Dialogue

    Anne： Hey， Den， what's up？

    Den ： I've been busy lately. Anne： Doing what ？

    Den ： I've been spending a lot of time on-line. Anne ： On-line？

    Den ： On the Internet， talking to people in chat rooms. Anne： So
have you met someone yet？

    Den ： Lots of people ！ Yesterday over one hundred people wanted
to talk to me ！

    Anne： About what ？

    Den ： About anything and everything. Anne： Really ？

    Den ： One even said that I was his dream girlfriend. Anne： What ？

    Wait a minute. Don't you mean dream boyfriend ？

    Den ： Oh ， I forgot to tell you I pretended to be a 16-year-old
girl. Anne： Are you nuts ？

    Den ： I had to. Nobody wants to talk to me as a guy. Anne： I don't
know about this ， Den. Den ： But now I have a new Internet friend. Anne
： You mean the guy who thinks you're Ms. Right ？

    Den ： Yeah ， we're meeting on Friday night. Anne： You are what ？

    Have you lost it？

    Den ： I gave up on looking for a girlfriend and now I'm making friends！

    Anne： But he thinks you're a girl. He'll want to be more than friends！

    Den ： I know ， so I need your advice. Anne： If I were you， I'd
get a good psychiatrist.

    Notes

    1.对话中Den 在网上聊天的时候假装成一个16岁的女孩子，并且还要和新认
识的网友约会。他在聊天室里跟很多人聊天，Anne问他都聊些什么，Den 说About
anything and everything.就是无所不谈。

    2.注意两个人见面打招呼时Anne说what's up ？最近如何？在口语当中很常
用。

    3. Den说最近一直很忙， I've been busy lately. Anne又问到Doing what？

    这里就包含了一个词组， be busy doing something，忙于做某事。例如：
I was busy doing my laundry when he called last night.他昨晚给我打电话
的时候，我正忙着洗衣服呢。be busy with something or someone ，忙于做某
事，忙于应付某人。例如：I'm busy with my papers.我忙着写论文。She's busy
with the client.她忙着接待客户。

    4. Den回答I've been spending a lot of time on-line. 这里用了现在完
成进行时态，表示从过去到现在一直在做某事。例如：She has been writing to
me since last year. 从去年开始，她就一直在给我写信。

    5.当Anne知道Den 在网上装成一个16岁的女孩子的时候，很惊讶，问Are you
nuts？你疯了？nut 是干果的意思，做“发疯”解释是一种俚语用法。

    6. Den说I had to. Nobody wants to talk to me as a guy.我必须这样，
因为如果知道我是男的就没有人愿意跟我聊天了。Anne却不同意，说I don't know
about this， Den. I don't know about this.表示“我不怎么同意这件事”。

    当你无法同意别人所说的话，又不想跟他争吵时，就可以用这句话结束讨论，
改变话题。

    7. Ms. Right和Mr. Right 都是表示理想的伴侣，也就是公主或白马王子。

    上面的dream girlfriend和dream boyfriend 表示梦中情人。

    8. give up on doing something 放弃做某事，对话中原句是I gave up on
looking for a girlfriend and now I'm making friends ！我不想找女朋友了，
我只要交朋友。make friends with someone 这个短语是“和某人交朋友”的意
思。

    9.当Anne知道Den 周五要跟一个男网友见面时，更惊讶了，Have you lost
it？你疯了？跟上面的Are you nuts？是一样的。

    10. 最后Den 想问问Anne对此事有什么建议，Anne的回答是If I were you ，
I'd get a good psychiatrist.如果我是你，我就要去找一个好的心理医生看看
了。If I were you ， I would……是个虚拟语气句式，表示“如果我是你，我
就会……”。给别人建议时，若要强调自己和对方是站在同一战线的，就可以使
用这个句式。