这段对话，好像蛮可爱的，冷冷的吵架，平静的提出分手。。女孩的声音很可爱啊
A: Steven! Where have you been? I’ve been trying to get a hold of you for hours!
B: I... um... there was an emergency at work, so...
A: I was waiting for you in the restaurant for three hours! And you didn’t even have the decency to call me! Do you have any idea how embarrassed I was?
B: Honey, I promise this won’t happen again, it’s just that I...
A: Yeah, right. I’ve heard it all before. I’m not going to take any more of your empty promises. This is the 5th time you’ve stood me up in two weeks! You need to get your priorities straight. I’m tired of you putting your job first all the time!
B: Come on, Veronica, that’s not fair. I do care about you a lot, you know that. I tried to ...
A: You know what? Maybe we should just take a break. I need some time to think about where this relationship is heading.
B: But... Veronica, would you just listen to me? There was a fire alarm at my office building today and I was stuck...
译文
A:史蒂文!你去哪儿了?我好几个小时都联系不到你!
B:我…嗯…工作中有紧急情况，所以……
A:我在餐厅等了你三个小时!你甚至没有礼貌地给我打电话!你知道我有多尴尬吗?
B:亲爱的，我保证这种事不会再发生了，只是我……
A:是啊,对吧。你以前都这么说。我不会再相信你的空头承诺了。这是你两周内第5次放我鸽子了!你需要弄清主次。我讨厌你总是把工作放在第一位。
B:拜托，维罗妮卡，这不公平。我很在乎你，你知道的。我试着…
A:你知道吗?也许我们应该冷静一下。我需要一些时间来考虑这段关系的走向。
B:但是……维罗妮卡，你能听我说吗?我的办公室今天发生了火警警报，然后我被困住了……
词汇讲解
Key Vocabulary
stand （someone) up 让人空等，放(某人)鸽子
get one's priorities straight. 弄清主次
cheat on （someone） 对。。。不忠
get back together 复合
Supplementary Vocabulary
get a hold of “抓住……”或“与……取得联系”，可以简化为 a hold
get a hold of oneself 表示抓住自己，意为“冷静”。
be tired of 厌烦…
be tired with/from因为…而疲倦
decency [ˈdisənsi]得体；正派
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