44. Better off with E-mail？ P.295

    Steve is chatting with his sister, Diana.

    S： Gee¹, Diana, you're always at home. Don't you have any friends to go out with？

    D： Sure, I do. But all my friends are either out shopping or they're boring. And you know I hate shopping.

    S： Get a boyfriend. I'm sure you won't be bored then.

    D： Actually, I want to meet some interesting guys but I don't know how to.

    S： Why don't you try E-mail？ You might get lucky.

    D： I don't think so. Besides, dating through e-mail is neither personal nor romantic². Why don't you introduce

    me to some of your friends？

    S： Why didn't I think of that？ How about my best friend, Fred？

    D： Uh… maybe I'll be better off with e-mail.

    well off 富裕的，处境好的

    He is well off with his small house.

    grocery³ 杂货店

    lazy English 省去音节

    chitchat 闲谈，聊天

    breeze⁴

    I am bored with watching TV, let's go out and play.

    I am fed up with ……  厌烦

    strike, struck    He struck up a conversation at the party. 打开话匣子

    lowercase 小写

    personal, private

    introduce A to B