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

Part3 Fall in Love on the Internet? 网络恋情 

Dialogue Script 1 对话原文1

Jack: Hi, Susan. Are you finished teaching for the day?
Susan: Yes, I'm going home and getting on the Net.
Jack: Really? You use the Internet?
Susan: Yes, I do research for my piano lessons.
Jack: There's infomp3ation about music on the Internet?
Susan: Yes, but there's not the only reason I use the Net.
Jack: So what's the other reason, to meet a guy?
Susan: No, it's to understand my students. They all use the Internet.
Jack: So why don't you take full advantage of the Internet?
Susan: What do you mean?
Jack: All you think about is your students and music!
Susan: That's my job. I love my job!
Jack: But there's so much more to life than a job, Susan.
Susan: You're talking about men again.
Jack: You guessed it.
Susan: I'm not interested!
Jack: A lot of women like you meet nice men in chat rooms.
Susan: You mean where you can talk with people one-on-one?
Jack: Sure! Lots of people do it.
Susan: Use a computer to find friends? I don't know. It's not for me.

讲解：

1. Susan是一位钢琴教师，在业余时间会在网上找一些关于音乐教学的资料。她说I do research for my piano lessons. do research for something 为某事做调查。

2. 但是她的朋友Jack却劝她更好的利用互联网。take full advantage of 充分利用某物，advantage在这里是好处的意思，但是take advantage of someone 却是占某人便宜，侵犯某人权利的意思，例如：He took advantage of that girl. 他侮辱了那个女孩。

3. Susan 很爱自己的工作，但是there's so much more to life than a job 除了生活之外还有更多事情，这里Jack指的就是爱情。

4. You guessed it. 你猜对了。也可以说You got it.

5. A lot of women like you meet nice men in chat rooms. 很多象你这样的女人都在网上聊天室里碰到了不错的男人。chat room聊天室。

6. talk with people one-on-one 跟人一对一地谈话。

7. 但是Susan还是有些犹豫，她说I don't know. It's not for me. 我不知道，那可不适合我。这里I don't know.相当于I'm not sure. It's not for me 不适合我，可以用在别人劝你接受一样东西，而你不愿意的时候，这样说比较委婉。