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Brad:①Today’s the big day, Janet! After the 1)ceremony this afternoon, we’ll be college graduates!
Janet:I know, Brad. Doesn’t feel like it’s been four years since we came here from high school, all bright-eyed and bushy-tailed with dreams.
Brad:Oh, I don’t know about that. I’ve wanted this day for so long; I thought it would never come.
Janet: But it has, and now we’ve got to think about the future.
Brad:②Kind of 2)scary. No more long vacations in the summer and at Christmas.
Janet:No more relying on mom and dad for money.
Brad: No more skipping classes. I’ll have to call in at work if ③I’m feeling under the weather, and probably have a doctor’s note to prove I really was sick.
Janet:No more student discounts at stores, or for travel.
Brad:And no more cheap apartments shared with three other guys.
Janet:You can still do that. After you find a job and know where you’ll be living, you can advertise in the local paper and find some roommates.
Brad:Actually, ④I had a different 3)scenario in mind.
Janet:Such as . . . ?
Brad:How about, we keep our 4)mutual job searches in the same city, and after we both find something, we move in together?
Janet: Are you asking me to live with you?
Brad:More than that. I’d planned on doing the whole romantic thing, dinner, candlelight, bent knee. But that’s not really me, and I’m hoping you’ll understand if I just say: I love you! I want to spend the rest of my life with you. Will you be my wife?
Janet:Oh, Brad! Of course I will!
Brad:Is this OK, to do it this way? You’re crying!
Janet:Of course it’s OK. I just can’t help thinking of poor Sherry, assuming she and Jeff were engaged when they weren’t, and here I was, hoping you’d say this and you did!
Brad:I don’t want to ⑤cut down your best friend, honey, but I never felt she loved Jeff. Seemed like she just wanted to be married, no matter who it was, and since she’d invested a lot of time in him, well . . .
Janet: I don’t like saying this either, but I think you’re right. Can she still be at our wedding, though, even if she is shallow?
Brad:⑥Goes without saying. She’s your best friend.
Janet: You’re amazing. No wonder I want to marry you.So we’ve already applied for jobs in Minneapolis. Anywhere else we should look?
Brad：今天是个重要的日子，Janet！过了下午的典礼，我们就大学毕业啦！
Janet：我知道，Brad。但感觉不像已经过了四年，那时我们刚从高中升上来，满眼希望，充满梦想。
Brad：哦，那我就不知道了。我等这一天等了好久了，我还以为永远不会来呢。
Janet：但是它还是来了，所以现在我们是时候想一下未来的事了。
Brad：感觉有点可怕。不再有悠长的暑假和圣诞假期了。
Janet：不能再依赖爸爸妈妈给钱花了。
Brad：不会再有课跷了。如果我身体有些不舒服，我就得打电话回公司，然后可能还要开医生证明说明我是真的病了。
Janet：不能再在买东西或者旅游时享受学生优惠了。
Brad：而且也不再可以和其他三个家伙一起合住廉价公寓了。
Janet：那还是可以做到的。等你找到工作后知道自己要住哪里了，然后你就可以在当地报纸上刊登找室友的广告。
Brad：事实上，我想到的是完全不同的情景。
Janet：例如……？
Brad：要不这样，我们在同一个城市里找工作，都找到以后，我们不就可以一起住了？
Janet：你是要让我和你一起住吗？
Brad：不止这样。我还想到许多浪漫的事，晚餐、烛光、单膝跪下。但那不是真正的我，我希望你会明白，如果我说我爱你，我希望你可以和我一起过下半辈子，你愿意嫁给我吗？
Janet：噢，Brad！我愿意！
Brad：那么这样做可以吗？你哭了！
Janet：当然可以。我只是不禁想起可怜的Sherry，本以为她会和Jeff一起的，结果却不是。而我也希望你会求婚的，结果你真的这么说了！
Brad：我不是想说你的好朋友什么坏话，亲爱的，但是我真的从来没有觉得她爱Jeff。看上去不过觉得她只是想结婚而已，不管对方是谁，而她在Jeff身上花了那么多时间，呃……
Janet：我也不想谈论这个，但我想你说得没错。即使这样，她还是可以参加我们的婚礼吧，尽管她有些浅薄？
Brad：那自然不用说啦。她是你最好的朋友嘛。
Janet：你实在太棒了。难怪我会想嫁给你。我们都已经在明尼阿波利斯申请了工作。还要到其它地方找找么？
Smart Sentences
①Today’s the big day.
big day是“重要一天”的口语表达（colloquial way of saying “a n important day”）,big在口语中通常有“重要”的意思。
②Kind of scary.
省略句，全句应是It’s kind of scary.，在口语中，it’s常常可以省去。例如：
Kind of interesting.
很有趣。
③I’m feeling under the weather.
这个表达与天气无关，是指人的身体有点不适，但并不是什么严重的问题（feeling slightly ill, but not too bad）。相似的表达还有：I don’t feel good, I don’t feel well. 例如：
I was still feeling a bit under the weather.
我还是感觉有点不舒服。
④I had a different scenario in mind.
= I had a different idea = I was thinking of it differently指在此之前就同一事件有不同的想法（having different thoughts about the same thing before the conversation）。
⑤cut down
看不起某事、人（treating sth. as it is less valuable or important），例如：
I don’t want to cut down your teacher, but she is wrong about that question.
不是我看不起你的老师，但在那个问题上她错了。
⑥Goes without saying.
正在谈论的事情不需要解释；毫无疑问（things need no explanation or confirmation; there’s no doubt about sth.）。
Janet:I know, Brad. Doesn’t feel like it’s been four years since we came here from high school, all bright-eyed and bushy-tailed with dreams.
Brad:Oh, I don’t know about that. I’ve wanted this day for so long; I thought it would never come.
Janet: But it has, and now we’ve got to think about the future.
Brad:②Kind of 2)scary. No more long vacations in the summer and at Christmas.
Janet:No more relying on mom and dad for money.
Brad: No more skipping classes. I’ll have to call in at work if ③I’m feeling under the weather, and probably have a doctor’s note to prove I really was sick.
Janet:No more student discounts at stores, or for travel.
Brad:And no more cheap apartments shared with three other guys.
Janet:You can still do that. After you find a job and know where you’ll be living, you can advertise in the local paper and find some roommates.
Brad:Actually, ④I had a different 3)scenario in mind.
Janet:Such as . . . ?
Brad:How about, we keep our 4)mutual job searches in the same city, and after we both find something, we move in together?
Janet: Are you asking me to live with you?
Brad:More than that. I’d planned on doing the whole romantic thing, dinner, candlelight, bent knee. But that’s not really me, and I’m hoping you’ll understand if I just say: I love you! I want to spend the rest of my life with you. Will you be my wife?
Janet:Oh, Brad! Of course I will!
Brad:Is this OK, to do it this way? You’re crying!
Janet:Of course it’s OK. I just can’t help thinking of poor Sherry, assuming she and Jeff were engaged when they weren’t, and here I was, hoping you’d say this and you did!
Brad:I don’t want to ⑤cut down your best friend, honey, but I never felt she loved Jeff. Seemed like she just wanted to be married, no matter who it was, and since she’d invested a lot of time in him, well . . .
Janet: I don’t like saying this either, but I think you’re right. Can she still be at our wedding, though, even if she is shallow?
Brad:⑥Goes without saying. She’s your best friend.
Janet: You’re amazing. No wonder I want to marry you.So we’ve already applied for jobs in Minneapolis. Anywhere else we should look?
Brad：今天是个重要的日子，Janet！过了下午的典礼，我们就大学毕业啦！
Janet：我知道，Brad。但感觉不像已经过了四年，那时我们刚从高中升上来，满眼希望，充满梦想。
Brad：哦，那我就不知道了。我等这一天等了好久了，我还以为永远不会来呢。
Janet：但是它还是来了，所以现在我们是时候想一下未来的事了。
Brad：感觉有点可怕。不再有悠长的暑假和圣诞假期了。
Janet：不能再依赖爸爸妈妈给钱花了。
Brad：不会再有课跷了。如果我身体有些不舒服，我就得打电话回公司，然后可能还要开医生证明说明我是真的病了。
Janet：不能再在买东西或者旅游时享受学生优惠了。
Brad：而且也不再可以和其他三个家伙一起合住廉价公寓了。
Janet：那还是可以做到的。等你找到工作后知道自己要住哪里了，然后你就可以在当地报纸上刊登找室友的广告。
Brad：事实上，我想到的是完全不同的情景。
Janet：例如……？
Brad：要不这样，我们在同一个城市里找工作，都找到以后，我们不就可以一起住了？
Janet：你是要让我和你一起住吗？
Brad：不止这样。我还想到许多浪漫的事，晚餐、烛光、单膝跪下。但那不是真正的我，我希望你会明白，如果我说我爱你，我希望你可以和我一起过下半辈子，你愿意嫁给我吗？
Janet：噢，Brad！我愿意！
Brad：那么这样做可以吗？你哭了！
Janet：当然可以。我只是不禁想起可怜的Sherry，本以为她会和Jeff一起的，结果却不是。而我也希望你会求婚的，结果你真的这么说了！
Brad：我不是想说你的好朋友什么坏话，亲爱的，但是我真的从来没有觉得她爱Jeff。看上去不过觉得她只是想结婚而已，不管对方是谁，而她在Jeff身上花了那么多时间，呃……
Janet：我也不想谈论这个，但我想你说得没错。即使这样，她还是可以参加我们的婚礼吧，尽管她有些浅薄？
Brad：那自然不用说啦。她是你最好的朋友嘛。
Janet：你实在太棒了。难怪我会想嫁给你。我们都已经在明尼阿波利斯申请了工作。还要到其它地方找找么？
Smart Sentences
①Today’s the big day.
big day是“重要一天”的口语表达（colloquial way of saying “a n important day”）,big在口语中通常有“重要”的意思。
②Kind of scary.
省略句，全句应是It’s kind of scary.，在口语中，it’s常常可以省去。例如：
Kind of interesting.
很有趣。
③I’m feeling under the weather.
这个表达与天气无关，是指人的身体有点不适，但并不是什么严重的问题（feeling slightly ill, but not too bad）。相似的表达还有：I don’t feel good, I don’t feel well. 例如：
I was still feeling a bit under the weather.
我还是感觉有点不舒服。
④I had a different scenario in mind.
= I had a different idea = I was thinking of it differently指在此之前就同一事件有不同的想法（having different thoughts about the same thing before the conversation）。
⑤cut down
看不起某事、人（treating sth. as it is less valuable or important），例如：
I don’t want to cut down your teacher, but she is wrong about that question.
不是我看不起你的老师，但在那个问题上她错了。
⑥Goes without saying.
正在谈论的事情不需要解释；毫无疑问（things need no explanation or confirmation; there’s no doubt about sth.）。