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A Jealous Girlfriend
【译】嫉妒的女友
【单词】jealous 原型：jealous 形容词 ['jel-uh?s]['d?el?s] adj. 妒忌的；羡慕的；嫉妒的
【单词】girlfriend ['gurl-frend]['ɡ??lfrend] n. 女朋友；女性朋友
Kevin Turner was a trusting guy, but his girlfriend Carol Adams wasn't so trusting.
【译】凯文·特纳是个值得信赖的人，但他的女朋友卡罗尔·亚当斯却似乎不那么信任他。
【短语】in turn表示“依次；轮流地；相应地；转而”。如：(1) That in turn damages their health. 这反过来将损害他们的健康。(2) The children went on the bus in turn．孩子们依次上了公共汽车。另外，in turn还可表示“回报”，如： took Sally out to lunch，and she took me out in turn．我请了萨莉出去吃午餐，作为回报，她也请了我一次。
【单词】guy 名词 [gahy][ɡa?] n. 家伙；(男)人 n. 拉索；牵索 vt. 嘲笑
【专有名词】Kevin n. 凯文(男子名)
【专有名词】Turner ['tur-ner]['t??n?] 特纳(姓氏).
【专有名词】Carol ['kar-uh?l]['k?r?l] n. 颂歌；欢乐的歌；卡罗尔（人名
【专有名词】Adams n. 亚当斯(人名/姓)
Whenever Kevin wanted to hang out with his friends, Carol would look at him and say, "Who are you really seeing?"
【译】每当凯文想和朋友们出去玩时，卡罗尔就会看着他说：“你到底在和谁约会？”
【短语】make friends 表示“交朋友”，后常与with搭配，表示“与……交朋友”。如：We need to encourage our children to make friends with people who will pull them up instead of drag them down.
【单词】Whenever 原型：whenever 疑问副词 [hwen-'ev-er][wen'ev?] adv. 无论何时 conj. 每当；无论何时；随时
【单词】hang 动词原形 [hang][h??] v. 悬挂；(使)低垂；悬浮(在空中)；逗留；绞死 n. 悬挂方式；悬挂；绞刑
At first Kevin took it as a joke, but soon Carol started getting carried away with it.
【译】起初凯文把它当作笑话，但很快卡罗尔就开始忘乎所以了。
【短语】at first 首先、最初
【单词】joke 名词 [johk][d???k] n. 笑话；玩笑 v. 说笑话；开玩笑
【单词】carried 原型：carry 动词过去式 ['kar-ee]['k?ri] v. 携带；运送；搬运；带有；传播；承载
When he went out with her, she would lie about not having her phone just so that she could see his phone.
【译】当他和她出去时，她会谎称没有手机，只是为了能看到他的手机。
【固定用法】so that既可以引导目的状语从句，也可以引导结果状语从句。在引导目的状语从句时，可以由in order that代替。在目的状语从句中，so that之前不用逗号，而在结果状语从句中，so that之前则往往要用逗号；另外，目的状语从句中的so that一般不可省去that，而结果状语从句中的so that则可省去that而意义不变。如：1) We arrived early so that we could get good seats.（so that在此引导一个目的状语从句，请注意目的状语从句常用can/could，may/might，will/would，should等助动词和情态动词）2) We arrived early, so (that) we got good seats.（so [soh][that]在此引导一个结果状语从句。请注意结果状语从句往往不用目的状语从句所常用的助动词和情态动词）
【单词】lie 动词原形 [lahy][la?] v. 躺下；位于；在于；平放；存在；延伸；说谎 n. 谎言
【单词】phone 名词 [fohn][f??n] n. 电话；电话机；听筒；耳机 v. 打电话
She would check his text messages and calls.
【译】她会查他的短信和电话。
【单词】check 动词原形 [chek][t?ek] v. 检查；阻止；核对；买单 n. 检查；阻碍；支票；账单
【单词】messages 原型：message 名词复数形式 ['mes-ij]['mes?d?] n. 消息；信息；要点；寓意 v. 传递信息；通讯
She would check his Facebook and Twitter.
【译】她会查看他的Facebook和Twitter。
【专有名词】Twitter是美国一个社交网络（Social Network Service）及微博客服务的网站。
【专有名词】Facebook 组织机构 ['feys-boo?k]['fe?sb?k] n. 脸谱网或脸书网（知名社交网站）
I asked Kevin one day why he was still with her.
【译】有一天我问凯文为什么还和她在一起。
He simply said that he had a plan.
【译】他只是说他有个计划。
I was curious about his plan, but he didn't want to tell me what it was.
【译】我对他的计划很好奇，但他不想告诉我是什么计划。
【单词】curious 形容词 ['kyoor-ee-uhs]['kj??ri?s] adj. 好奇的；奇特的
After they had been going out for a couple of months, Kevin started going out to clubs, and Carol would always tag along.
【译】他们出去玩了几个月后，凯文开始去俱乐部，卡罗尔总是跟着。
【单词】tag 动词一般现在时（除第三人称单数） [tag][t?ɡ] n. 标签；附属物；捉人游戏；谚语；名称 vt. 连接；附以签条；尾随；添饰；指责 vi. 紧随；尾随
Kevin would say that he forgot his wallet and if she could pay.
【译】凯文会说他忘了带钱包，并且问她能否帮着给付钱。
【单词】forgot 原型：forget 动词过去式 [fer-'get][f?'ɡet] v. 忘记；忽略
【单词】wallet 名词 ['wol-it, 'waw-lit]['w?l?t] n. 皮夹；钱包
Apart from being jealous, Carol was actually willing to pay for a lot of Kevin's things.
【译】除了嫉妒之外，卡罗尔实际上愿意为凯文的很多东西买单。
【短语】a lot of ... 许多；例句：We have grown a lot of beautiful roses this year. 今年我们栽种了许多漂亮的玫瑰。
【短语】apart from ...：除了、除…以外；例如 What did you do there – apart from eating? 你在那里做了什么——除了吃以外？
【短语】be willing to do表示“乐意做某事”。be too willing to do表示非常愿意做某事，表达强烈感情色彩。如：There's not enough people willing to take the risk. 没有足够的人愿意冒这个险。
【单词】Apart 原型：apart 副词 [uh-'pahrt][?'pɑ?t] adv. 相距；分开地；分别地 adj. 分开的；分离的
【单词】jealous 形容词 ['jel-uh?s]['d?el?s] adj. 妒忌的；羡慕的；嫉妒的
【单词】willing 现在分词做形容词 ['wil-ing]['w?l??] adj. 愿意的；心甘情愿的
It turned out that all that jealousy had turned Kevin into a different person.
【译】原来，所有的嫉妒都把凯文变成了另一个人。
【单词】jealousy 名词 ['d?el?si] n. 妒忌
Kevin started getting Carol to buy him things.
【译】凯文开始让卡罗尔给他买东西。
She paid for his cell phone, for his car payments, for his clothes, and for his rent.
【译】她付了他的手机费、汽车费、衣服费和房租。
【单词】cell 名词 [sel][sel] n. 单人牢房；小房间；细胞；蜂房的巢室；<美口>手机
【单词】payments 原型：payment 名词复数形式 ['pey-muh?nt]['pe?m?nt] n. 支付；支付的款项；报偿；报应
【单词】clothes 名词复数形式 [klohz, klohthz][kl???z] n. 服装；衣服
【单词】rent 名词 [rent][rent] n. 租金 v. 租用；出租 动词rend的过去式和过去分词.
I asked Kevin why he was still with her.
【译】我问凯文为什么还和她在一起。
He told me that he had another plan.
【译】他告诉我他又有一个新计划。
One day, Carol had a fight with her best friend.
【译】一天，卡罗尔和她最好的朋友吵架了。
【单词】fight 名词 [fahyt][fa?t] n. 战斗；打架；斗志 vt. 打架；对抗 vi. 奋斗；斗争；争吵
When it was all over, she went to talk to Kevin at his house, but he wasn't home.
【译】当一切都结束了，她去凯文家和他谈谈，但他不在家。
【短语】take over 表示“接管；接收”。如：I intend you to take over. 我打算让你来接管。
It turned out that Kevin had always liked Carol's best friend.
【译】原来凯文一直喜欢卡罗尔这个最好的朋友。
He kept it secret, but once he found out that they had started fighting, he realized that it was his chance.
【译】他保守着这个秘密，但一旦他发现他们开始打架，他意识到这是他的机会。
【单词】secret 形容词 ['see-krit]['si?kr?t] n. 秘密；奥秘；秘诀 adj. 秘密的；机密的
【单词】fighting 原型：fight 动词现在进行式或动名词 [fahyt][fa?t] n. 战斗；打架；斗志 vt. 打架；对抗 vi. 奋斗；斗争；争吵
【单词】realized 原型：realize 动词过去式 ['ree-uh-lahyz]['ri??la?z] vt. 实现；了解；意识到；变卖
Kevin eventually got in a relationship with Carol's best friend; Carol eventually got over Kevin.
【译】凯文最终和卡罗尔最好的朋友建立了关系；卡罗尔最终失去了凯文。
【短语】get over 表示“克服；恢复；熬过；原谅”。如：When you break up with somebody you love, that's awful; and it takes time to get over.当你和所爱的人分手了，那是件糟糕极了的事，而且需要很长时间来恢复。
【单词】eventually 副词 [ih-'ven-choo-uh-lee][?'vent?u?li] adv. 最后；终于
"Jealousy is not a good look on a person," Kevin said.
【译】“嫉妒让人看起来不那么好，”凯文说。
【专有名词】Jealousy ['jel-uh-see]['d?el?si] n. 妒忌 jealousies
He told me that he did what he did because of how jealous Carol was.
【译】他告诉我他这么做就是因为卡罗尔有多嫉妒。
【词法】because of 和 because一样，都是“由于...”的意思，两者的区别在于，because of后面要接名词性的词或短语，例："I didn't go to school because of my illness."，而because后面要接一个完整的句子，例："I didn't go to school because I am ill."