MARTA: It''s a funny story. One day while I was coming down 88th Street, 说起来真好笑, 有一天我顺着八十八街走的时候,
MARTA: I tripped and fell. 失足跌倒了,
MARTA: My packages spilled all over the sidewalk. 携带的东西都散落了整个人行道.
MARTA: I twisted my ankle, and I couldn''t stand up. 我的脚踝扭伤, 简直无法站起来.
MIGUEL: Didn''t anyone help you? 没有人帮你吗?
MARTA: A couple was passing by and helped me pick up my groceries. They even carried them home for me. The guy was Michael. 刚好有一对男女走过, 他们帮助我把东西拣起来, 还替我拿回家去, 那个男的就是麦可.
MIGUEL: How long ago was that? 多久以前的事?
MARTA: Oh, about a year ago, I guess. Then, as we were walking home, he mentioned he lived in the neighborhood. So I made a friend. 噢, 大概一年以前. 我想 然后 在回家的途中, 他说他就住在附近, 于是我们交了朋友,
MARTA: He gives me English lessons, too. 他还替我补习英文.
MIGUEL: But he''s a painter, isn''t he? 咦? 他不是一个画家吗?
MARTA: Yes, I think so. Why? 嗯, 好像是, 你为什么问这个?
MIGUEL: I''m just putting two and two together. 举一反三嘛!
MARTA: What do you mean? 什么意思?
MIGUEL: I saw a picture of Michael on Pedro''s desk. 我在佩德罗的书桌上看到麦可的照片.
MARTA: Michael and Pedro! 麦可和佩德罗!
MARTA: I didn''t know they knew each other. 他们彼此认识, 我倒还不知道.
MIGUEL: Neither did I. But apparently, they used to be best friends. 我也不知道. 不过, 很显然的, 他们一度是最好的朋友.
MARTA: Really? 真的?
MARTA: They don''t seem to have much in common. 他们好像并没有什么共同点,
MARTA: What happened? 是怎么回事?
MIGUEL: To make a long story short, Michael''s old girlfriend fell in love with Pedro. 长话短说, 麦可以前的女朋友与佩德罗相爱了.
MARTA: Oh. 噢,
MARTA: That sounds like Pedro. 听起来就像是佩德罗干的.
MIGUEL: No, it wasn''t exactly Pedro''s fault, but Michael wouldn''t speak to him after that. 不, 这不完全是佩德罗的过失, 但是从那个时候起, 麦可就不愿意和他说话了.
MARTA: That''s understandable. 那是可以了解的.
MIGUEL: Maybe. But it''s a shame. 也许. 不过, 我总觉得那是很丢人的.
MARTA: Well, Michael is sensitive. That''s why he''s so charming. 嗯, 麦可就是敏感一点, 所以才那么令人着迷.
MIGUEL: Yes, but now that Michael is seeing Joana, I hope he''ll forgive Pedro. 不错, 但是麦可既然和琼娜在谈恋爱, 我希望他会原谅佩德罗.
MARTA: You don''t have to worry about Pedro. 你用不着替佩德罗担忧.
MIGUEL: I know, but I think a good friendship deserves a second chance. 我知道, 但是我认为深厚的友情应该有言归于好的机会.
MARTA: So do I, but... 我也这样觉得, 不过...
MIGUEL: And Pedro needs his old friend. He''s very lonely. 尔且佩德罗需要他的老朋友, 他非常孤单.
MARTA: Lonely? Every time I see him he''s with a different woman. 孤单? 每次我看到他都和不同的女孩子在一起.
