Salesman: I'll be right there. Hi, can I...? Look who's here. It's you.

 

Sarah: Yes, your worst nightmare. The single-chicken-breast lady.

 

Salesman: Hey, you wanna at least hear the specials?

 

Sarah: Ahh!

 

Salesman: Look, I'm supposed to tell them to you, that's all.

 

Sarah: Just the chicken breast.

 

Salesman: It's rough out there, huh? You wanna talk about it?

 

Sarah: You know, you're not a bartender.

 

Salesman: Have you tried the Internet? I mean, it really works. You know, I met my wife online, and she...

 

Sarah: Chicken. Now.

 

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Sarah: Why not?

 

Bragging¹ date guy: And I've been to Italy a lot too. I just got back from Rome...where I took this fabulous² in-depth tour called "As the Romans Do." The guide was incredible.

 

Sarah: I took that tour. Big fat guy, right?

 

Bragging date guy: Before that, Switzerland. Well, I got caught in a snow storm.

 

Sarah: I almost died in a blizzard³ once.

 

Bragging date guy: I lived up in the Alps for a year.

 

Sarah: They had to cut me out of the snow with scissors.

 

Bragging date guy: My aunt had a farm. In the morning, we'd warm ourselves with the coals of the fire. I learned to make goat cheese.It was very Heidi.

 

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Sarah: Well, I just think it's wonderful how much you care about your children, Peter. Really. It's not always the case. I'm a teacher, I know.

 

Peter: Well, it's just my daughter. She's 14. But she's everything to me.

 

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Sarah: Were you surprised that I called?

 

Bob: Little bit. But happy.

 

Sarah: Well, I figured what the hell. It's time to take control of my life. New Sarah.

 

Bob: I liked the old Sarah, you know.

 

Sarah: New and improved. Good morning.

 

Bob: Hi.

 

Sarah: Hi.

 

Bob: What time is it?

 

Sarah: It's a little after 9.

 

Bob: Damn. Do you mind if we take that and go? I don't wanna run into traffic.

 

Sarah: Oh, it's Sunday.

 

Bob: Yeah, I got a game today. You gonna eat that?

 

Sarah: No. Here.

 

Bob: Thank you.

 

Sarah: You did sleep with June, didn't you?

 

Bob: Does it matter? Really?

 

Sarah: It's just that you told me nothing happened.

 

Bob: Well, I knew we'd be great together, I didn't want anything to get in the way of that. And we were.

 

Sarah: Yeah.

 

Bob: That was fun. Thanks a lot. I'll call you. You mad at me?

 

Sarah: No, I'm not mad at you.

 

Bob: Good, I was afraid something had changed...

 

Sarah: I'm mad at myself for ever having trusted you. For not listening to that voice in my head that said: "He is a shallow, self-centered bastard⁴." Which is what you are, you stupidhead! OK. Maybe I have been teaching preschool too long, but you took advantage of me. You knew how vulnerable I was. You knew I was the weak impala of the herd⁵. And you pounced⁷ on that with that whole sensitive dad-of-the-year act. And, "we're adopting a puppy." And the fake professor thing with these fake glasses. These aren't even real, are they? Oh, sorry. I just hate guys like you. I hate guys like you!

 

 

1. It's rough out there, huh?: 日子不好过，是吧？rough在这里的意思是“难受的，艰难的”，例如：They have been having a rough time recently.（他们近来的日子很不好过。）

 

2. in-depth tour: 深度游。例如：

 

Self-guided tour, in-depth tour, and theme tour will be the new demands of the future outbound travel market.（自由行、深度游和主题游是 出境游未来的发展趋势。）

 

3. incredible: 棒极了。

 

4. blizzard: 暴风雪。

 

5. It was very Heidi: 很像海蒂过的生活。海蒂是瑞士著名儿童文学作品中的人物形象。

 

6. I figured what the hell: 我想，管它呢。

 

7. run into traffic: 堵在路上，遇到交通堵塞。

 

8. get in the way: 妨碍，阻碍。

 

Ms. Right types are hard to change, as their personal pride tends to get in the way of understanding others and the world around her.

 

完美女人这一类型是很难做出改变的，因为她们的自傲往往阻碍了她们很好地去了解周围的人和世界。

 

9. preschool: 幼儿园。

 

10. impala: 黑斑羚。莎拉说她现在是一群羚羊中最弱的一只，意思是她现在十分脆弱。

 

11. pounce⁶ on: 抓住并大肆利用某事物。例如：

 

The scientists doing the experiment have pounced on the effect of the particular moment.（做实验的科学家们抓住了这个特殊时机的效果。）

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