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She's some kind ofnewspaper columnist. / ˈkɑːləmnɪst /

Comes in here once in a while.偶尔

Great tipper.

What's her drink?

Usually beer.

Tonight, Grey Goose Martini, Dirty.

Hi.

I noticed your glass was getting a little low,

so I took the liberty/ˈlɪb.ɚ.t̬i/ \ ofbringing you \ another Apple Martini.

Take the liberty:冒昧行动：在没有征求许可的情况下自行行动

Thank you.

And I couldn't help \ but noticeyou \ look a lot \ like my next girlfriend.

What's your name?

They call me Chip.

You can't get them to stop?

That was funny.

Listen, Chip, I understand the courage /ˈkɝː.ɪdʒ/ it takes \ to walk across/əˈkrɑːs/ a room

and try to generate/ˈdʒen.ə.reɪt/ a relationship out ofthin /θɪn/ air,

so don't take the following/ˈfɑː.loʊ.ɪŋ/ personally /ˈpɝː.sən.əl.i/.

不要把下面的话当成针对个人的

You have fantastic/fænˈtæs.tɪk/ eyes.

Thanks.

Try to listen.

But this is no reflection/rɪˈflek.ʃən/ on you.

I'm just not interested.

But thank you \ for the compliment / ˈkɑːmplɪmənt / \ of comingover.

You're welcome.

So do you like Cuban food?你喜欢古巴菜吗？

Chip, seriously/ˈsɪr.i.əs.li/, that was not code,or I wish you'd try harder.

Are you always so shut down \ andafraid/əˈfreɪd/ \ that the right man \ might make you feel like a natural     /ˈnætʃ.ɚ.əl/ woman?

Sorry I'm late, honey. I couldn't get a cab/kæb/.

How was the meeting?

Oh, well, there was a beginning/bɪˈɡɪn.ɪŋ/, a middle, and anend.

Nice to meet you, Chip.

You too.

Now, on the one hand, it is very difficult \ for a man \ to even \ speak to someone \ that looks like you.

But on the other hand, should that be your problem?

So life's kind of hard \ allaround.

Not if you pay attention.

如果你注意观察的话，就不会。

I mean, you're sending all the right signals/ˈsɪɡ.nəl/.

No earrings/ˈɪr.ɪŋ/, heels/hiːl/ under two inches/ɪntʃ/, your hair is pulledback,

you're wearing/ˈwer.ɪŋ/ reading glasses withno book,

drinking a great goose martini, which means you had a hell/hel/ of a week \ and a beer just wouldn't do it.

And if that wasn't clear enough, there's always \ the fuck off \ that you have stamped/stæmpt/ \ on your forehead/ˈfɔː.hed/.

Because who's wanna believe that there's a man \ out there \ that couldsit down beside a woman

因为谁会相信有男人会愿意坐在一个陌生女人的身边，真诚地希望知道她是谁，是做什么的 而不带着自己的私欲

he doesn'tknow \ and genuinely/ˈdʒen.ju.ɪn.li/ beinterested in who she is, what she does, without his own \ agenda/ əˈdʒendə /不带着自己的私欲?

Yeah, I wouldn't even know \ whatthat \ would look like.

So what would a guy \ like thatsay?

Well, he'd say, "My name is Alex Hitchens \ and I'm a consultant/kənˈsʌl.tənt/."

But she wouldn't be interested in that \ because she'd probably be just counting the seconds \ until he left.

Thinking he was like \ everyother guy.

Which life experiences \ taughther \ is a virtual/ˈvɝː.tʃu.əl/ certainty/ˈsɝː.tən.ti/.

But then \ he'd ask her name \ and what she did \ for a living.

And she might blow him off.不予理会/让他滚蛋

Or she might say...

"I'm Sarah Milos. I run the gossip/ˈɡɑː.səp/ column/ˈkɑː.ləm/ \ at The Standard/ˈstæn.dɚd/."

And then he'd ask all these penetrating / ˈpenətreɪtɪŋ /尖锐的，有洞察力的 questions about it \ because hewas sincerely/sɪnˈsɪr.li/, ifatypically /ˌeɪˈtɪp.ɪ.kəl.i/ 不同寻常地,interested.

然后他会问一些很尖锐的问题
因为他对她很真诚虽然看起来不够典型

No.

No.

He'd be interested.

But \ he'd see that there was no way \ he couldpossibly/ˈpɑː.sə.bli/ \ make herrealize \ that he was for real.

他能看出他没有办法

He could be funny/ˈfʌn.i/ and charming and refreshingly/rɪˈfreʃ.ɪŋ.li/ 令人耳目一新的，与众不同的 original   /əˈrɪdʒ.ən.əl/.

Original 表示原创的、独创的意思。它强调某物或某人具有独特和与众不同的特点，与模仿、复制或常见的事物有所区别。

Refreshing original 表示某物或某人具有令人耳目一新的独创性和创新性，突破了常规的思维和表达方式。

Wouldn't help.

Don't you hate him when that happens?

Not really.

They'd both probably go on \ to leadthe lives \ they were headed toward.

他们也许会继续过他们自己的生活

My guess is \ they'd do justfine.

It's a pleasure to have met you, Sarah Milos.