中英文本

79.Always Waiting, Hoping...
79.总是等待，希望...
Lorraine practically fell off her chair when she saw that everything was gone, and that he was gone!
看到东西都没了，洛兰几乎要发火了！而且他也不见了！
She was so sure that she could fall in love with the stranger!
她还那么肯定她会爱上那个陌生人呢！
But he had fallen short of her expectations!
他却辜负了她的期望！
Lorraine was familiar with that.
洛兰对这种事情并不陌生。
She always seemed to fall in with the wrong type of men. Ever since she could remember!
她似乎总是遇上不该遇到的男人。自从她有记忆以来一直就是这样！
And all of the warnings of her mother and friends would fall on her deaf ears each time she saw a good looking man. They tried to warn her.
每次见到一个英俊男人，她都会把母亲和朋友的警告当耳边风。他们是警告过她的。

But she couldn't help it; she just fell over herself whenever one was around.
可她就是控制不住自己。只要身边有这样的男人出现，她就会手足无措。
And so she had fallen into disrepute with her friends and fallen out with her mother.
结果她在朋友面前名誉扫地，与母亲也感情不和。
It almost seemed to fall to Lorraine's lot to always have failed relationships.
洛兰似乎命定总是和这些人搞不好关系。
Someday it would all fall into place. Lorraine told herself.
总有一天情况会变得清楚。洛兰对自己说。
Some man would come along and he would be Mr. Right!
一定会有个男人到来，而且正好是个该爱的人！
And rather than Lorraine falling off the edge, he would fall on her!
不是洛兰堕入情网，而是他爱上她！
Then her friends and mother would see that she was right, that there was hope,
这样她的朋友和母亲就会明白她是对的，希望是有的，
that there was a good man left on this planet, and that Lorraine would some day have the perfect man!
地球上还留下了一个好人，而洛兰总有一天会找到那个十全十美的男人！
But obviously not today again!
可是今天这位明显又不是。
And so Lorraine fell into her usual routine.
就这样洛兰又开始了她的正常生活。
She cleaned up the apartment. Called the police to report yet another theft and went to work.
她把公寓打扫干净，打电话给察局报告了另外一宗盗窃案，然后就上班去了。
She wouldn't even bother telling her fhends about this episode.
她甚至都懒得费心跟朋友们讲这事儿。
At least her connection to the police would never fall into disuse!
至少她与警察局的联系永远都不会停止！

重点讲解

1.fall on deaf ears 未被理踩，不被听取，受到重视
例句：When they are worried about addressing their most acute pain, messages about wonderful opportunities they might exploit fall on deaf ears.
当公司在为如何解决难题担忧时，对任何关于利用大好时机的消息都会充耳不闻。
2.fall out with 与…争吵,与…不和
例句：If you fall out with someone, aim to start afresh the next time you see them.
如果你与某人吵架，计划着下次遇到他们时重新开始。
3.fall over oneself 煞费苦心，不遗余力，手足无措，不知怎样才好
例句：When she saw that boy, she fell over herself.
她一看到那个男孩就手足无措。
4.fall short of 射不中，达不到，不符合，不履行
例句：And projects designed simply to fill skill gaps will fall short of development aspirations unless they consider how those skills might actually be deployed.
而仅仅是为了填补技能空白而设计的项目缺乏发展的愿望，除非它们考虑到了这些技能实际如何运用。
5.fall on 落到，降临
例句：New programmes will appear in the fall on television.
秋季将有新节目在电视上出现。
6.familiar with 熟悉的,精通的
例句：If everyone is familiar with data binding, then why bother with any definition and concept at all?
既然每个人都熟悉数据绑定，何必再为什么定义和概念烦扰呢？