情景会话—《电子情书》

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乔和网上相恋的女子相约在餐厅见面。乔有些紧张，招来朋友凯文为他壮胆。多嘴的凯文一路上给他出谋划策，真是说起来轻松，做起来难。不过凯文满嘴的美式黑人俚语倒值得读者关注。

单词通缉令

1. dog n.丑陋的人（俗语）

2. squeaky a.吱吱响的

3. compelled a.被强迫的；被迫使的

4. work out 有效果

5. yup ad.是；是的，Yes的俚语表达。来源：www.examda.com

6. turn out to be.。。结果是。。。?？

7. check sb. out 找出某人

Kevin Jackson： So I suppose she's carrying a copy of a book with a flower in it？ Not really. Ah， she can be a real 1）dog， man.

Joe Fox： I'm only staying ten minutes. I'm gonna say hello， I'm gonna have a cup of coffee and then I'm gonna split， that's what I'm gonna do. I hope she doesn't have one of those high 2）squeaky voices like the mice in Cinderella. I hate that. Why am I even doing this？ Why am I 3）compelled to even meet her？ Why？

Kevin： Joe， relax. You're just taking it to the next level. I always do that. I always take the relationship to the next level. If that 4）works out， I take it to the next level after that till I finally reach that level where it becomes absolutely necessary for me to leave.

Joe： Huh， I'm not gonna stay that long anyway. I already said that， didn't I？

Kevin： Yes， you did.

Joe： Oh… OK， Cafe Lala， this is it. Eight o'clock. Boy， we got here fast， didn't we？

Kevin： 5）Yup.

Joe： Kevin， this woman is the most adorable creature I've ever been in contact with and if she 6）turns out even to be as good-looking as a mail box， I'd be crazy not to turn my life upside down and marry her.

Kevin： She could be a real dog. But good luck.

Joe： Would you go and look for me？

Kevin： Me？

Joe： Yes， just go and look through the window and 7）check her out. Please？

Kevin： You're pathetic man.

凯文o杰克逊：那么我假设她拿着一本书，书里有一朵花？不，真的，她一定很丑，老兄。

乔o弗克斯：我只待十分钟。我会说你好，我会喝一杯咖啡，然后就离开，这就是我要做的。我希望她不要有那种尖利的声音，像灰姑娘里面的老鼠那样。我讨厌那声音。我为什么要这样做？我为什么要被迫去见她？为什么？

凯文：乔，放松点。你现在只是要把它进展到下一阶段。我总是这样做的。我总是把这种关系进展到下一阶段。如果真有成效，我就会继续前进，直到最后我必须离开。

乔：呃，我就呆那么一会。我说过了，是吗？

凯文：你说过了。

乔：噢，好了，就这儿，拉拉咖啡店。八点钟，我们挺快的，是不是？

凯文：是。