和老外聊天的地道口语第84期:为情人预习的对话

E: what date is it today?
F: why?
E: look at the girls in the street. They all have abunch of flowers.Is it Valentine's Day?
F: Oh, yes! I completely forgot about it.
E: did you have a fight with Jack¹?
F: but now he'll be in trouble. What's a boyfriend for? To forget about Valentine's Day?
E: come on, dear! You forgot it, too.
F: you know, it's OK for a girl to forget these "big days", but for a guy, to do that is unforgivable.
E: is that your phone?
F: oh, it's Jack. Excuse me.
E: wow! good timing².
F: he asked me out to a dinner tonight. How about joining us?
E: come on! three's a crowd!
F: so what?
E: just go! it's Valentine's Day!
今天什么日子?
怎么了?
你看街上的女生,人手一捧玫瑰,今天难道是情人节?
哦,是的!我怎么给忘得一干二净?
跟杰克吵架了?
没有,不过现在他可有麻烦了!男朋友是干什么的?竟然忘记了情人节?
亲爱的,别这样,你不是也忘记了么.
女生忘记了这些重要日子没什么,可是如果男生忘记了.那就不可原谅了.
是你的电话在响吗?
哦,是杰克,等一下.
哇,这电话来得可真是时候!
他约我晚上一起吃饭,你也一块去吧.
摆脱!那是你们的二人世界.
那你怎么办?
你就去吧,别管我了,今天可是情人节!
 

1 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。

2 timing   

n.时间安排，时间选择

参考例句：

• The timing of the meeting is not convenient.会议的时间安排不合适。
• The timing of our statement is very opportune.我们发表声明选择的时机很恰当。