他脫口而出:“You know what? I’m still a virgin!”(“你知道嗎?我至今還是個童男子呢!”
李雁南大吃一驚,也把尿筋閃了:“A virgin! Gosh! Are you kidding?”(“童男子!天哪!你搞笑吧你?”)
羅伯特嚴肅地:“I swear!”(“我發誓!”)
李雁南大笑:“Aha—! Me too!”(“啊哈!我也是童子呢!”)
羅伯特鬱悶地喃喃自語:“Believe it or not!”(“信不信由你!”)
李雁南看著牆上鏡子裡的羅伯特,一幅要哭的樣子,一下子就崩潰了。李雁南自言自語的樣子:“也對,我在你這個年齡的時候也還是處男呢!”
羅伯特納悶地問:“What’re you murmuring?”(“你嘀咕什麼呢?”)
李雁南拉上拉鍊,洗了手,握著羅伯特的手使勁地、大弧度地搖搖,感嘆地說:“I really never thought of that! You’ve suffered from too much!”(“我真是沒想到呀!——你受苦了!”)
羅伯特一副悲壯和驕傲的模樣。回到座位上,吃喝了一陣,李雁南問:“Robert; I have a doubt。”(“羅伯特,我有一個疑問。”)
羅伯特說:“Please!”(“請講!”)
李雁南問:“Why don’t you choose a well…educated girl with good English to be your girlfriend?At least you can municate freely。”(“你為什麼不找一個懂英語的、受過良好教育的女孩做你的女朋友?至少,這樣你們交流起來不成問題。”)
羅伯特說:“I’ve told you education is something of a consideration but not the most important factor。 I believe each coin has two sides。 For instance; while education civilizes us it pollutes us with selfishness; hypocrisy; snobbery; it also makes us calculating and impassive。”(“我說過教育在一定程度上可以考慮,但不是最重要的。我堅持認為每一件事情都有它的兩面性,比如,教育在開化人們的同時也用自私、虛偽、勢利汙染了我們,還讓我們精於算計,冷漠茫然。”)
李雁南問:“I wonder if you tried。”(“我想你是否試過。”)
羅伯特說:“Honestly; I tried a few girls in America and in Japan。 Can you imagine a girl; especially a well…educated girl,telling you she loves you after the first date with you and then sleeping with you after the second date? A Beijing girl visited me without invitation; dran