情景对话
Lance: Did you see Kim at the party last Saturday?

Paulina: Yeah, I saw her. Why?

Lance: She was wearing a skimpy dress and all of the men were leering at her all night. I used to think she was a nice girl. Isn’t she worried that she’ll get a reputation?

Paulina: A reputation for what?

Lance: For being…you know.

Paulina: No, I don’t know.

Lance: For being easy! It doesn’t take much for people to jump to the wrong conclusions when a woman is dressed like that.

Paulina: So based on one dress she wore to a party, you’re ready to consider her promiscuous.

Lance: No, not just based on that. The guys at the party were talking and one of them said he used to date her, and he said…

Paulina: Now you’re listening to some sleazy guy at a party boasting about his conquest. The question is, why are you so ready to give credibility to rumors like that?

Lance: Whoa, don’t go ballistic on me. I was only telling you what I heard. I thought you might be interested.

Paulina: Well, you thought wrong. I used to think that women were catty, but you men are much, much worse!
词汇注释

skimpy adj. 紧身的

leer v. 送秋波

nice girl 好女孩；正派的女孩

reputation n.名声

easy adj.轻浮的

jump to the wrong conclusions 草率得出错误结论; 过早下结错误结论

promiscuous adj.随便的

base on v. 基于, 以 ……为依据

boast v. 吹嘘

conquest n.征服

credibility n. 可靠, 确实性

rumor n. 谣言, 谣传

go ballistic 失去理智的

catty adj. 狡猾的,阴险的
参考译文

Lance: 你在上周六的聚会中看见Kim了吗？

Paulina: 是的，我看见她了。怎么了？

Lance: 她穿了件紧身衣服，所有的男人整晚都向她献媚。我过去总是认为她是个正派的女孩，她难道不担心自己会得到名声吗？

Paulina: 什么名声？

Lance: 你知道的。

Paulina: 不，我不知道。

Lance: 得到轻浮的坏名声。当一个女人穿成那样，人们用不了多长时间就会草率得出错误结论。

Paulina: 那么根据意见她参加聚会所穿的衣服，你已经认为她是随便的人？

Lance: 不，不仅仅是根据那个。聚会的男人们都在议论她，其中一个说他过去经常和她约会，而且他说……

Paulina: 你听了聚会中一个低俗男人吹嘘他是如何泡到女人的。问题是你怎么能相信那样的谣言呢？

Lance: 不要对我失去理智。我只是告诉你我所听说的。我愿以为你会感兴趣。

Paulina: 那你想错了，我过去一直认为那个女人很狡猾，但是你们男人更坏！