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In New York? Yeah.

在纽约吗 是的

That's weird. It actually crossed my mind a few times that I might run into you

太奇怪了。真的好几次 我想也许我能撞上你呢

but the odds are so slim, right? So.

但是可能性太小了 是吗？所以

I didn't even know what city you were in.

我过去甚至连你在哪个城市都不知道

Weren't you somewhere in Texas? Yeah, yeah, definitely. I just

你不是在德克萨斯的什么地方吗 是的，是的，没错。我只是

I was for a long time. I just, you know, wanted to try New York.

有很长时间，我一心想 你知道，去纽约发展

What brought you back here?

你为什么又回来了呢

I had finished my master's, for one

我读完了硕士课程，我

and no visa, no more visa.

没有签证，不能续签了

And I was starting to get paranoid. All the violence in the medias:

而且那个时候我变得有点儿妄想狂了 媒体上充斥着暴力：

Gang violence, murders, especially serial killers.

暴力团伙，杀人犯 特别是系列杀人犯

But the final straw was

但是最让我受不了的是

one night I heard some noise on my fire escape

一天晚上我听见 防火梯上有动静

重点讲解

重点单词：

1、definitely

adv. 清楚地，当然；明确地，肯定地

I'm definitely going to get in touch with these people.

我一定要联系上这些人。

2、violence

n. 暴力；侵犯；激烈；歪曲

Twenty people were killed in the violence.

有20人在这起暴力事件中被杀害。

3、especially

adv. 特别；尤其；格外

Millions of wild flowers colour the valleys, especially in April and May.

成千上万的野花使峡谷五彩斑斓，特别是在四五月份。

4、serial

adj. 连续的；连载的；分期偿还的

n. 电视连续剧；[图情] 期刊；连载小说

Currency notes bear serial numbers.

钞票上有连续的号码。

重点短语：

1、run into

遭遇，陷入；撞上，撞到；偶然遇见

Wang agreed to sell IBM Systems last year after it ran into financial problems.

IBM公司遭遇财政问题后，王去年同意出售该公司的操作系统。

考考你（翻译）：

1、她打定主意要继续与监狱里的女人一起工作。

2、她语气激烈，使泰勒大为震惊。

3、几分钟后他在走廊里撞见了克雷特勒。

答案下期公布：

上期答案：

1、His life has been wrecked by the tragedy.

2、He lived over again his experiences as a young sailor.

3、I can’t attend to everything at the same time ——please come and help!