在工作日益繁忙的現(xiàn)代社會，很多白領(lǐng)根本就沒有足夠的時間去尋找愛情，越來越多的人將目光瞄向了與自己一同工作的同事，workplaceromance越來越流行，你有沒有類似經(jīng)歷呢？

King:Thetripwasprettygoodexceptfortheflattirewegotonthewayhome.Iwasgoingtochangeitmyselfbutthen...heyDan,areyouevenlisteningtome?Dan?

Dan:Ohsorry,Ispacedoutthereforasecond.

K:Whowereyoulookingat?Waitasecond...youwerelookingatJulie!

D:Allright,Iconfess!I'mbusted.IhaveabigcrushonJulie.

K:That'swonderful!Julieisagreatwoman,andyou'reagreatguy!Sohaveyouaskedheroutyet?

D:No.I'mnotreallysureit'sappropriate.

King正在給Dan講自己最近的一次旅行，他們回家路上車胎爆了（Wegotaflattire），正說得高興，King發(fā)現(xiàn)Dan根本沒在聽自己說話。Dan很不好意思，承認他走神了（Ispacedoutforasecond），spaceout是“走神”的意思，形容“心不在焉”，“走神”還可以用daydream來表示,所以剛才那句話也可以說“Iwasdaydreamingforasecond.”

然后King發(fā)現(xiàn)，Dan走神是在看女同事Julie。Dan只好承認說“I'mbusted.IhaveabigcrushonJulie”。“I'mbusted”意思是“被抓住了，被發(fā)現(xiàn)了，暴露了”。他說自己確實在偷偷喜歡Julie，但又不敢askherout（約她出去），不知道這樣做是否合適。

K:Ithinklotsofpeoplemeettheir"significantother"intheworkplace.It'snotlikeshe'syourboss...goaskherout!

D:Idon'tknow...whatifshesays'no?'

K:Haveyoueverheardtheold:"Nothingventured,nothinggained?"Whatifshesays'yes?'

D:I'vealwayshadareallyhardtimeapproachingwomen.Igettongue-tiedandstartsweating.Idon'twanttoeacrossastooaggressive,butIalsodon'twanttoappeartoopassive...It'sreallyhardtogetitright!

King說，很多人都是在工作場所遇到自己另一半的，significantother是“伴侶”的意思，也可以說是自己的betterhalf。Dan害怕被拒絕，King告訴他說Nothingventured,nothinggained（不去冒險嘗試，就絕不會有收獲）。Dan說自己在追女人方面特別不在行，Igettongue-tiedandstartsweating（我說話會結(jié)結(jié)巴巴，直冒冷汗）。Dan還說，既不想顯得太主動，也不想顯得太被動，It'sreallyhardtogetitright（很難把握好分寸）。

K:Ifthere'sonethingI'velearnedinmylifeit'sthatyouneverlosebytrying.Youneverknowunlessyoutry!Gettingrejectedisn'ttheendtheworld!

D:ButhowdoImaketheinitialapproach?ShouldItrytoeupwithsomecleverorwittyremarks?

K:Therearealotofguysouttherewhothinkthey'reCasanova,butinmyexperience,womendon'tgoforcheesypickuplines.Isuggestbeingsweet,straightforwardandsincere.

D:SowhatshouldIsay?

King說嘗試一下（約Julie出去）也不會有什么損失，最糟糕也不過是被拒絕。Dan問，要不襡upwithsomecleverorwittyremark（想出一些俏皮話），King告訴他，約女人出去，直截了當(dāng)些就好，womendon'tgoforcheesypickuplines（女人對俏皮的搭訕并不買賬）。Dan會鼓起勇氣約Julie出去嗎？

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