Level 5 - Unit 2 - Part 1 Dialog

M1: What's so funny? What are you writing about?
什么事这么好笑？你在写什么？
M2: I'm writing about something I saw earlier this morning.
我在记录今天早上看到的事情。
M1: Really? Do you keep a journal?
真的？你记日记吗？
M2: Yes, I do. Every weekend I write about things that happened during the week.
是的，每个周末我都会记录一些这周发生的事情。
M1: How long you've been doing it?
你保持多久了？
M2: I've been doing it fairly regularly since high school.
我从高中起就经常这样做。
M1: Are you going to turn it into a book?
你打算出书吗？
M2: I don't know. Maybe I will someday but for now it's just for me.
我不知道。也许有这样一天，但现在我仅仅为我自己。
M1: So what was so interesting about what you saw this morning?
你今天早上看到了什么有趣的事？
M2: I was in the same coffee shop I usually go to and a group of teenagers came in. I couldn't help watching them and trying to hear some of their conversation.
我当时在我常去的一家咖啡店，一群青少年走了进来。我忍不住观察他们，想要听他们的一些对话。
M1: That must have been interesting.
那一定很有趣。
M2: Yes, it was. The more I watched them the more I realized how glad I am that I don't have to go through that stage of life again.
是的，我观察得越多，就越意识到我是多么高兴，因为我不必再经历人生的那个阶段。
M1: So it brought back some memorizes?
所以它带给你一些回忆？
M2: Yes, it did.It was so clear how uncomfortable some of them were, yet they were pretending to have a good time. At least, that's how it seemed to me.
是的。很明显，他们中的一些人很不舒服，但他们却假装玩得很开心。至少在我看来是这样的。
M1: Why do you think they were pretending?
你认为他们为什么要假装？
M2: It was just the way they smiled and laughed. It seemed unnatural and overdone, as if they were bad actors. A couple of the boys were really awkward around the girls, and two of the girls were wearing too much makeup. I had to stop myself laughing.
这就是他们微笑和大笑的方式。 看起来既不自然又过分，好像是个拙劣的演员。有几个男生觉得和女生在一起很尴尬，还有两个女生化了很浓的妆。我忍不住笑起来。
M1: Yes, I can imagine it. I can remember wanting to be popular when I was in high school. Now that you mention it, it wasn't a great time, though I had some fun too.
我能想象，我还记得我在高中的时候想要成为受欢迎的人。既然你提到了，那不是一段美好的时光，虽然我也有一些乐趣。
M2: I guess it wasn't so bad at the time, except when I was preparing for my university entrance examinations.
我想当时还不算太糟，除了我准备大学入学考试的时候。
M1: Yes, that was awful. My parents put tons of pressure on me, so I thought I was going to go crazy. What about girls? Did you have any girlfriends?
是的，太可怕了。我的父母给了我天大的压力，我想我要疯了。女孩呢？你那时有女朋友吗？
M2: There was one girl I had a crush on, but I thought she was interested in somebody else. I didn't find out until much later that she was interested in me too. It was a lost opportunity, one of many.
我曾经暗恋过一个女孩，但我以为她喜欢别人，直到很久以后我才发现她也喜欢我。这次的机会错失了，很多中的一个。
M1: Really, you should become a writer or make a movie. You have a great imagination.
真的吗？你应该成为一名作家或拍电影，你很有想象力。
M2: To be honest, it's much easier to image things than actually do things.
说实话，想象比实践容易得多。
M1: You can say that again.
你说得对。