Larry 和李華在公園里散步，Larry 告訴李華他的朋友Rick最近交了一個(gè)女
朋友。李華今天要學(xué)會(huì)兩個(gè)常用語Seeing Someone和Breaking up.

    LL： Hey， Li Hua ， have you heard the news？ Rick is seeing someone.

    LH： Rick is seeing someone ？ Rick 在看人。這有什么奇怪的，我也在
看一個(gè)人呀。I am seeing someone ， too.

    LL： Really ？ You are seeing someone ， Li Hua ？ Who is it？

    LH：就是你呀。 Larry. 我不是在看著你嗎？

    LL：（Laughs） That's pretty funny， Li Hua. But， by "seeing someone"
I don't mean Rick is looking at someone with his eyes.

    LH：你不是說"Rick is seeing someone"嗎？他不是在看人，那是什么意思
呀？

    LL： When I said Rick is "seeing someone，" I meant he was dating
a girl.

    LH： OH ！你是在說Rick有了一個(gè)女朋友。Although I'm seeing you ，但
是我們不是男女朋友的關(guān)系。

    LL： Right， we are just friends， Li Hua. We go out and do things
together， but we aren't boyfriend and girlfriend. We aren't seeing each
other.

    LH：事實(shí)上，我現(xiàn)在根本就沒有男朋友，I am not seeing anyone.

    LL： It's OK， Li Hua. I'm not seeing anyone either. But Rick is pretty
serious about the girl he is seeing.

    LH： Rick 已經(jīng)換了好幾個(gè)女朋友了，你說他這次真的會(huì)很認(rèn)真嗎？那女孩
是誰呀？

    LL： Her name is Jennifer. Rick has been seeing her for about a month
or so.

    LH：嗯，Jennifer. 交往了才一個(gè)月，你怎么知道Rick對(duì)這個(gè)女孩很認(rèn)真呀！

    LL： You're right ， Li Hua. It hasn't been very long - but ever since
they started to see each other， they've been doing everything together
- going out to eat， seeing movies， and taking walks in the park.

    LH：熱戀的時(shí)候當(dāng)然是形影不離了；一起吃飯，看電影，一起去公園散步，
多浪漫。Larry ，那邊走的不是Rick嗎？跟他牽著手的女孩子就是Jennifer吧？

    LL： That is Rick across the park. But that is not the girl he has
been seeing.

    LH：那個(gè)女孩子不是Jennifer？難道Rick另有所愛了？

    LL： I don't know. I'll ask him.

    ******

    LL： Well ， Li Hua ， you were right. Rick is seeing someone else.
He and Jennifer broke up.

    LH：果然Rick又有了別的女朋友。哎，你說他和Jennifer broke up ，那是
什么意思呀？

    LL： To break up means to end the relationship. Apparently， Rick
broke up with Jennifer last night.

    LH：昨天晚上才分開，Rick就已經(jīng)和別的女孩手牽手了，真是不可思議。

    LL： From what Rick says， he decided to break up with Jennifer ，
because he met someone new that he liked even better.

    LH： Rick 遇到了他更喜歡的人，所以和Jennifer分手了。真是喜新厭舊的
人呢，Jennifer一定傷心死了。 Rick 是怎么跟她說的呢？

    LL： Rick said he called Jennifer last night on the phone and told
her he wanted to break up.

    LH：什么？他只是打了個(gè)電話，這太不禮貌了，他至少應(yīng)該當(dāng)面道歉。

    LL： Well ， I guess since they hadn't been seeing each other very
long， he didn't think it a problem to break up over the phone.

    LH：他們交朋友的時(shí)間雖然是不長(zhǎng)，可是畢竟是談過戀愛的。如果我的男朋
友突然打來電話要分手，我會(huì)很難過的。

    LL： Well ， at least Rick didn't send Jennifer a text message telling
her he wanted to break up.

    LH：電子郵件？Larry ，你跟女朋友分手不會(huì)只發(fā)個(gè)電子郵件吧？

    LL： Well ， me personally， no. But I've known guys who have broken
up with girls by sending them a text message.

    LH： Larry，你可不能像他們那樣。

    LL： I promise， Li Hua. And right now it is an easy promise to keep，
considering I'm not seeing anyone ！

    今天李華學(xué)到了兩個(gè)常用語。一個(gè)是seeing someone，意思是跟某人談戀愛。
還有一個(gè)是break up，意思是分手。