2014年ESL之就医和人际交往 02 Meeting Your Boyfriend’s/Girlfriend’s Parents

 

Meeting Your Boyfriend’s/Girlfriend’s Parents 

Ronny: Ready? 

Judy: Ready as I’ll ever be. 

Ronny: Try to work up a little enthusiasm about meeting my parents. 

Judy: It’s not them I’m worried about. It’s me. What if I don’t pass muster¹? 

Ronny: My parents are going to love you. They’re open-minded and nonjudgmental people. They won’t care about anything except that I like you and you make me happy. 

Judy: Me and parents are like oil and water. I’ve never been good at making a good first impression. 

Ronny: Then you’ll gradually win them over. Meeting my parents will be a cakewalk. They’re nice people. It’s not like you’ll be running the gauntlet meeting my nine brothers. 

Judy: You didn’t tell them I’d be meeting your parents tonight, did you? 

Ronny: I may have mentioned it to Mark. Why? 

Judy: What if they decide to show up and ambush² me? 

Ronny: They won’t. 

Judy: If you found out that one of your brothers were bringing a girlfriend home to meet your parents, wouldn’t you want to be there? 

Ronny: You have a point there, but it’s too late to back out now. Put on your game face and let’s go, or we’ll be late. 

Judy: Okay, but just don’t be surprised if I make a break for it. 

 

Script by Dr. Lucy Tse 

1 muster   

v.集合，收集，鼓起，激起；n.集合，检阅，集合人员，点名册

参考例句：

• Go and muster all the men you can find.去集合所有你能找到的人。
• I had to muster my courage up to ask him that question.我必须鼓起勇气向他问那个问题。

2 ambush   

n.埋伏(地点)；伏兵；v.埋伏；伏击

参考例句：

• Our soldiers lay in ambush in the jungle for the enemy.我方战士埋伏在丛林中等待敌人。
• Four men led by a sergeant lay in ambush at the crossroads.由一名中士率领的四名士兵埋伏在十字路口。