When Emily arrived, she said, "Sorry, I'm late! I'll be right back. I need to get some lunch." 当埃米莉到的时候，她说：“抱歉，我迟到了！我马上回来。我要买一些午餐。”

"But we were going to bring our lunches and share them, remember?" Carla said. 卡拉说道：“但是我们之前说的是带自己的午餐过来分享，记得吗？”

"I know, sorry! Oh, can I borrow some money? I forgot that, too." Emily said. 埃米莉说道：“我知道，真抱歉！哦，能借我一些钱吗？我也忘记带钱了。”

Emily was always forgetting things -- especially money. 埃米莉总是忘记带东西，尤其是钱。

Emily borrowed Carla's money all the time. 埃米莉一直会向卡拉借钱。

She borrowed a few dollars last week and a few more last month. 她上周借了几美元，上个月也借了一些。

She never wanted a lot of money. But Emily never paid Carla back, either. 她借的钱不多。但是埃米莉从来不把钱还给卡拉。

Carla usually didn't think about it too much, but she was getting tired of this. 卡拉通常也不会太在意，但是她已经对这种情形厌烦了。

But she didn't know how to refuse. 但是她不知道该如何拒绝。

So Carla gave Emily more money and didn't say anything. 所以卡拉又给了埃米莉一些钱，并且什么也没说。

The girls didn't meet for a few weeks after that lunch. 那顿午饭之后，两个女孩有几周都没有见面。

It was a hot day when they saw each other again. They met in the park. 她们再度见面是在一个大热天。二人在公园里相遇了。

"Hey, let's get some iced tea or something. I'm thirsty." Carla said. 卡拉说道：“嗨，我们一起去买些冰茶或者其他东西吧。我渴了。”

"Sure. Do you mind buying mine?" Emily said. 埃米莉说道：“好啊。你可以给我买一份吗？”

Carla didn't want this to continue. What could she do? 卡拉不想这种情况继续下去了。她要怎么做？

What would you do? 你又会怎么做呢？