I was at a party, met a pretty nice guy and agreed to go out with him.
我在一個(gè)晚會(huì)上遇到一個(gè)非常不錯(cuò)的家伙，并答應(yīng)跟他出去(約會(huì))。
A few days later he picked me up, and we went out to dinner and to a movie. (非常簡(jiǎn)單又地道的句子) Total cost for both of us for everything would have been around 60 dollars.
幾天以后，他用車接我出去，我們吃過(guò)飯后去看電影?？偣?吃飯+看電影)也就花了我們60元錢。
It was a fabulous(寓言般的) date.
約會(huì)的感覺(jué)非常棒！
He was funny, smart, charming and acted like a real gentleman. That is, until later. He dropped me off back at my place and asked if he could come in. I said no, and told him I needed to get to sleep so I could get to work at 7:30 the next morning.
他很有趣，聰敏，長(zhǎng)相也很迷人，簡(jiǎn)直就象一個(gè)紳士一樣。但是，直到…他把我送到我住的地方，問(wèn)我能否進(jìn)屋，我說(shuō)不了，并告訴他我該睡覺(jué)了，因?yàn)槊魈?:30我要起來(lái)工作。
He put his hand on the door, keeping me from opening it, and said -- with no trace of irony -- "but I bought you dinner." Needless to say, I was dumbfounded(啞然). I dug in my pocket, handed him 30 dollars and said, "Now we're even."
他把手放在門旁邊，不讓我開(kāi)門，說(shuō)--并且一點(diǎn)也不是在開(kāi)玩笑--"但是，是我出錢請(qǐng)你吃飯的"，什么話也不用說(shuō)了，我變的啞然，翻開(kāi)我的錢包，遞給他30元錢，對(duì)他說(shuō)："現(xiàn)在我們兩清了！"
Brian小結(jié)：
1、He was funny, smart, charming and acted like a real gentleman.
他很有趣，聰敏，長(zhǎng)相也很迷人，簡(jiǎn)直就象一個(gè)紳士一樣。
2、She was dumbfounded when the faithless husband told her he didn't love her any more.
當(dāng)那個(gè)不忠的丈夫告訴她已經(jīng)不再愛(ài)她的時(shí)候，她變的啞然。
3、even，口語(yǔ)中經(jīng)常指"公平了"，高級(jí)用法！
She responded his rude slap with a heavier one and said："Now we're even."
她回敬了他一個(gè)更重的耳光，并告訴他"現(xiàn)在我們扯平了"