CRI English Unit 8:On-line Chat and Cyber Love 网上聊天与网络恋情

Dialogue Script 2 对话原文2

Joe: That's fine with me. But we'll have to get there early. After 8 p.m., there's always a long waiting line.
Anne: Is it that popular?
Joe: Welcome to the 21st century!
Anne: Okay, okay. We're there tonight. So what does it cost?
Joe: One dollar buys 15 minutes of computer time. This talk isn't cheap.
Anne: I don't know. I'll feel funny talking through a computer.
Joe: Then you've got to figure out a cool name for that.
Anne: Well, how about Cinderella?
Joe: Sounds good. I guarantee you can talk to girls who would never talk to you if they saw your face.
Anne: What's that supposed to mean?
Joe: Well, look in the mirror.

讲解：

1. 这里Anne 决定跟Joe 去网吧上网聊天。Joe说要早一点去，否则就没有机器了。There's always a long waiting line. 排长队等候，就是说人很多。

2. Anne还不相信，问Is it that popular? 有那么火吗？这里that修饰了一个形容词 ，表示“那么”，在口语当中很常用。例如：The movie is not that bad. 那部电影没有那么糟糕。

3. Joe说Welcome to the 21st century!表面上看是“欢迎来到21世纪！”其实是嘲笑Anne好象是从过去来到21世纪的，很土。类似的还有 “Welcome to the earth！”，欢迎来到地球，是说某人很怪，象外星人一样，但是突然有一天变的正常了，就可以这么说。

4. 上网聊天还要起一个比较吸引人的名字，you've got to figure out a cool name for that. Anne起了一个网名叫Cinderella，就是灰姑娘。

5. Joe也同意，但是他还不忘跟Anne开玩笑，他说I guarantee you can talk to girls who would never talk to you if they saw your face. 我保证那些看见你本人都不会搭理你的男生都会跟你聊天的。Anne不服气地问到，What's that supposed to mean? 你是什么意思？Joe把玩笑开到底，look in the mirror. 自己照镜子看看吧。也就是说他开玩笑说Anne是一个“恐龙 ”。