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突破对话2a PART 3：INTERMEDIATE DIALOGUES 中级对话 1． I Can’t Believe My Eyes 我简直不能相信眼前的事实 A: I can’t believe my eyes! 我简直不能相信眼前的事实！ B: Well, if it isn’t Mike Li! 这不是迈克?李吗！ A: Jim Wang! It’s nice to see you again! It’s been a long time. 吉姆?王！见到你真是太高兴了！好久不见了。 B: You know, Mike, I’ve been meaning to call you for a long time. I’m so glad I ran into you today. 迈克，你知道吗，很久以来我一直想给你打电话。真高兴今天能遇到你。 A: Me, too. How have you been doing? 我也一样。你最近好吗？ B: Super. How about yourself? 很好。你呢？ A: Pretty good. I can’t complain. 不错，没什么可抱怨的。 B: So tell me, the last time I saw you, you were planning to go abroad to study, weren’t you? 快说来听听，我上一次见到你的时候，你正准备去出国留学呢，是不是？ A: Yes, I guess I was. But as it turned out, I changed my mind. I decided not to go after all. 是，我想是的。但现在有了变化，我最终还是决定不去了。 B: Oh, really? But if I remember correctly, you were intent on going to California. Whatever made you change your mind? I thought you were accepted to Stanford. 哦，是吗？如果我没记错的话，你当时是要去加利福尼亚。是什么使你改变主意的？我记得你是被斯坦福大学录取了。 A: Well, it’s a long story, and I don’t want to bore you with all the details. But what it boils down to is that I decided that going to Stanford wasn’t a very good idea. I decided to go to Beijing University instead. I want to save my money and start my own business after graduation. 说来话长。那些细节我就不赘述了。最后的结果是，我觉得去斯坦福读书不太明智。我打算去北大。这样，把钱省下来，毕业后可以自己开一家公司。 B: Really? That’s very interesting. 是吗？那很有趣嘛。 A: And how about you? The last time we talked, didn’t you tell me you were going to open your own restaurant and hotel? 你怎么样？上次我们聊的时候，你不是说要自己开个酒店吗？ B: That’s right. I was. But things turned out differently than I expected. 对呀，是有这么回事。但结果却和我预想的大不相同。 A: But you seemed so determined to do that. What happened? 可是你当时是决心很大的，发生了什么事呢？ B: Well, it’s very complicated, and I’m sure you don’t want to know all the details. But as it turned out, I decided that opening my restaurant just wasn’t for me. So I decided to stay at my old job instead. 说来复杂。我知道你不愿意听详细的个中原由。但结果却是，我觉得自己开饭店并不适合我，所以就决定留在原来的工