Advanced Listening Lesson 31

A: "What are you doing here on the bench? You've been here for an hour."

B: "I'm just thinking about Lucy. I can't get her out of my mind. I think I'm falling in love."

A: "Crazy boy. You barely¹ know her."

B: "It doesn't matter. I like everything about her. I like the way she talks, the way she walks, her hair and her lips². I would give anything to kiss her."

A: "Did you tell her how you feel?"

B: "No way. I'll scare³ her away."

A: "You won't know until you tell her."

B: "Maybe later. But right now, all I can think about is her legs and her face. She is so beautiful."

A: "You're wasting your time. At least talk to her. You don't have to tell her how you feel."

B: "Yeah. I started talking to her in my Poly Sci class. I try to sit next to her as much as I can."

A: "That's a start. After awhile, you'll find out if she is everything you make her out to be."

B: "It won't matter because I love everything she does."

A: "Dude, you're blind as a bat. You're just infatuated with her."

B: "These feelings are too strong to be infatuation."

A: "We'll see in a couple of weeks. Let's go grab⁴ something to eat. You're human aren't you?"

B: "To think of it, I am a little hungry. Ok. Let's go."

 

1 barely   

adv.仅仅，几乎没有，几乎不

参考例句：

• The male bird is barely distinguishable from the female.雄鸟和雌鸟几乎无法辨别。
• He took barely enough money to keep the children in bread.他赚很少的钱仅够孩子们勉强糊口。

2 lips   

abbr.logical inferences per second 每秒的逻辑推论n.嘴唇( lip的名词复数 )；（容器或凹陷地方的）边缘；粗鲁无礼的话

参考例句：

• Her lips compressed into a thin line. 她的双唇抿成了一道缝。
• the fullness of her lips 她丰满的双唇

3 scare   

vt.恐吓；vi.受惊吓

参考例句：

• I like reading scare stories.我喜欢读恐怖故事。
• The sound of the explosion gave me quite a scare.爆炸声把我吓了一跳。

4 grab   

vt./n.攫取，抓取；vi.攫取，抓住(at)

参考例句：

• It is rude to grab a seat.抢占座位是不礼貌的。
• The thief made a grab at my bag but I pushed him away.贼想抢我的手提包，但被我推开了。