Advanced Listening Lesson 22

A: "Hey Cindy. I heard you are seeing someone."

B: "Yeah. His name is John. I started dating him a week ago."

A: "That's so exciting. Tell me all about him. Is he good looking?"

B: "I think he's cute, but not drop dead gorgeous¹."

A: "How did you meet him?"

B: "I go to this coffee shop a lot and this guy is always there. We started talking a couple of times, and he finally asked me out."

A: "That's so cool. What does he do for a living?"

B: "He works in the finance² department in a manufacturing company."

A: "Do you know if he makes a lot of money?"

B: "I don't know for sure, but he drives a nice car and I heard he has a house."

A: "How is his personality?"

B: "He's very smart and a great person to talk to. In the beginning, we talked for about 30 minutes a day in the coffee shop before he asked me out. Besides that, he's very sweet and romantic."

A: "How old is he?"

B: "That's the problem. He is 2 years younger than me. What do you think about that?"

A: "What's the big deal? I don't see anything wrong with that. If you were 23, then I might be worried he was immature³, but you're almost 30 now. 2 years is no big deal."

B: "Yeah. That's what I think."

A: "When do I get to meet him?"

B: "How about a double date. The four of us can go out to dinner and a drink or something."

A: "That sounds great. How about next Saturday?"

B: "I think Saturday will be good. Let's double check with the guys and get back to each other."

A: "Great. I'll call you later then."

B: "Ok. Talk to you later."

1 gorgeous   

adj.华丽的，灿烂的，美丽的，宜人的，棒的

参考例句：

• The gorgeous costume added to the brilliance of the dance.华丽的服装使舞蹈更加光彩夺目。
• What a gorgeous day it is today!今天天气多好啊！

2 finance   

n.财务管理，财政，金融，财源，资金

参考例句：

• She is an expert in finance.她是一名财政专家。
• A finance house made a bid to buy up the entire company.一家信贷公司出价买下了整个公司。

3 immature   

adj.未成熟的，发育未全的，未充分发展的

参考例句：

• Tony seemed very shallow and immature.托尼看起来好像很肤浅，不夠成熟。
• The birds were in immature plumage.这些鸟儿羽翅未全。