美语情景对话 第193期:初恋 First Love

Jessica: Kate, how old were you when you had your first boyfriend?

杰西卡：凯特，你交第一个男朋友的时候多大？

Kate: My first proper boyfriend was probably when I was 14.

凯特：我第一次真正交男朋友是在14岁。

Jessica: 14 What was his name?

杰西卡：14岁。他叫什么名字？

Kate: His name was Murray.

凯特：他叫穆雷。

Jessica: Murray. Wow. And did you meet him through school?

杰西卡：穆雷。哇哦。你是在学校认识他的吗？

Kate: He went to a different school, he went to a school near my school.

凯特：他和我不在同一所学校，他的学校就在我学校附近。

Jessica: OK, so how did you meet him?

杰西卡：哦，那你是怎么认识他的？

Kate: We met through mutual friends. His friend knew my friend.

凯特：我们是通过共同的朋友认识的。他的朋友认识我的朋友。

Jessica: OK. So now what, so did you actually go on dates with him when you were 14?

杰西卡：好。那你14岁的时候，有真的和他去约会吗？

Kate: Yes, we did.

凯特：是啊，我们约会了。

Jessica: Wow. Where did you go?

杰西卡：哇。你们去哪里了？

Kate: We went to the cinema. We used to go and listen to music, watch bands, and we used to go to like the fair, and things like that.

凯特：我们去了电影院。我们常一起去听音乐，看乐队表演，去游乐场，做类似这样的事情。

Jessica: Oh, cool. So were your parents cool with you having a boyfriend?

杰西卡：哦，酷啊。那你们的父母也觉得你交男朋友没什么问题吗？

Kate: Yes, yes. They really liked him.

凯特：是的，是的。他们很喜欢他。

Jessica: Yeah, and they, Wow, that's really good, cause a lot of times parents aren't very cool with...

杰西卡：好的，他们，哇，这真好，许多时候父母都不会这么冷静……

Kate: Yeah. We went out a long time.

凯特：是的。我们交往了很长时间。

Jessica: How long did you go out?

杰西卡：你们交往了多长时间？

Kate: Two and a half years, nearly three years.

凯特：两年半，大约三年的时间。

Jessica: So it finished when you were 17?

杰西卡：那你17岁的时候结束了这段感情？

Kate: Yeah, 17.

凯特：对，17岁。

Jessica: Do you still keep in touch with him?

杰西卡：你和他还有联系吗？

Kate: Yes, he's living in my flat at the moment.

凯特：是的，他现在住在我的公寓里。

Jessica: Really, Wow!

杰西卡：真的吗，哇！

Kate: Yeah, we're like really good friends.

凯特：对，我们就像非常好的朋友。

Jessica: Oh, that's good.

杰西卡：哦，那真好。

Kate: He's renting my flat off of me.

凯特：他租了我不住的公寓。

Jessica: Oh, that's cool. Wonderful.

杰西卡：哦，那真酷。真好。

重点讲解：
1. go out
与（异性）交往；与…谈恋爱；
eg. I once went out with a French man.
我曾经同一位法国男子交往过一段时间。
eg. They've only been going out for six weeks.
他们相恋才6周时间。
2. keep in touch with sb./sth.
保持联系；了解最新情况（或信息）；
eg. Wherever you go, keep in touch with me, please.
无论你去哪里，请与我保持联络。
eg. We must keep in touch with what is happening in foreign countries.
我们必须了解国外的动态。
3. at the moment
此刻；目前；眼下；
eg. At the moment, no one is talking to me.
此刻没人跟我说话。
eg. The market is rather depressed at the moment.
目前的市场相当萧条。