If you’re just going with someone for only several times, and one
day, he says,“I think I’m
in love with you.”
What would you think?
You will definitely freak out, and think to yourself,“Oh my god! What the hell is the guy
thinking?”
这就是老美恋爱过程中最怕的啦！因为对他们来说，love是个意义很重大的词，不会轻易说，也不会轻易接受，鸭梨山大啊！
美剧《How I Met Your Mother》第一季就发生了这样的事，看看他们怎么办。
PART 1：
事情的起因：
Back in 2005 when Ted was twenty-seven, his
two best friends got engaged. And it got him thinking, “Maybe I should
get married.” Then he saw Robin in the bar. She was incredible. He just knew he
had to meet her.
So he asked her out, and he knew this sounded
crazy… but after just one date, he was in love with her, which made him say
something stupid, such as“I think I’m in love with you.”So...
解析：
get sb/sth doing sth: to make sb/sth start doing sth
例：You know,
our conversation last night got me thinking.
She got me doing butt clenches at my desk. （《Friends》S02E07）
PART 2：
It’s very awkward. So a week went by, Ted
decided not to call her. One day, Ted went into the bar with his friend Marshall
and Barney. Marshall said,“You went
from ' I’m in love with her ' to ' I’m not gonna call her.
'”
Ted said,“I wasn’t in
love with her, okay? I was briefly in love with the abstract concept of getting
married! That had absolutely nothing to do with Robin.”
At that time, he saw Robin sitting there
talking with Lily, one of his friends.
解析：
1.“You
went from ' I’m in love with her '
to ' I’m not gonna call her. '”你之前还说爱她，现在又说不要再找她。
下次我们说某人“变卦”的时候，也可以试试这个句型！
2.听原声时，注意“call her”的读音，回忆一下什么发音规则。
3.Since when
do you guys know each other? 你们什么时候认识的？
PART 3：
With seeing her again, Ted found he was
still in love with Robin. Then what was he gonna do?
He discovered that Robin might have said
something about him with Lily, so he said to Lily,“Spill it!”（快讲！）
Here’s what Robin said.
be something else: to be unusual and sometimes funny to other people
这明显不是什么好话啊。看来Ted很有阿Q精神。
I’m gonna spin that
as good.
spin=think
我们说“保守秘密，不要告诉别人”，一般就会想到“keep a secret”。现在又多学了一个“This just stays between us, right?”也很好用。