今天是星期六，Larry 和李华要和另外一个同学Jim 一块儿去吃午饭，然后
再去看电影。今天李华会学到两个常用语：to dump someone 和babemagnet.

    LL： Li Hua ， Jim sounded really bummed on the phone. His girlfriend
just dumped him and I don't think he's handling it very well. LH： Jim
在电话上听起来情绪很坏？他女朋友把他怎么啦？Dumped him？什么是dump？

    LL： Well ， first they had a fight and then she dumped him. To dump
is to break up with someone. LH ：噢，原来dump someone就是不要和某人在
一起了。也就是Jim 的女朋友把他给甩了。是呀，男女朋友分手是挺难受的。

    LL： Yeah ， I can't believe she dumped him after they'd been together
for two years. It's really a shock. LH：我听了也很惊奇。他们在一起已经
两年了，Jim 脾气又那么好，为什么他女朋友要把他甩了？为什么要dump him？

    LL： I don't know. He wouldn't tell me the reason why she dumped him.
LH：他不原意告诉你为什么。对，有的人是不原意跟别人谈这种细节。会不会Jim
的女朋友爱上别人了？

    LL： That's possible， but it's not really any of our business. We
should just try and cheer him up while we're with him. LH ：对，这是他
们之间的事。我们不必过问。我们今天就想办法让他高兴一点就好了。哎，Larry
，你有没有被女朋友甩过？ Have you ever been dumped ？

    LL： I really don't want to talk about that ， Li Hua. If I have been
dumped， it's not something I'm proud of. LH：你不想告诉我。我能理解，
被别人甩了确实不是什么值得骄傲的事。这么说，你被甩过。You have been dumped.
为什么？

    LL： Li Hua ！ I told you that I don't want to talk about it. LH：
对不起，对不起。我只是好奇。你人那么好，为什么你的女朋友会甩了你。我只
是觉得很难想像而已。

    LL： Don't worry about it. Hey， look ， we're almost at Jim's place.

    ******

    LH：嘿，Larry ，刚才吃饭的时候，你说Jim 是个babe magnet ，他听了好
像开心一点。Babe magnet 到底是什么意思啊？

    LL： A babe magnet is a man who attracts lots of women， the way a
magnet attracts metal. I was trying to make him feel better.

    LH：噢，我懂了，babe就是指女孩子，而magnet就是磁铁，所以一个babe magnet
就是很能吸引女孩的人。你这么说是为了安慰Jim.意思是他很快就会找到新女朋
友了，是不是？

    LL： Exactly. If he feels good about himself and thinks about future
possibilities ， then he won't be so depressed about getting dumped.

    LH：没错。只要Jim 对自己有信心，觉得前途有希望，他就不会太难过了。
而且Jim 真的是一个babe magnet 啊！他长的一表人才，又聪明，对人也好。我
想很多女孩都会喜欢他！

    LL： Hey， Li Hua ， if you think he's such a babe magnet ， then
why don't you go out with him ？

    LH： Larry！你在说什么嘛！我说Jim 是个好人并不意味着我就要和他谈恋
爱啊。

    LL： I know ； I'm just teasing you. Besides， even if Jim is an irresistiblebabe
magnet， I don't think it's a good idea to go out with him right now.

    LH：我同意。他现在情绪不好。最好等一段时间再开始谈恋爱。Larry ，有
没有人告诉你，你也算得上是个babe magnet ？

    LL： I don't need anyone to tell me I'm a babe magnet. I already know
it.

    LH：是吗？口气还真不小嘛，你早知道自己是个babe magnet 啊？

    LL： Yep. Women love me. They told me I'm a babe magnet.

    LH：（Giggling）你要真是个babe-magnet ，那你怎么会被甩的呢？

    LL： Li Hua ， I told you ……

    LH：开个玩笑嘛！