Upper-Intermediate - The Seven Year Itch 3: Extramarital Involvement (D1813)

A: 莺莺,我晚上晚回来一会儿。跟江涛出去喝两杯。
Yīngying, wǒ wǎnshang wǎn huílai yīhuǐr. gēn Jiāngtāo chūqù hē liǎng bēi.
Ying Ying, I'll be back a bit late tonight. I'm going out to have some drinks with Jiang Tao.
B: 哦。早点儿回来。江涛也不是什么好东西。
o. zǎo diǎnr huílai. Jiāngtāo yě bù shì shénme hǎo dōngxi.
Oh. Don't stay out too late. Jiang Tao isn't the greatest guy.
A: 江涛怎么惹你了。他可是我的好兄弟。
Jiāngtāo zěnme rě nǐ le. tā kěshì wǒ de hǎo xiōngdi.
What did Jiang Tao do to you? He's a great friend of mine.
B: 我都懒得跟你说。江涛现在有钱了,有一次我路过师大,看见他在校门口跟一个女生勾勾搭搭的,我都没好意思跟他打招呼。
wǒ dōu lǎnde gēn nǐ shuō. Jiāngtāo xiànzài yǒu qián le, yǒuyīcì wǒ lù guò shīdà, kànjiàn tā zài xiào ménkǒu gēn yī gè nǚshēng gōugoudādā de, wǒ dōu méi hǎoyìsi gēn tā dǎ zhāohu.
I didn't see the point in telling you this. Jiang Tao is wealthy now. Once, when I was passing the university, I saw him at the campus entrance flirting with a girl. I couldn't bring myself to even say hello.
A: 不会吧。江涛会去勾搭学校的小女生?
bùhuì ba. Jiāngtāo huì qù gōuda xuéxiào de xiǎo nǚshēng?
No way. Jiang Tao would go and have an affair with a young college girl?
B: 这年头,什么事都可能发生。他老婆那么要强,肯定是发现他什么了才要离婚。
zhè niántou, shénme shìr dōu kěnéng fāshēng. tā lǎopo nàme yàoqiáng, kěndìng shì fāxiàn tā shénme le cái yào líhūn.
Nowadays anything is possible. His wife is no pushover. She must want a divorce because she found out about it.
A: 哦,那我得好好劝劝他。
o, nà wǒ děi hǎohāo quànquan tā.
Oh. I'll have to make sure I give him some good advice.
B: 你还劝他。你是没钱不敢得瑟,要有钱了,还不跟他一样!
nǐ hái quàn tā. nǐ shì méi qián bùgǎn dése, yào yǒuqián le, hái bù gēn tā yīyàng!
You're giving him advice? You don't have money so you don't dare to be that cocky. If you had money, you'd be just like him!
A: 你又来了!看看你现在变成什么样子了,我都快不认识你了。
nǐ yòu lái le! kàn kan nǐ xiànzài biànchéng shénmayàngzi le, wǒ dōu kuài bù rènshi nǐ le.
Here you go again! Look at how you've changed. I almost don't even know you any more.
B: 不认识了是吧?嫌我不温柔不漂亮了是吧?那你也去找温柔的漂亮的呀。你去呀,你快去呀!
bù rènshi le shì ba? xián wǒ bù wēnróu bù piàoliang le shì ba? nà nǐ yě qù zhǎo wēnróu de piàoliang de ya. nǐ qù ya, nǐ kuài qù ya!
You don't recognize me, huh? You hate that I'm not gentle and beautiful now, is that it? Then go find someone who is. Go on, go!
C: 浩宇,我真是从来没想过要跟晓婷离婚。她是我最爱的女人。
Hàoyǔ, wǒ zhēn shì cónglái méi xiǎngguo yào gēn Xiǎotíng líhūn. tā shì wǒ zuì ài de nǚrén.
Hao Yu, I really never thought that I'd get a divorce with Xiao Ting.
A: 江涛,晓婷也为你付出了很多。你不会是有什么对不起她的事吧?
Jiāngtāo, Xiǎotíng yě wèi nǐ fùchū le hěn duō. nǐ bùhuì shì yǒu shénme duìbuqǐ tā de shì ba?
Jiang Tao, Xiao Ting has done so much for you. You haven't done anything unfair to her, have you?
C: 我在生意场上混,难免有一些应酬。但我绝对没做什么出格的事。
wǒ zài shēngyìchǎng shàng hùn, nánmiǎn yǒu yīxiē yìngchou. dàn wǒ juéduì méi zuò shénme chūgé de shì.
When you do business there's always going to be some socializing. But I've absolutely never done anything that crosses the line.
A: 晓婷是那种眼里容不得沙子的女人,你就是有个蛛丝马迹都会大大伤害她的。
Xiǎotíng shì nà zhǒng yǎn lǐ róngbùdé shāzi de nǚrén, nǐ jiùshì yǒu ge zhūsīmǎjì dōu huì dàdà shānghài tā de.
Xiao Ting's the kind of woman who misses nothing. Just leaving some small clues around could seriously hurt her.
C: 我知道。就是去年有个实习生,小姑娘可能是有点儿崇拜我吧,就发发短信打打电话什么的。
wǒ zhīdào. jiùshì qùnián yǒu ge shíxísheng, xiǎogūniang kěnéng shì yǒudiǎnr chóngbài wǒ ba, jiù fā fa duǎnxìn dǎ da diànhuà shénme de.
I know. Just last year there was an intern, a young woman, who sort of adored me. She would call me and text me.
A: 这就是你的不对了。晓婷能不多想吗?
zhè jiùshì nǐ de bù duì le. Xiǎotíng néng bù duō xiǎng ma?
That's where you did wrong. How could Xiao Ting not think about this?
C: 我们早就断了。但晓婷她就是不肯相信我。
wǒmen zǎo jiù duàn le. dàn Xiǎotíng tā jiùshì bù kěn xiāngxìn wǒ.
We cut it off awhile ago. But Xiao Ting definitely wouldn't believe me.
A: 新鲜刺激碰不得呀。重新建立信任是很困难的事情。
xīnxiān cìjī pèngbudé ya. chóngxīn jiànlì xìnrèn shì hěn kùnnan de shìqing.
You really can't tempt yourself like that. Rebuilding trust is very difficult to do.

Key Vocabulary

东西 dōngxi thing; creature
to provoke
兄弟 xiōngdi brother; good friend
懒得 lǎnde to be disinclined to
师大 shīdà normal university
勾勾搭搭 gōugoudādā to flirt with
勾搭 gōuda to have an affair
这年头 zhè niántou nowadays
要强 yàoqiáng to demand perfection
得瑟 dése to be cocky
xián to dislike
对不起 duìbuqǐ to shame
付出 fùchū to spend
生意场 shēngyìchǎng business field
hùn to mix up
难免 nánmiǎn to be hard to avoid
应酬 yìngchou to socialize
出格 chūgé to behave improperly
眼里容不得沙子 yǎnli róngbudé shāzi to be unable to put something objectionable out of one's mind
蛛丝马迹 zhūsīmǎjì trace, clue
伤害 shānghài to harm
崇拜 chóngbài to adore
duàn to break off
刺激 cìjī stimulation
碰不得 pèngbudé must refrain from
重新 chóngxīn to refresh
建立 jiànlì to establish
信任 xìnrèn trust

Supplementary Vocabulary

七年之痒 qīniánzhīyǎng seven-year itch
谴责 qiǎnzé to condemn
勾引 gōuyǐn to tempt, to seduce
因果关系 yīnguǒguānxì causality
资格 zīgé qualifications
炫耀 xuànyào to show off
得意 déyì to be self-satisfied
牺牲 xīshēng to sacrifice oneself
欺骗 qīpiàn to cheat
蜘蛛 zhīzhū spider
灶马 zàomǎ house cricket

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