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发表于 2014-4-18 11:59
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Woman: Hey. Uh, you look really unhappy. What's going on?
Young Man: Ah, you don't want to know.
Woman: Okay, see ya.
Young Man: Wait, wait, wait! Why are you walking away?
Woman: Well, you said I didn't want to know.
Young Man: No, wait. You see my parents don't really love me.
Woman: What do you mean? When I met them last week, they seemed really caring.
Young Man: Uh, you don't understand! You see. I want a new smart phone . . . I mean, I need one, and my parents won't buy me it!
Woman: Uh, excuse me, but uh, don't you already have a iPhone?
Young Man: Man, yeah, but it's three months old, and it has a small scratch on it.
Woman: Where? Let me see. [Look!] I don't see a scratch.
Young Man: Look, look right here!. [THAT?] [Do] you see it?
Woman: It's just a speck of dust.
Young Man: Anyway. And my other phone . . .
Woman: What? You have two phones?
Young Man: That's beside the point.
Woman: So, so, did your parents give you a reason for not buying you a new phone?
Young Man: Not a good one. Only something about being self-reliant and not being so entitled, or something like that. And now they want to work . . . on the neighbor's farm to pay for it. [Good idea!] It's not fair.
Woman: Hey, I think I know the problem. [What?] Take a look in the mirror. You'll see both the problem and the solution.
Young Man: Uh! You're no help.
Key Vocabulary
walk away (verb): leave
- The store owner wouldn't drop the price on the old model of iPhone, so I just walked away.
caring (adjective): kind
- My sister is so caring that she let me borrow her new phone when mine broke.
speck of dust (noun): a very, very small piece of dirt
- Be sure to clean off any specks of dust off your camera lens before you take pictures. Otherwise, they won't turn out well.
beside the point: not important or relevant
- I know my phone is six years old, and the camera is broken on it. That's beside the point. It still works, so I don't need to buy a new one.
self-reliant (adjective): having the ability to take care of oneself, independent
- Joseph is very self-reliant. He never asks his parents for financial help because he wants to take care of things on his own.
entitled (adjective): having the feeling that you deserve something, sometimes without even working for it
- My younger brother feels so entitled. He wants my parents to buy him a new computer, but he isn't willing to pay for part of it. He thinks it's their job to do everything for him. |
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