2.一個(gè)老朋友
卡洛·伊凡斯討厭自己有錯(cuò)誤.
如果她犯了錯(cuò)誤,她是絕對(duì)不會(huì)承認(rèn)的.
一天,她走在大街上時(shí)撞到一個(gè)婦女.
她仔細(xì)的審視著婦女.
然后說(shuō),“凱特·福斯特!哎,哎,哎,我已經(jīng)十年沒(méi)見(jiàn)你了.“
她上下打量著婦女.
“但你變了,凱特,“她繼續(xù)說(shuō),“你以前很胖,你現(xiàn)在瘦了.”
她對(duì)她微笑,“但你看上去很好,很高興再次見(jiàn)面.”
她握起女人的手來(lái).
“但是,啊,你變了,”她說(shuō),“我還不知道有誰(shuí)的變化能如此之大.你以前頭發(fā)很密,現(xiàn)在變稀疏了.你以前不戴眼鏡,你現(xiàn)在的鏡片卻很厚.
她又對(duì)女人笑.
“但你還是那個(gè)每周和我一起喝咖啡的凱特·福斯特.那真是快樂(lè)的時(shí)光,不是嗎,凱特?”
“對(duì)不起,夫人,”女人說(shuō),“可我的名字不是凱特·福斯特.”
卡洛想了一會(huì)兒,說(shuō)：“那么你把名字也改了,不是嗎?”
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2. An Old Friend
Carol Evans hated to be wrong.
If she made a mistake, she could never admit it.
One day, she was walking along the street when she bumped into another woman.
She looked at the woman very carefully.
Then she said, ”Kate Foster! Well, well, well, I haven’t seen you for ten years.”
She looked the woman up and down.
“Butyou’ve changed, Kate,” she went on. “You used to be fat but now you’re thin.”
She smiled at her, “But you look well and it’s good to see you again.”
She took the woman’s hand and shook it.
“but, oh ,you have changed,” she said. “I’ve never known anyone change so much. You used to have thick hair but now it’s very thin. You didn’t used to wear glasses but now you’re wearing really thick ones.”
She smiled at the woman again.
“but you’re still the same Kate Foster I used to have coffee with every week. We had some good times, didn’t we, Kate?”
“Excuse me, ma’am,” the woman said, “but my name isn’t Kate Foster.”
Carol thought for a minute, then she said, “So you’ve changed your name as well, haven’t you?”