《大城市小世界》第26期:男孩们的谈话

Hey, guys! Did you hear about Magda? No.

朋友们!你们听说麦格达的事了吗？没有。

She won a prize for her architecture¹!

她获得了建筑大奖。

That’s great!

这太棒了！

but it turned out she’d only designed the door handles for the winning² building!

但是结果是，她只是为获奖建筑设计了门把手！

Ha ha ha! Yeah, but come on, that’s not funny.She’s really talented! It’s a great place to start.

哈哈哈！但是这并不好笑。她其实非常有才华！这是个好的开始。

What? Do you fancy³ her or something?

什么?你是不是喜欢她？

No! Get out of here! I’m just being nice.

没有，我只是好意。

Yeah, Johnny, come on .

是的，约翰尼，怎么回事。

Guys! I’m only joking good on her, really! Talking of girlfriends.Yeah?

兄弟们，开玩笑而已，我觉得她很不错，真的！谈论女友。嗯？

I hear you’ve been going out with Olivia,Fadi!

法帝，我听说你最近和奥利维亚出去了。

OK, yeah, just once or twice, though. She’s really nice.

只是一两次，她非常好。

Are you going to see her again?

你还会再遇到她吗？

Probably.she’s in this café every day!

或许吧，这咖啡馆她天天来！

You know what I mean! Are you going to go out with her again?

你知道我什么意思！你还会不会和她出去约会？

Oh.I don’t know. maybe.Anyway.let’s change the subject: what about you and Bindyu?

我不知道。或许吧。不管怎样。让我们换个话题：你和Bindyu怎么样了？

Yeah. It’s good, you know, we’re really different as people, but we get on pretty well actually.Carlos!

挺好的，我们是两种人，但是我们在一次很不错。卡洛斯！

Hello there, guys! Only you lot today?

大家好！今天就你们几个？

Looks like it. Don’t know where all the girls are today.

好像是。今天女孩们不知道都去了哪里。

Gone shopping, probably.

可能是购物去了吧。

I think those girls have more interests than just shopping. They’re a pretty intelligent bunch⁴ of people!

我想这些女孩不止对购物感兴趣。她们很有智慧啊！

That’s true actually. They’re all more successful than we are!

事实，他们比我们更成功！

Hey! Speak for yourself! I’m very successful!

说说你自己！我也非常成功！

In that case, Johnny,you should buy us all a coffee!

看这种情况，约翰尼，你应该为我们付咖啡钱！

OK, then! Tony.a cappuccino for everyone, please!

托尼，一人一杯卡布奇诺！

All right, all right

好的。

So, Carlos, we were just talking about girlfriends.

卡洛斯，我们正在谈论女友。

Wait, Harry⁵.you were talking about girlfriends. Harry. Whatever! Have you seen Sarah again,Carlos?

不是，哈利，是你在谈论女友。卡洛斯，你又和萨拉出去了吗？

Yeah. It was difficult at first.we’re quite different people.

刚开始是挺困难的。我们是两种人。

Tell me about it ...!

说说！

But we both like cinema, and cooking.so we go out to see a movie, then go and get something to eat somewhere. It’s good.

我们都喜欢看电影和做饭。所以我们去看了电影，之后吃了写东西。挺好的。

Nothing more?

其他的?

Well, no .I’m taking it slowly. I’m a bit fed up with my job here, you know, thinking about maybe giving it up and going back to Brazil.

没有了，我们发展得很慢。我有点厌倦我的工作，或许我会考虑放弃，回到巴西。

Really? Wow, well, we’d be sorry to see you go!

真的吗？我们会感到非常遗憾！

Yeah.we’d miss you!

是的，我们会享年你的！

What about you and Bindyu, Harry?

哈利，你和Bindyu怎么样了？

Well, I was just telling the guys, we’re getting on really well. I’m even.I mean .I’ve thought about.What?

我只是想说，我们非常好。我甚至想。什么？

Asking her to marry me! No!

向她求婚！不！

Well, only, you know, like maybe just a thought.

这只是个想法。

Blimey.Tony.I think we’ll need those coffees extra strong!

托尼，我想我们需要多来点能量！

1 architecture   

n.建筑学，建筑术；建筑物；组织，结构

参考例句：

• I'm interested in classical architecture.我喜爱古典建筑风格。
• She studied architecture and art history at the university.她在大学里学习建筑和艺术史。

2 winning   

adj.获胜的，胜利的；吸引人的，有说服力的

参考例句：

• Team A has no chance of winning.A队没有获胜的可能。
• They have great hopes of winning.他们获胜的希望极大。

3 fancy   

n.想像力，幻想；喜好，爱；adj.想像的，时髦的，华丽装饰的，奢侈的；技巧的；vt.想象，自认为，喜好

参考例句：

• He seemed to have taken quite a fancy to her.他似乎相当喜欢她。
• I have a fancy that it's going to rain.我想大概要下雨。

4 bunch   

n.串，束；群，帮

参考例句：

• A bunch of girls was[were] sitting on the grass.一群女孩坐在草地上。
• I received a bunch of flowers yesterday.昨天我收到了一束鲜花。

5 harry   

vt.掠夺，蹂躏，使苦恼

参考例句：

• Today,people feel more hurried and harried.今天，人们感到更加忙碌和苦恼。
• Obama harried business by Healthcare Reform plan.奥巴马用医改掠夺了商界。