2013年ESL之就医和人际交往 22 Dating a Possessive Person

 

Dating a Possessive Person 

Eliana: You’re here! I didn’t think you’d be able to come. 

Matt: Why? I like seeing a movie with my friends as much as the next guy. 

Eliana: Yeah, but it’s been weeks since we’ve seen you, ever since you started dating Helen. 

Matt: She doesn’t own me. She’s a little possessive, but I put my foot down when she gets too clingy. 

Eliana: Doesn’t she get jealous¹ if you so much as look at another woman? 

Matt: She’s the jealous type, that’s true, but I reassure² her all the time that she’s the only one I want. It’s true that she’s critical of other women, too, but what woman isn’t? She’s fine if she knows where I am and whom I’m with. 

Eliana: You mean you have to report in to her on your whereabouts? 

Matt: She likes to know what I’m doing. She’s just concerned about me, that’s all. 

Eliana: She seems really controlling. 

Matt: What did you say? 

Eliana: Nothing. I see Xavier and Sophie over there. Ready to get our tickets? 

Matt: Hold on one second. I just need to text Helen an update. If she doesn’t hear from me every half hour, she worries. Isn’t that sweet? 

 

Script³ by Dr. Lucy Tse 

1 jealous   

adj.妒忌的，猜忌的；精心守护的

参考例句：

• He was jealous when he discovered that she loved someone else.当他发现她爱别人的时候，他吃醋了。
• An honorable Chinese citizen should be jealous of his own rights.一名光荣的中国公民应当珍惜自己的公民权利。

2 reassure   

v.使放心，使消除疑虑

参考例句：

• This seemed to reassure him and he continued more confidently.这似乎使他放心一点，于是他更有信心地继续说了下去。
• The airline tried to reassure the customers that the planes were safe.航空公司尽力让乘客相信飞机是安全的。

3 script   

n.剧本，广播稿；文字体系；笔迹，手迹

参考例句：

• It's easy to identify his script.他的笔迹容易辨认。
• The script is massaged into final form.这篇稿子经过修改已定稿。