【英语趣味课堂】男朋友-The Boyfriend

 Todd: OK, Tara, why don't you tell us about your first boyfriend?

 

Tara: OK, my first boyfriend, I met in my hometown. He's called Barry. He's my first real boyfriend. Yeah, I met him at a bar. Yeah, I had a bit of a crush¹ on him when I was younger and then, yeah, we met a club one night and it carried on from there.

 

Todd: Oh, that's nice. So what was it about Barry that attracted him to you?

 

Tara: He's very good looking. He's tall and he had a beard. I like beard.

 

Todd: Beards, really!

 

Tara: I like beards. I don't know why.

 

Todd: Short beard or long beard?

 

Tara: No, no short. I just like stubble.

 

Todd: OK. Are you still in contact with him?

 

Tara: Yeah, yeah, yeah. At the moment he's traveling. He's in India but, we're so young, so we often like, separate² to go traveling , and then get back together again, because I'm only 24 and he's twenty five, and we have a serious relationship but, we don't wanna, you know, stop doing our own things in life.

 

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first boyfriend

 

I met my first boyfriend, my first real boyfriend, in my hometown.

 

A 'boyfriend' is a male that you have a romantic³ relationship with.  A 'first boyfriend' is the initial⁴ boyfriend that you have.  Notice the following:

 

I met my first boyfriend at a cafe.

How long were you with your first boyfriend?

crush

 

I had a crush on him when I was younger.

 

When we romantically⁵ like someone, often in a simple way when we're young, then we have a 'crush' on them. Notice the following:

 

I don't understand why you have a crush on him.

I have had a crush on him since elementary school.

carry on

 

We met at a club one night and we carried on from there.

 

To 'carry on' is to continue doing something, in this case they continued the relationship from there.  Notice the following:

 

Why do we have to carry on with this conversation?

Everyone else was tired but I wanted to carry on with the night.

stubble

 

I don't know why I like short beards; I like stubble.

 

'Stubble' is very short hair on the face that is rough⁶ if you touch it.  Notice the following:

 

He always has a little bit of stubble on his face.

You need to shave before work. You have stubble.

serious relationship

 

We're still young, but we have a serious relationship.

 

A 'serious relationship' is one that has a possible future in marriage, it is not just dating casually⁷ or for fun.  Notice the following:

 

He isn't ready for a serious relationship right now.

They were in a serious relationship all through college.

 

1 crush   

v.压垮，压倒，压服，镇压；压碎，碾碎

参考例句：

• This machine is made to crush the rock into powder.这台机器是用来把石头压成碎末的。
• You can't crush so many people into the classroom.不能让这么多人挤进教室。

2 separate   

n.分开，抽印本；adj.分开的，各自的，单独的；v.分开，隔开，分居

参考例句：

• Are they joined together or separate?它们是合在一起还是分开的？
• Separate the white clothes from the dark clothes before laundering.洗衣前应当把浅色衣服和深色衣服分开。

3 romantic   

adj.浪漫的，风流的，传奇性的，夸大的，想象的，浪漫派的

参考例句：

• She thinks it will be romantic to be an actress.她认为当个女演员会很浪漫。
• Her husband is very romantic.她丈夫非常浪漫。

4 initial   

adj.最初的，开始的，词首的；n.首字母，姓名的开头字母；vt.标注姓名的首字母于

参考例句：

• After she'd overcome her initial shyness,she became very friendly.她克服了起初的羞怯之后，变得十分友善。
• The experiments have given initial results eventually.那些试验总算初见成效了。

5 romantically   

adv.浪漫地

参考例句：

• Yossariun kissed her ears and her closed eyes romantically and rubbed the backs of her thighs. 尤索林痴情地亲了亲地的耳朵和闭着的双眸，然后用手抚摸着她大腿的后部。 来自辞典例句
• For a time, she dated Barl Miller, who we heard was romantically involved with Eleanor. 有一个时期，她常与巴尔·米勒约会，我们听说后者与埃莉诺有罗曼蒂克的关系。 来自辞典例句

6 rough   

adj.粗糙的；粗略的，大致的；粗野的，粗暴的

参考例句：

• It's just a very rough translation.这只是一篇非常粗糙的译稿。
• His reply was a bit rough.他的答复过于粗鲁了一点。

7 casually   

adv.漠不关心地，无动于衷地，不负责任地

参考例句：

• She remarked casually that she was changing her job.她当时漫不经心地说要换工作。
• I casually mentioned that I might be interested in working abroad.我不经意地提到我可能会对出国工作感兴趣。