Unit 10 First date, not great!
第10单元 第一次约会，运气真背！
"You didn't look anything like your picture," Jade said, looking down at the picture she had printed off the computer. The man standing in front of her was short and chubby with brown-tinted teeth. "This was supposed to be my big adventure."
“你看起来和照片一点也不像。”杰德边低头看着她从电脑上印下来的照片。站在她面前的这个人不仅身材矮小、圆圆胖胖，还有一口泛黄的牙齿。
Jade thought to herself. "Instead, it is turning out to be more of a nightmare."
杰德心想，原本应该是一场美妙的冒险经历，怎么反而变得更像是一场噩梦。
For a long time, Jade resisted the idea of meeting someone online. It was too risky. But then she met Martin. He seemed like a nice guy. He was funny and his favorite movie was Titanic.
长久以来，杰德对于线上交友一直都很抗拒，她觉得风险太大了。不过自从她认识马丁以后，觉得他似乎是个蛮不错的人，她不仅风趣，最喜欢的电影还是铁达尼号呢！
He liked cat, and so did she. He was a vegetarian! All vegetarians are friendly, good people.
他和她一样喜欢猫，而且他还吃素。所有吃素的人都既有善又健康的好人。至少杰德是这么想的。
So after several months of meeting, she agreed to fly half way across the country to meet Martin in person. Her friends had egged her on saying it would be a great experience and an exciting adventure to fly to Wyoming to meet a man she was falling in love with online.
所以他们认识几个月后，她便答应飞过半个美国，亲自去见马丁。她朋友也一直怂恿她说，飞到怀俄明去见她心仪的网友将会是一场美好的体验，更是一次令人兴奋的冒险。
"Well," said Martin. "That picture was taken five years ago." Jade groaned. Some adventure this was going to be.
“这个嘛，”马丁说：“那张照片是五年前照的。”杰德不禁呻吟了一声，这算是哪门子的冒险啊。

【美】 Tara McAteer 著 黄惟郁 译

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