基础英语口语阅读理解第4篇Running into an Old Friend

在一个公园的入口处，我遇到了一个小学的老同学，我们已经有十几年没见了。Last weekend，I was on my way to date a girl．

上周末，我在和一个女孩约会的路上

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At the entrance of a park，I ran into an old classmate from my elementary school，whom I hadn't seen for a dozen years．

在一个公园的入口处，我遇到了一个小学的老同学，我们已经有十几年没见了。

He appeared very happy to see me again．

他似乎很高兴再次见到我。

He kept talking about people and things in our elementary school，

from classmates to teachers and from teachers back to classmates．

他不停地谈论我们小学里的人和事，从同学到老师，又从老师回到同学。

On the contrary，I had no mind to reminisce with him at that particular moment．

相反，在那个特殊的时刻，我没有心思和他回忆往事。

You know，I was heading on my way to meet a girl and this was my first date，and the time was very close to the appointment．

你知道，我正要去见一个女孩，这是我的第一次约会，时间离约会很近。

I couldn't afford to be late for the meeting．

开会我可不能迟到。

So after greetings，I kept nodding and uttering only words like“Yes，yes”，“Sure，sure”，and“Right，right”，attempting to stop or shorten the unwanted chat．

所以，在打招呼之后，我一直点头，只说“是，是”、“当然，当然”、“对，对”之类的话，试图停止或缩短这场不必要的聊天。

Finally he was done．

最后他说完了。

I guessed that he might have noticed my urgent facial expression

我猜想他可能已经注意到了我脸上急切的表情