Larry 和李华在公园里散步，Larry 告诉李华他的朋友Rick最近交了一个女
朋友。李华今天要学会两个常用语Seeing Someone和Breaking up.

    LL： Hey， Li Hua ， have you heard the news？ Rick is seeing someone.

    LH： Rick is seeing someone ？ Rick 在看人。这有什么奇怪的，我也在
看一个人呀。I am seeing someone ， too.

    LL： Really ？ You are seeing someone ， Li Hua ？ Who is it？

    LH：就是你呀。 Larry. 我不是在看着你吗？

    LL：（Laughs） That's pretty funny， Li Hua. But， by "seeing someone"
I don't mean Rick is looking at someone with his eyes.

    LH：你不是说"Rick is seeing someone"吗？他不是在看人，那是什么意思
呀？

    LL： When I said Rick is "seeing someone，" I meant he was dating
a girl.

    LH： OH ！你是在说Rick有了一个女朋友。Although I'm seeing you ，但
是我们不是男女朋友的关系。

    LL： Right， we are just friends， Li Hua. We go out and do things
together， but we aren't boyfriend and girlfriend. We aren't seeing each
other.

    LH：事实上，我现在根本就没有男朋友，I am not seeing anyone.

    LL： It's OK， Li Hua. I'm not seeing anyone either. But Rick is pretty
serious about the girl he is seeing.

    LH： Rick 已经换了好几个女朋友了，你说他这次真的会很认真吗？那女孩
是谁呀？

    LL： Her name is Jennifer. Rick has been seeing her for about a month
or so.

    LH：嗯，Jennifer. 交往了才一个月，你怎么知道Rick对这个女孩很认真呀！

    LL： You're right ， Li Hua. It hasn't been very long - but ever since
they started to see each other， they've been doing everything together
- going out to eat， seeing movies， and taking walks in the park.

    LH：热恋的时候当然是形影不离了；一起吃饭，看电影，一起去公园散步，
多浪漫。Larry ，那边走的不是Rick吗？跟他牵着手的女孩子就是Jennifer吧？

    LL： That is Rick across the park. But that is not the girl he has
been seeing.

    LH：那个女孩子不是Jennifer？难道Rick另有所爱了？

    LL： I don't know. I'll ask him.

    ******

    LL： Well ， Li Hua ， you were right. Rick is seeing someone else.
He and Jennifer broke up.

    LH：果然Rick又有了别的女朋友。哎，你说他和Jennifer broke up ，那是
什么意思呀？

    LL： To break up means to end the relationship. Apparently， Rick
broke up with Jennifer last night.

    LH：昨天晚上才分开，Rick就已经和别的女孩手牵手了，真是不可思议。

    LL： From what Rick says， he decided to break up with Jennifer ，
because he met someone new that he liked even better.

    LH： Rick 遇到了他更喜欢的人，所以和Jennifer分手了。真是喜新厌旧的
人呢，Jennifer一定伤心死了。 Rick 是怎么跟她说的呢？

    LL： Rick said he called Jennifer last night on the phone and told
her he wanted to break up.

    LH：什么？他只是打了个电话，这太不礼貌了，他至少应该当面道歉。

    LL： Well ， I guess since they hadn't been seeing each other very
long， he didn't think it a problem to break up over the phone.

    LH：他们交朋友的时间虽然是不长，可是毕竟是谈过恋爱的。如果我的男朋
友突然打来电话要分手，我会很难过的。

    LL： Well ， at least Rick didn't send Jennifer a text message telling
her he wanted to break up.

    LH：电子邮件？Larry ，你跟女朋友分手不会只发个电子邮件吧？

    LL： Well ， me personally， no. But I've known guys who have broken
up with girls by sending them a text message.

    LH： Larry，你可不能像他们那样。

    LL： I promise， Li Hua. And right now it is an easy promise to keep，
considering I'm not seeing anyone ！

    今天李华学到了两个常用语。一个是seeing someone，意思是跟某人谈恋爱。
还有一个是break up，意思是分手。