尷尬的事情

Fadi： So， I wonder how Carlos got on with his date.

Johnny： His date？

Fadi： Yeah. Come on， you remember—he went out with Sarah last night.

Johnny： Oh yeah， sure—they went to a new art gallery， didn’t they？

Fadi： Yeah—that’s right. He was really worried about it.

Johnny： I’m not surprised.

Sarah likes all that strange 1）contemporary art.（door’s open）

Fadi： Hm， and here he is to tell us all about it！

Carlos： Hi guys！

Johnny： Hello there！ So？ How did it go？

Carlos： How did what go？

Fadi： Come on！ Your date with Sarah！ How was it？

Carlos： Oh， er， well…erm...

Johnny： Oh no.

Fadi： Was it a disaster？

Carlos： Oh， no， erm， not a disaster.

Fadi/Johnny： （laughter）

Johnny： Go on， give us details.

Carlos： Well， it was at this new art gallery.

Fadi： Yeah.

Carlos： “Black Box” it was called.

Johnny： Hmmm...sounds more like a 2）nightclub.

Carlos： There were quite a lot of people there， and everyone was really fashionable.

Johnny/Fadi： （laughter）

Carlos： Yeah. Everyone was wearing black！ I felt really 3）scruffy.

Johnny： Scruffy？

Fadi： Yeah， scruffy—badly dressed.

Johnny： Ah. So what was the art like？

Carlos： Art？ I didn’t think it was art. There were some TVs showing some pictures of a man

walking around an empty room.

Fadi： （unconvinced） Great.

Carlos： Then there were some big photographs on the walls.

Johnny： OK—I like photography. Carlos： Yeah， me too—but they were all 4）blurred， out of focus—you couldn’t see what they were photographs of. So， I was trying to be interested， you know， to impress Sarah really.

Fadi： Of course.

Johnny： What was Sarah doing？ Carlos： Well， Sarah was talking to another man， so I went up to them. Sarah introduces me， and then he says ‘What do you think？’ and I said， ‘Well， I think the photographs are all out of focus’.

Fadi： Fair enough.

Carlos： But then the man， he gets really angry， and walks off.

Johnny： Oh.

Carlos： And Sarah looks really embarrassed.

Fadi： Why？

Carlos： It turns out， well， this man， he was the

artist.

Fadi/Johnny： （laughing） Oh no.

Carlos： And they weren’t even photographs， they were paintings， supposed to look like photographs. Sarah explained it all to me， but I didn’t understand anything. I felt so stupid， and Sarah was so embarrassed.

Fadi： Are you going to see her again？

Carlos： Well， I don’t know. I’d like to. I hope so. Johnny： Ask her out again—but this time， take her somewhere you want to go.

Fadi： Hmm. Good idea.

Carlos： Where？

Johnny： Take her to a football match—I’ve got tickets for this weekend. You can have them.

Carlos： But I don’t like football.

Fadi： Go on！ It’s a great British experience.

Johnny： Yeah. Look， I know Sarah—she’ll love it！

Carlos： Er...well， OK then， I’ll ask her.

（door， and crashing noise）

Fadi： Oh no， look who it is！

Johnny： （sigh） Hey Joe！ Where’s Olivia？

（crash）

Bindyu： （laughing） Joe！ He’s so funny. Such a sweet little boy.

（another crash）

Olivia： Joe！ Stop that！ Oh， sorry everyone.

Bindyu： Don’t worry Olivia—I’ll look after him. He’s so much fun！

Johnny： Did Harry fix your website？

Olivia： He did.

Harry： Of course I did！ I’m an expert！

Olivia： Thanks Harry. I owe you a coffee， at least.

Harry： No problem—I’m just glad you’ve made up with Bindyu.

Fadi： Oh yeah？ So you’re all friends now？

Harry： Oh yes.

Olivia： She came last night， and looked after my little nephew Joe. They get on together really well！

Johnny： Huh， who’d have thought it？

Olivia： Not me， but there you go.

Johnny： Harry—perhaps you and Bindyu should have children！

Harry： Erm， no， not yet， I don’t think.

（All laugh.）

小鏈接

英式足球與美式足球

英式足球就是通常意義上的足球（football），而美國(guó)人稱之為soccer。

美語(yǔ)中的football即美式足球（American Football）通常是指美式橄欖球。而橄欖球（rugby）也分英式、美式和澳式，這幾種橄欖球比賽規(guī)則和場(chǎng)地各不相同。