美語情景對話 第912期:Character Changes 性格改變

Alex: What about your personality or your characteristics?

亞歷克斯：你是什麼性格？

Maria: I would like to be more studious for school because I am not that much of a stay-at-home-all-night-to-study person. I look at my textbook and I really try but then I realize I could be doing something else so I just go out and do something else and I don't do my homework and I don't fail because I am at least smart enough to pass but sometimes it's a struggle to get through. So yes, I would like to be more studious and more maybe hesitant in my answers because I talk before I think at some point sometimes. I do like my open personality though, like being for example when we went out partying yesterday, I was talking to everybody which was very nice and people seemed to like that open-attitude and as long as you're not being open and arrogant because I try not to.

瑪麗亞：我想在學習上更勤奮一些，因爲我不是那種一整晚待在家裏學習的人。我會努力去學習，可是隨後我會發現我想做其他的事情，然後我就會出去做些別的事，而不是去寫作業，不過我考試也不會不及格，因爲我足夠聰明可以通過考試，雖然有時的確很吃力。我想更勤奮一些，還有在回答問題時能多考慮考慮，因爲我有時說話不經大腦。不過我喜歡我這種開朗的性格，比如，我們昨天去參加派對了，我一直在和所有人聊天，我覺得這很好，而且人們看起來也喜歡這種開放的態度，我會盡量做到坦率但不驕傲自大。

Alex: Yeah.

亞歷克斯：好。

Maria: If you're being open because you're interested in the person you're talking to then you get more positive responses so I do like that.

瑪麗亞：如果你對某個人感興趣，你就會在聊天時很坦率，而且也會得到積極的反饋，我很喜歡這樣。

Alex: But being so open has caused you problems as well. I remember that guy thought that you liked him because you were so nice to him.

亞歷克斯：不過這種直率也給你帶來了問題。我記得上次那個傢伙以爲你喜歡他，因爲你對他很友善。

Maria: That wasn't supposed to happen. I can't help it. There was a guy in my school, I don't know the guy, he's probably in his forties, who went over and talked to me and it was just impossible for me to say go away so I ended up giving him my phone number and now he calls me every night at half past twelve on my phone which is very loud and very annoying.

瑪麗亞：本來不應該這樣的。我也沒辦法。我們學校有個人，我不認識他，他大概有40多歲，他過來和我聊天，我就是沒辦法跟他說“走開”，所以最後我給了他我的電話號碼，現在他每天晚上12點半都給我打電話，手機鈴聲很吵，非常煩人。

Alex: Every night?

亞歷克斯：每天晚上？

Maria: When I pick up, well he stopped now because I don't pick up any more, but in the beginning he just, I pick up the phone and he said hi and then I said what do you want and then he said nothing much but how are you, like really he didn't even want anything. He just wanted to talk to me and yeah that kind of problem happens more than often because I can't help it.

瑪麗亞：我接電話以後……現在他不再打了，因爲我不再接電話了，不過剛開始的時候，我接電話以後，他會說“你好”，然後我問“你想幹什麼”，他說“沒什麼事，就想問問你好不好”，就好像他真的沒什麼事。他只是想和我聊聊天，像這種情況經常發生，可是我真的沒什麼辦法。

Alex: What would you like to change about your status like a new house, a job, a boyfriend, anything like that?

亞歷克斯：你有沒有想改變一下現狀？比如搬家，換個工作，交個男朋友之類的？

Maria: I would not mind finding a nice guy. I would not at all. I don't know about the specifics and I'm not even sure I can handle a relationship right now, maybe I just want to meet somebody to try and work it out with but that's probably not the most important thing because I love where I live, I love my study, I don't have a job and that's really nice. I do have, I've saved up money before traveling so I do have a lot of money right now so I don't need to work and it's nice.

瑪麗亞：找個不錯的男朋友不錯。我不介意這樣做。我也不知道爲什麼，我甚至不確定我現在能不能接受戀愛關係，也許我只是想找個人，試着去交往，但是可能這並不是最重要的事，因爲我喜歡我生活的地方，我喜歡我的學業，我目前還沒有工作，這種生活太好了。我在旅行前會存些錢，所以我現在有筆錢，我不需要工作，這非常好。

Alex: At the moment?

亞歷克斯：目前嗎？

Maria: At the moment.

瑪麗亞：目前。

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重點講解：
1. get through 通過(考試）；及格；
例句：Did you have to get through an entrance examination?
你必須要通過入學考試嗎？
2. be interested in 感興趣的；有興趣的；關心的；
例句：If you're interested in leasing trade, please let us know.
如果你們有意做租賃貿易，請告訴我們。
3. go away 走開；
例句：I told him to go away and leave me in peace.
我叫他走開，別來打擾我。
4. end up 最終；結果；到頭來；
例句：I always end up giving roadtrippers rides.
我總是讓人搭便車。
5. pick up 拿起；提起；
例句：Pick up the receiver and deposit a coin in the slot.
拿起聽筒之後，放一個硬幣在這個小口子裏。
5. save up 儲蓄；積攢；攢錢；
例句：I thought perhaps I could find work and save up the fare.
我想我或許能找到工作攢足這筆車費。