對話
Carol：What's wrong, Dick?
卡蘿：怎麼了，迪克？
Dick：Lisa broke up with me yesterday.
迪克：麗莎昨天和我分手了。
Carol：Oh, no. I'm so sorry.
卡蘿：喔，不。我很遺憾。
Dick：I'm so sad. I don't think I can do without her.
迪克：我好難過喔。我覺得我沒她就活不下去了。
Carol：Don't worry. There are plenty of fish in the sea.
卡蘿：別擔心。天涯何處無芳草。
Dick：It doesn't matter. I'll never find a woman I love as much as Lisa.
迪克：沒有用的，我再也找不到像麗莎那樣我摯愛的女人了。
Carol：But Dick, you only got to know each other two weeks ago!
卡蘿：但是迪克，你們倆兩星期前才認識彼此的！
Dick：I know.
迪克：我知道。
Carol：And you never saw her in person—you just chatted with her on MSN.
卡蘿：而且你從未親自見過她──你只在MSN即時通上和她聊過而已。
Dick：But she is special. She is my perfect love.
迪克：但是她很特別。她是我的最愛。
Carol：I bet you don't even remember what she looks like.
卡蘿：我賭你連她長怎樣都不記得吧。
Dick：That's not true! I remember perfectly the picture that she sent me with an email!
迪克：才不是那樣勒！她用電子郵件寄給我的照片我可是記得非常清楚！

延伸學習

俚語精解
．There are plenty of fish in the sea.
直譯是「海裡有很多魚」。這句話常用在安慰失戀的友人，也就是中文所說的「天涯何處無芳草，何必單戀一支花」。

關鍵字詞
．do without… 沒有……也行
例：Now that he is economically independent, I think he can do without your help.（既然他在經濟上獨立了，我想他毋需你的幫助。）
．get to know… 慢慢了解∕認識……
例：John may be a bit strange, but you'll like him once you get to know him.（約翰這個人有點怪，可是你一旦慢慢了解他，你就會喜歡他的。）
．in person 親自
例：It was really nice to finally meet you in person.
（終於能親自見到你真是好啊。）
．chat vi. & n.閒聊
chat with sb about… 與某人閒聊關於……
例：I just had a chat with Mike on the phone.
（我剛和邁可在電話上閒聊。）

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