Emma: Do you know I've never been abroad?

 

Dexter: What? Don't be ridiculous.

 

Emma: It's true. Fortnight in a caravan¹ in Whitby drinking Cup-a-Soup with Dad and trying not to kill Mum. I can't believe I'm actually here with you.

 

Dexter: Why?

 

Emma: Hmm?

 

Dexter: Why?

 

Emma: When we were at university, before we spoke² even, I had a crush on you. Yeah Ridiculous, I know. But when we almost did it that night, I couldn't believe it. I wrote poems and everything. What have you got to say to that?

 

Dexter: Well, I already knew.

 

Emma: What do you mean, you knew?

 

Dexter: Well, I sort of guessed. All those epic³ letters and compilation⁴ tapes. So, go on then. What happened?

 

Emma: Mmm. I got to know you. You cured me of you.

 

Dexter: I'd still like to read those poems. What rhymes with Dexter?

 

Emma: Prick⁵. It's a half-rhyme. Too much wine. We should go.

 

Dexter: No, no, no. Not yet. Not yet. Listen, let's go for a walk. So this is it.

 

Emma: It's lovely. Hello? What's going on here?

 

Dexter: Well, I thought we'd go for a quick swim. Sober us up.

 

Emma: Ah, I get it. I get it. I've walked right into it, haven't I? You get a girl drunk and lead her to a large body of water.

 

Dexter: Oh, come on, Em. Be spontaneous. Be reckless. Live for the moment! Come on, Em. Get in!

 

Emma: No!

 

Dexter: You're such a prude. Why are you such a prude? Look, come on!

 

Emma: You could at least leave your underpants on. Rule number three, remember?

 

Dexter: Come on.

 

(Emma jumps into the water)

 

Emma: So this is skinny-dipping? What am I meant to do? Sort of lark⁶ about? Splash you or something? That's a very serious face. You're not having a wee, are you?

 

Dexter: No. No, I just wanted to say that I felt the same. After our near-miss. I mean, I didn't write poems or anything. I'm not insane. But, you know, I thought about you. I think about you. You and me.

 

Emma: Really? Really? Okay, well... Dex...

 

Dexter: The problem is I fancy pretty much everyone.

 

Emma: Oh. I see.

 

Dexter: I mean anyone. Really, I mean, it's like I've just got out of prison, all the time. It's a real problem.

 

Emma: I can imagine.

 

Dexter: Yeah, and this thing with Ingrid, it's a sex thing. It's just sex, sex, sex, sex, sex.

 

Emma: The point's been made, Dex.

 

Dexter: But me and you, it would be different. I think we'd want different things, and I don't think I'm ready, you know. If you wanted to, you know, have a bit of fun, holiday fling, no obligations. Oh, God. I'll take that as a no then, shall I?

 

Emma: I think so. I think our moment's passed.

 

Dexter: Come on, I'm not expressing myself clearly.

 

Emma: No, no, you are, Dex. That's the problem. You're worried I might care.

 

Dexter: Hey! Hey, Come back here! Come back, you little... Hey! Thieves! Come back. Come back here. Wait! They've stolen my clothes! You little... Will someone call the police? Wait! Come back! Could you please stop laughing and do something to help? Armani, that suit was. The little frogs even took my underpants.

 

Emma: Armani?

 

Dexter: No, Calvin Klein.

 

Emma: Oh, Dex, I'm so sorry.

 

Dexter: Little French bastards⁸!

 

Emma: They took your plimsolls, too.

 

Dexter: They're not plimsolls. I've never worn plimsolls in my life. They were penny loafers, and I bloody⁹ loved them! What? It's not funny. I'm a victim of crime here.

 

Emma: Dex?

 

Dexter: What?

 

Emma: Your Calvin Klein underpants. I'll find them. I swear to you, I shall track them down.

 

Dexter: Go to sleep. I wonder how many rules we broke.

 

Emma: All of them. Except Scrabble.

 

Dexter: Tomorrow, maybe.

 

 

1. caravan: （可用牲口或汽车拖曳的）活动房屋。

 

2. had a crush on you: 曾经迷恋过你。

 

3. sort of: 有几分，有那么点儿。请看例句：I sort of thought you might say that.（我多少料到你也许会那么说。）

 

4. You cured me of you: 你治愈了我对你的迷恋。

 

5. spontaneous: （冲动等）自发的，非出于强制的；（举止等）自然的，非勉强的，天真率直的。例如：a spontaneous offer of help（自动提出的帮助）。

 

6. reckless: 不计后果的。请看例句：Some of these young motorcyclists are very reckless.（有些年轻的摩托车骑士很鲁莽。）

 

7. prude: 老古板；（言行、服饰等）拘守礼仪的人，过分拘谨的人；（尤指在性问题上）故作正经的人。

 

8. lark about: 嬉耍。请看例句：The boys are larking¹⁰ about behind the house.（男孩们在屋子后面嬉耍。）

 

9. fling: 一时的放纵。请看例句：Ted had a fling during the summer vacation.（泰德在暑假里纵情玩乐了一番。）

 

10. plimsoll: 橡胶底帆布鞋。

 

11. penny loafers: 硬币乐福鞋。由制鞋商G.H.Bass于1934年首创，它的特点是鞋面上有一条横跨的皮带，中间有菱形的镂空。50年代，美国的预科生别出心裁开始在菱形镂空处塞上一枚硬币，大肆流行，为其赢得了“硬币乐福鞋”的名称。今天不少学生、学术界人士和律师仍保留了塞硬币的习俗。

 

12. bloody: 很，非常。例如：It's bloody wonderful!（棒极了！）

 

13. track down: 追捕到，查出。

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