佚名/Anonymous
Every day I anxiously wait for you to get to class.I can’t wait for us to smile at each other and say good morning.Some days,when you arrive only seconds before the lecture begins,I’m incredibly impatient.Instead of reading the Daily Cal,I anticipate your footsteps from behind and listen for your voice.Today is one of your late days.But,I don’t mind,because after a month of desperately desiring to ask you out,today I’m going to.Encourage me,because letting you know I like you seems as risky to me as skydiving into the sea.
My roommate and her boyfriend were friends for four months before their chemistries clicked.They went to movies and meals and often got together with mutual friends.They alternated paying the dinner check.“He was like a girlfriend,”my roommate once laughed-blushing.Men and women relax and get to know each other more easily through such friendships.Another friend of mine believes that casual dating is improving people’s social lives.When she wants to let a guy know she is interested,she’ll say,“Hey,lets go get a yogurt.”
John whipped out his wallet on our first date before I could suggest we go Dutch.During our after-dinner stroll he told me he was interested in dating me on a steady basis.After I explained I was more interested in a friendship,he told me he would have understood has I paid for my dinner.“Ive practically stopped treating women on dates,”he said defensively.“Its safer and more comfortable when we each pay for ourselves.”John has assumed that because I graciously accepted his treat,I was in love.He was mad at himself for treating me,and I regretted allowing him to.
Larry,on the other hand,blushed when I offered to pay for my meal on our first date.I unzipped my purse and flung out my wallet,and he looked at me as if I had addressed him in a foreign language.Hesitant,I asked politely,“How much do I owe you?”Larry muttered,“Uh,uh,you really dont owe me anything,but if you insist……”
Insist,I thought,I only offered.To Larry,my gesture was a suggestion of rejection.
Sliding into his desk,he taps my shoulder and says,“Hi,Laura,whats up?”
“Good morning,”I answer with nervous chills,“Hey,how would you like to have lunch after class on Friday?”
“You mean after the midterm?”he says encouragingly.“Id love to go to lunch with you.”“We have a date.”I smile.
每天，我都急切地等待你來上課，迫不及待地想和你相視一笑，互問早安。有些日子，我變得極其煩躁，隻因為你在上課前幾秒鍾才走進教室。我期盼背後傳來你的腳步聲，期盼聽到你的聲音，表麵上卻假裝看《加州日報》。你今天又遲到了，然而，我並不介意。因為，這一個月來，我一直渴望與你約會，今天，我將要實現這個願望。鼓勵我吧，因為讓你知道我喜歡你，需要像從高空跳傘落入大海一樣的勇氣。
我的室友和她的男友在墜入情網之前，做了四個月的普通朋友。他們一起看電影，一起吃飯，並且經常與都認識的朋友聚會。吃飯時，他們輪流買單。有一次，我的室友說：“他就像一個女性朋友。”說這話時，她笑得臉都漲紅了。在這種友誼關係之下，男人和女人都會感覺很輕鬆，並且能夠更容易地了解彼此。我的另一個朋友認為，人們的社交生活正在因隨意的約會而得到改進。當想讓一個小夥子知道她對他有好感時，她就會說：“嘿，我們一起去喝酸奶吧。”
與約翰第一次約會的時候，我還沒來得及提議AA製，他就突然掏出錢包付了賬。晚飯後散步時，他告訴我想與我建立穩定的約會關係。我向他解釋道，我更想與他做普通朋友，他說，要是買單時我堅持付自己的那份，他就會明白我的意思。他辯解道：“我現在與女人約會時，已經不會給她們買單了，各付各的會更加穩妥和舒服。”約翰認為我愛上他了，因為我欣然接受了他的請客。他因為給我買單而埋怨自己，我也很後悔接受了他的請客。
然而，與拉裏第一次約會時，當我提出自己買單時，他的臉漲紅了。當我拉開手提包掏出錢包時，他看著我，就好像我用外語跟他說了什麽似的。我猶豫了一下，禮貌地問他：“我應該付多少錢給你？”拉裏不好意思地說：“嗯，嗯，其實你不用付錢給我，但是，如果你堅持……”
堅持？我想了想。我隻是提出AA製而已。可對拉裏而言，這是在暗示我拒絕他。
他溜到了自己的座位，在我的肩膀上輕拍了一下，說：“早，勞拉，在幹什麽呢？”
我猛地回過神來，緊張地答道：“嘿，早上好，周五下課後願意和我一起吃午飯嗎？”
他興奮地說：“你是說期中考試之後嗎？我很願意與你共進午餐。”
我微笑著說：“那我們就這樣說定了。”
心靈小語
愛和被愛都是上天賜給人類最美好的禮物，有的人一生也沒有找到這筆財富，有的人找到了，卻又失去了。那還猶豫什麽？讓我們勇敢地麵對愛情吧，同時鼓勵那個愛你的人，接受你的邀請和心意，給兩個尋求愛情的人一個相愛的機會吧。
詞匯筆記
incredibly[inkred?bli]adv.難以置信地；非常地
Working on an assembly line can be incredibly boring and tiring.
裝配線的工作通常會極端無聊而累人。
stroll[str?ul]n.閑逛；漫步
What about a stroll for us too?
要不我們也去溜達溜達？
unzip[,?nzip]v.拉開拉鏈
The little boy unzipped his jacket.
這個小男孩拉開夾克衫的拉鏈。
mutter[m?t?]v.喃喃自語；作低沉聲
We live only to mutter.
我們隻是在低語。
小試身手
鼓勵我吧，因為讓你知道我喜歡你，需要像從高空跳傘落入大海一樣的勇氣。
我的室友和她的男友在墜入情網之前，做了四個月的普通朋友。
與約翰第一次約會的時候，我還沒來得及提議AA製，他就突然掏出錢包付了賬。
短語家族
Instead of reading the Daily Cal.
instead of：代替；不是……而是……
John whipped out his wallet on our first date before I could suggest we go Dutch.
go Dutch：平攤費用；各付各的賬