【英语趣味课堂】关于爱情的故事-The Love Story

JJ: Look at them all lean in as I tell this story. It starts out sickeningly sweet. I was in a musical, Cinderella. I was Cinderella and the guy who played the prince and I started to date. We got pretty serious. He was trying to get rid of an ex who kept bothering him and so he decided¹ to come to Japan to teach English.

 

All during the summer we had plans you know, I would come and visit and that kind of stuff. We were really excited about it and he was a model at the agency. At the same agency where I was an actor and... so we had the same agent. He went to Japan and was teaching and we were writing 

back and forth², "looking forward to seeing you" all that kind of stuff.

 

I was having lunch with my agent one day and telling her that I had started taking Japanese and I had been planning out my trip. I was very excited about this whole thing and she says, "JJ, I don't know how to tell you this."

 

I'm thinking,"Oh, my God! What?"

 

And she says, "Yeah, Richard's ex-girlfriend flew out to Japan and they got married."

 

Jessica: Oh, my God!

 

JJ: Married!

 

Jessica: Oh, no!

 

JJ: Yeah! Yeah!

 

Jessica: How did you feel?

 

JJ: Like I needed a ladder to get on a piece of paper. Really, I mean it was a devastating³. You know that first broken-love kind of thing, but..

 

Jessica: Did you hear from him afterwards?

 

JJ: Yeah, we were always just friends apparently⁴. Yeah, so not only adding the "insult to the indus..". What I meant to say "insult to injury" was him just saying that we were always just friends.

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sickeningly sweet

It all starts out sickeningly sweet.

If a situation is 'sickeningly sweet' it is so sentimental⁵ or romantic that it is difficult to watch.   Notice the following:

 

They are sickeningly sweet together.

Her love songs are so sickeningly sweet that I almost can't stand to listen to them.

get serious

We started to date and we got pretty serious

If a relationship 'gets serious' it becomes more intense and looks like there is a future for long-term commitment.

 

How long before you two got really serious?

I think this relationship is going to get serious.

get rid of

He was trying to get rid of an ex who kept bothering him.

If you 'get rid of' something you are finished with it and you want it out of your life.  Notice the following:

 

I am getting rid of a bunch of clothes.

She is still good friends with her ex.

writing back and forth

We were writing back and forth, telling each other how excited we were.

To 'write back and forth' is to communicate through letters, e-mail or another form of written speech.  Notice the following:

 

We wrote back and forth for a long time before we met.

She communicates mostly through writing back and forth.

add insult to injury

He added insult to the injury by saying we were always just friends.

To 'add insult to injury' is to make a situation worse by making an additional horrible comment or action. 

 

To add insult to injury he started dating her best friend.

To add insult to injury the stupid thing broke two weeks after I bought it.

 

 

 

1 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

2 forth   

adv.向前；向外，往外

参考例句：

• The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。
• He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。

3 devastating   

adj.毁灭性的，令人震惊的，强有力的

参考例句：

• It is the most devastating storm in 20 years.这是20年来破坏性最大的风暴。
• Affairs do have a devastating effect on marriages.婚外情确实会对婚姻造成毁灭性的影响。

4 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

5 sentimental   

adj.多愁善感的，感伤的

参考例句：

• She's a sentimental woman who believes marriage comes by destiny.她是多愁善感的人，她相信姻缘命中注定。
• We were deeply touched by the sentimental movie.我们深深被那感伤的电影所感动。