充滿感激。

杰里米：可能關(guān)于什么的建議？

琳恩：生活、愛情、家庭作業(yè)……

杰里米：你會不會覺得你的感覺也許不僅僅是感激了？

琳恩：你是什么意思？

杰里米：好吧，從我的角度來看，也就是局外人的角度，我覺得你也許已經(jīng)愛上他了。

琳恩：什么？！不可能！我們才剛認(rèn)識。我們甚至還沒有見過面。我是說，我以前從沒見過這個人的相片。

杰里米：那有什么關(guān)系？你聽說過一見鐘情。所以這為什么不可以是一筆鐘情呢？

琳恩：我不知道……我希望我能知道愛情和友誼的區(qū)別。

杰里米：我想……不。我知道我們都希望能辨別愛情與其他情感。但是我也明白沒有人能夠毫無疑義地知道一個人內(nèi)心深處的想法，不論是他們自己的，還是別人的。人心是可以捉弄我們所有人的。

琳恩：呃，真有意思。昨天晚上丹說了相似的話。

杰里米：嗯……我想他應(yīng)該是個聰明的人?？梢猿蔀槟愕呐笥?。但是你心里卻不僅僅想跟他發(fā)展成為朋友……

Smart Sentences

① Aww， Jer， you really are a cutie pie.

哦，杰，你真的很有魅力。

cutie pie： a cute person， typically a woman or a baby（有魅力的人，尤其指姑娘和小孩）。例如：

We all love to have Jenny around. She is such a cutie pie.

我們都喜歡與簡妮相處，她很有魅力。

② But I also know that no one can ever know， beyond a shadow of a doubt， what lies in the depths of one’s heart， be it their own or another’s.

但是我也明白沒有人能夠毫無疑義地知道一個人內(nèi)心深處的想法，不論是他們自己的，還是別人的。

beyond a shadow of a doubt： sth. is absolutely true（無疑地，確實地）。例如：

Beyond a shadow of a doubt， Mrs. Summer is the best manager we’ve ever had.

毋庸置疑，薩默夫人是我們有史以來最好的經(jīng)理。

③The heart has a way of playing tricks on us all.

人心是可以捉弄我們所有人的。

play tricks on sb.： deceive sb.（欺騙某人，開玩笑）。例如：

My brain is playing tricks on me. I can’t remember a word you just said.

我的腦子在跟我開玩笑，你剛才說的話我一個字也想不起來。