中英文本

Twenty Eight The Odd Couple
第二十八课 奇怪的情侣
Shawn had always been in.
肖恩一直运气很好。
He was popular first because his family was known as the richest family in town.
他出名首先是因为他家以城里的首富闻名。
Second, because he was head and shoulders above the other boys in height.
其次是因为他的身高远远超过其他男孩。
And finally , Shawn was popular because he nenver did anything harmful to himself or anyone else.
最后是因为他从来没有做过伤害自己或别人的事情。
He was off caffeine because he said it was an addiction.
他不沾咖啡因，因为他说那会上瘾。

And he was never on a diet.
他从不节食。
Shawn was just an all-round good guy!
肖恩是个十全十美的好孩子！
Jill, on the other hand, had always been heading for trouble.
吉尔，从另一方面来说总是碰到麻烦。
She was poor, unkempt and in the dark as to who her real parents were.
她又穷又不修边幅， 就连自己的真实父母是谁她也不知道。
She was also never in harmoney with other kids at school; it seemed like she was always fighting.
在学校里她还从来不能与其他孩子和睦相处，她似乎总是在打架。
That's why it was so strange whn they started dating.
正因为这样，当他两开始约会时， 大家都觉得奇怪。
Most kids thought Jull was just dating Shawn because he was made of money.
多数孩子认为，吉尔之所以和肖恩约会是因为他有钱。
She was known to have done things for a buck!
大家都知道她为了钱什么都敢做！
Others thought shawn was just dating her out of pity, or that he left obliged to help someone on the down and out.
其他人则认为肖恩是出于同情才与她约会，或者是因为他觉得他得帮助一个穷困潦倒的人。
What Jill was not known for, however, was her deep insights into life.
但是，大家不了解吉尔对生活的深入了解。
Because of her past being made up of so many traumas, she truly had wisdom into what life was all about.
由于她过去是由许多创伤组成的，她对生活的含义真是有着自己的看法。
When Shawn discovered this, he was sure he was in luck at having finally found a deep person who was not just concerned about looks, money or pres-tige.
当肖恩发现这一点时，他确信他真是运气好，终于找到了一个不仅仅看重外表，钱财或者声望的有深度的人。
He fell for her hard!
他深深地爱上了她。
And when Jill truly understood that Shawn was interested in her for whom she was, she felt the same.
当吉尔真正明白肖恩对她好是因为他对她感兴趣时，她也爱上了他。
They were off to an odd, but excellent start!
他们走向了一个不同寻常但是纯洁美好开始。

重点讲解

1.be in harmony with 与...协调一致，与...和睦融洽
例句：Here are two industries that must be in harmony with one another.
这两个企业实在非彼此和衷共济不可。
2.be in luck 运气好
例句：He was really in luck.
他运气真好。
3.be in the dark 蒙在鼓里，不知道
例句：I was in the dark about it until she tell me.
这件事在她告诉我之前, 我毫不知情。
4.be known as 以...闻名，通常名叫
例句：So she will be known as Sleeping Beauty.
所以她将会是众所皆知的睡美人。
5.be known for 因...而闻名
例句：Allow them to continue to carry out their work, and we ask that they would be known for their love.
求主使他们能继续他们的服事，以爱显明于人前。
6.be known to 为...所熟知
例句：They had decided that they didn't want my whereabouts to be known to the world.
他们已经决定不让我的行踪公诸于世。