Harry希望與Bindyu的戀愛關系能更進一步，他希望見她的父母；而Bindyu卻顧慮重重，一直沒答應Harry的請求。究竟Bindyu的顧慮是什么？我們來了解一下。

Olivia： Hey Harry！

Harry： Hey！

Olivia： How’s it going？

Harry： Uh， not bad thanks.

Olivia： Are you a millionaire yet？

Harry： Eh？ What？ Oh...Fadi’s “FindLondon”business.

Olivia： Yeah.

Harry： （laughs） Actually， it’s going pretty well—we’ve set up a website and now we’re taking lots of 1）enquiries， there’s a lot of interest. But I’m only an investor， you know， it’s not my real job.

Olivia： Sounds even better if you can make money without working！

Harry： Yeah！ I guess that’s the plan. That’s Fadi’s plan anyhow！ But， as your friend Magda says—there’s more to life than money.

Olivia： Well， that’s certainly true.

Harry： I mean， I want to spend more time with Bindyu—that’s what makes me really happy.

Olivia： Ah， um…well， why don’t you just go out more together？

Harry： Well， we see each other most days…but it’s not that.

Olivia： What is it then？

Harry： I’d like to take our relationship a bit

more…seriously.

Olivia： But？

Harry： But she doesn’t want me to meet her parents.

Olivia： Ooh...I see. Oh， why not？

Harry： That’s just it. I don’t know really. I think she’s embarrassed by me， or 2）ashamed of me， or something.

Olivia： No！ That can’t be true！ Why do you think that？

Harry： I don’t know—perhaps I’m not rich enough， or successful enough， you know. I’m just an ordinary London guy. Anyhow， I must be off now. If you see Bindyu， let her know I was looking for her！

Olivia： I will do！ Bye！

（Door’s opening. Pause.

Door’s opening.）

Bindyu： Hey there！

Olivia： Hello！ Oh， Harry was just in here looking for you.

Bindyu： I knew it. I meant to catch him but just missed

him！

Olivia： He was talking about you， actually.

Bindyu： Oh yeah？ All good things， I hope.

Olivia： Yes， but...

Bindyu： But？ You mean there’s a “but”？

Olivia： Yeah. He thinks you’re not taking the relationship as seriously as he wants.

Bindyu： Oh no...that’s not true. Why does he think that？

Olivia： Um， he thinks you don’t want him to meet your family.

Bindyu： Oh， I see. （sighs） It’s not that I don’t want him to meet my parents， it’s just that it’s... Olivia： What？

Bindyu： It’s just difficult， that’s all.

Olivia： Why？

Bindyu： Well， you know， we’re so different， from different backgrounds， and my family are very traditional.

Olivia： I see. Still， perhaps you should try.

Bindyu： Yeah， maybe you’re right. I’ll try.

1） enquiry n. 詢問；詢盤 2） be ashamed of 因……感到羞愧，對……感到慚愧

Exercises

Vocabulary

Choose the correct adjective in these sentences.（用動詞的ing或者ed形式填空。）

1. That’s an________ （interested/interesting） book.

2. Harry is________ （interested/interesting） in meeting Binyu’s family.

3. I’m very________ （excited/exciting） about going to London.

4. The holiday plans are really________

（excited/exciting）.

5. I’m________ （embarrassed/embarrassing） because my English is not good enough.

6. My level of English is________ ！

（embarrassed/embarrasing）

7. What shall we do？ I’m________ ！ （bored/ boring）

8. This is a________ （bored/boring） game.

Let’s play something else.

Grammar

Match the sentence halves.（從a到f中選擇可以填入1到6的句子中，每句限用一次。）

1. I want to spend____

2. I’d like to take our relationship____ 3. She doesn’t want____

4. Let her know I____

5. He was talking____

6. He thinks you don’t____

a. want him to meet your family. b. me to meet her parents.

c. was looking for her！

d. about you， actually.

e. more time with Bindyu.

f. a bit more seriously.

Answers to Exercises

Vocabulary

1 . interesting

2 . interested

3 . excited

4 . exciting

5 . embarrassed

6 . embarrassing

7 . bored

8 . boring

Grammar

1. e； 2. f ； 3. b； 4. c； 5. d； 6. a