美語情景對話 第193期:初戀 First Love

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

傑西卡：凱特，你交第一個男朋友的時候多大？

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

凱特：我第一次真正交男朋友是在14歲。

Jessica: 14 What was his name?

傑西卡：14歲。他叫什麼名字？

Kate: His name was Murray.

凱特：他叫穆雷。

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

傑西卡：穆雷。哇哦。你是在學校認識他的嗎？

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

凱特：他和我不在同一所學校，他的學校就在我學校附近。

Jessica: OK, so how did you meet him?

傑西卡：哦，那你是怎麼認識他的？

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

凱特：我們是通過共同的朋友認識的。他的朋友認識我的朋友。

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

傑西卡：好。那你14歲的時候，有真的和他去約會嗎？

Kate: Yes, we did.

凱特：是啊，我們約會了。

Jessica: Wow. Where did you go?

傑西卡：哇。你們去哪裏了？

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.

凱特：我們去了電影院。我們常一起去聽音樂，看樂隊表演，去遊樂場，做類似這樣的事情。

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

傑西卡：哦，酷啊。那你們的父母也覺得你交男朋友沒什麼問題嗎？

Kate: Yes, yes. They really liked him.

凱特：是的，是的。他們很喜歡他。

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

傑西卡：好的，他們，哇，這真好，許多時候父母都不會這麼冷靜……

Kate: Yeah. We went out a long time.

凱特：是的。我們交往了很長時間。

Jessica: How long did you go out?

傑西卡：你們交往了多長時間？

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

凱特：兩年半，大約三年的時間。

Jessica: So it finished when you were 17?

傑西卡：那你17歲的時候結束了這段感情？

Kate: Yeah, 17.

凱特：對，17歲。

Jessica: Do you still keep in touch with him?

傑西卡：你和他還有聯繫嗎？

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

凱特：是的，他現在住在我的公寓裏。

Jessica: Really, Wow!

傑西卡：真的嗎，哇！

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

凱特：對，我們就像非常好的朋友。

Jessica: Oh, that's good.

傑西卡：哦，那真好。

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

凱特：他租了我不住的公寓。

Jessica: Oh, that's cool. Wonderful.

傑西卡：哦，那真酷。真好。

重點講解：
1. go out
與（異性）交往；與…談戀愛；
eg. I once went out with a French man.
我曾經同一位法國男子交往過一段時間。
eg. They've only been going out for six weeks.
他們相戀才6周時間。
2. keep in touch with sb./sth.
保持聯繫；瞭解最新情況（或信息）；
eg. Wherever you go, keep in touch with me, please.
無論你去哪裏，請與我保持聯絡。
eg. We must keep in touch with what is happening in foreign countries.
我們必須瞭解國外的動態。
3. at the moment
此刻；目前；眼下；
eg. At the moment, no one is talking to me.
此刻沒人跟我說話。
eg. The market is rather depressed at the moment.
目前的市場相當蕭條。