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Part 2 Dragging Me Down 　　Stuart： Hey， Lisa！ Lisa！ 　　Lisa： Oh， Hey Stuart. Sorry， I didn’t see you there. Stuart： Is everything alright？ 　　Lisa： ①Funny you should ask. As a matter of fact things are nowhere close to alright. 　　Stuart： What seems to be the trouble？ 　　Lisa： Everything. 　　Stuart： You’re gonna have to be a bit more specific than that. 　　Lisa： There are just so many problems in my life right now， and the one person I wish I could talk to about it is completely 1）oblivious to anyone else’s problems but her own. 　　Stuart： Is it fair to assume you’re talking about Jan？ Lisa： Obviously！ She’s supposed to be my BFF， but it’s always as if her issues 2）dwarf everyone else’s. Stuart： That must be frustrating. 　　Lisa： You have no idea. She’s so unreliable， and never around when I need her. She claims to be someone I can turn to when I’m in need， but it’s all a 3）fa？ade. The only person she cares about is herself. 　　Smart Sentences 　　① Funny you should ask. 问得好。 　　Funny you should ask： used to indicate the speaker was thinking along the same line as the other person（用以表达说话者也有同样的思路）。例如： 　　―Do you think Kelly would be interested in joining us？ 　　你觉得凯莉会不会想加入呢？ 　　―Funny you should ask. I was going to call her.问得好，我正想给她打电话呢。 　　② I’ve actually been told， on more than one occasion， that I’m extremely in touch with my feminine side. 事实上我已经不止一次被告知有很女性的一面。 　　in touch with sth.： being sympathetic or sensitive to sth.（了解某事，对某事感觉敏锐）。例如： 　　Since I work with a bunch of young girls， I’m quite in touch with today’s fashion trends. 　　我和一群年轻女孩子一起工作，因此对时尚趋势也颇敏感。 　　Stuart： Well you can always talk to me about whatever’s bothering you. 　　Lisa： I thought that’s what I was just doing. 　　Stuart： （chuckle） It is sorta what you’re doing. But you’re actually complaining about the fact that you can’t complain to your best friend because she complains more than you do. 　　Lisa： You don’t understand girl problems at all， do you？ Stuart： ②I’ve actually been told， on mor