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发表于 2010-8-11 00:01:53
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(The doorbell rang…)
J: Excuse me.
JS: Hey.
J: We’re just having dinner.
JS: Are you okay?
J: Yeah,yeah.
JS: Do you want me to come back later?
J: No,it’s fine.
JS: Okay.
J: Hey,Andrea,this is Lauren.
A: Hi,Jeff has told me a lot about you.
JS: Likewise.How are you?
A: I’m fine.and you?
JS: I’m good.I’m doing great. Jeff,do you…You’ve got the vacuum(吸尘器)?
J: What?
JS: I was gonna borrow yours.Remember,mine broke?
J: Oh,right. It’s in the closet.I’ll go get it. Do you want something to eat?
JS: No,I had some take-out already.
J: Well,sit down and have a drink,then.
A: Dammi soldi(把钱给我Italian)
JS: I want some butter? No…give me your purse.
A: Dammi soldi
J: Give me your money.
A: Right Giusto.
JS: Okay,here’s mine. 我爱你…我爱你..
A: I’m happy?I’m very happy?
JS: 我爱你..
J: I like you?
JS: 我爱..我爱你..
A: Ti voglio bene? I love you?
JS: Thay’s it!
J: What was that you said?
A: Ti voglio bene.
J: Ti vullo bene.
A: No.Ti voglio bene.
J: Ti voglio bene.
A: g-l. voglio.
JS: voglio. Ti voglio bene.
A: Right. Can you say yours again?
JS: 我爱你.
A: Umm..我
JS:爱
A:爱
JS:你
A:你.我爱你.
JS: Perfect! Your turn.Jeff.
J: I don’t know any foreign languages.
JS: Just make up something.
J: How?
A: Just come up with something. Something that we wouldn’t understand.
J Sigh..)Okay,here’s one. It’s so dry the trees are bribing the dogs.
JS: Oh,god,not one of those.
A: What is it? Texan?
JS: Texbonics(德州英语).
A: Texbonics?You mean like Ebonics(黑人英语)?(JS nod) So, you know what that means?
JS: I have no clue.
J: It just means we’re not getting any rain.
JS: That doesn’t make any fuсking sense.
J: All right,here’s an easier one. Um. This applies to you,actually.Tend to your own knittin’(毛线?)
JS: What?
J: What does it mean when I say: “You should tend to your own knittin’?
A: Uh,like,you have to mind your own business?
J: Exactly!
JS: Right. So,how do you like Dallas so far?
A: It seems nice. I haven’t really seen much,but it seems cool. Honestly,coming from Italy,just the fact that a place is clean makes it prettier.
JS: Have you shown him around,Jeff?
J: We just went by Mark’s place today.
JS: Well,you should take him around,you know. Do some sightseeing.
J: He’s leaving in the moring.
JS: So soon?
A: Yeah.
JS: This is a really short visit.
A: That’s what me and Mark agreed on.
J: And what was the agreement?
A: That two days were enough for first meeting.If we didn’t get alone,we would not be forced to stay together for too long, you know.
JS: Right.I mean,what if you got along?Were you gonna stay longer?
A: Maybe. He said that he wanted to come and visit me in Italy.If it all worked out. I’ve done this before.Once. Do you remember Des Moines?Des Moines,Iowa?
J: Yeah.
A: Um. I didn’t have a friend there.I went there to see a guy.
JS: Was this someone you met online,too?
A: Oh,yeah.I was supposed to spend a week there.
JS: Damn(Why say it??).
A: It’s kind of embarrassing.
JS: Do tell(with an evil eyes)!
A: Well,he didn’t tell me that he was bipolar(狂躁症) which is fine,but he stopped taking his medication.So he was acting very erratic when I was there.And by the third day,he stared screaming at me for no reason.So I got really scared and checked into a hotel.
JS: Is there no one in Italy you could date?People who live in Geneva?
J: It’s Genova,dear.
JS: Sorry.Genova.
A: Genova. Um. There’s not much of a scene there.It’s not like Rome,you know.It’s not easy to meet other guys.So,My social outlets is quite limited,and I end up meeting people online.
JS: Why Americans?Why not Europeans?
A: Because I have a fetish(恋物癖) for Yankees(洋基队?应该可以引申成美国佬的意思).
JS: Really?Is that so?
A: No,it’s not that.Just…Sometimes you chat with someone online.You start talking,you have a connection and they just happen to be in…
JS: Des Moines,Iowa.
A: Yeah.
J: Or Dallas,Texas.
A: Exactly.It’s not like I plan it out geographically(地理;地域).Like I have to hit one guy per state at least.I know it sounds crazy that I’m coming all the way out here to meet a person.But every now and then you talk to someone special.And you take a chance.
JS: It was nice to meet you,Andrea.
A: It was nice meeting you,too.
JS: Hey,Jeff,can you help me with the vacuum?
J: Oh,sure. Hey,just leave those on the table.I’ll take care of it.
A: It’s okay.I can do this(sweet!)
J: Okay thanks. |
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