A: One day when we were at a dance, Mary said thatshe wanted to have a good talk with me.

　　有一天在跳舞的时候，玛丽说想要和我好好谈谈。

　　B: She was up to no good, I suppose. What did shesay to you?

　　我猜他没有什么好事，她跟你说什么呢?

　　A: She said that she wanted to help me to make afortune.

　　她说她想帮我赚大钱。

　　B: What did you say? Did you fall for her fast talk?

　　那你怎么说?你信了她的花言巧语吗?

　　A: Of course not. I didn’t want to be the one used by her.

　　才不会了，我不会被他利用的。

　　知识点讲解

　　Fast在美国俚语中有“圆滑的，油嘴滑舌的，靠不住的，骗人的”的意思。Fast talk这个名词短语的意思即为：花言巧语。

　　A: Let me see. How much should I pay for you?

　　让我想想，我应该付你多少钱?

　　B: Don’t think about it!

　　别想了。

　　A: No, this will not do. Let me see.

　　那不行，那我想想。

　　B: You pay for the taxi and dinner, then even things up.

　　你来付出租车费和晚餐费，这样就扯平了。

　　A: Good ideas.

　　好主意。

　　知识点讲解

　　Even up是指“使得局势或竞争尽量公平合理”。

　　A: Maybe you are right. But in most cases I get sickof people who keep smiling.

　　也许你是对的，在大多数情况下，我还是讨厌那些始终微笑的人。

　　B: Keeping a straight face may indicate a boredom.But if you fall for someone, I’m sure you will smile toher most of the time instead of keeping a straightface in front of her.

　　面无表情暗示着讨厌，但是如果你迷恋上某个人，我相信在大多数时间，你一定是对她微笑而不是神情严肃。

　　A: I don’t have a bone to pick with you on this point. By the way, did you fall for the manager?It seems you had a crush on him.

　　我不想在这个问题上和你争吵。顺便问一下，你是不是迷恋上经理呢?看上去似乎你已经爱上他了。

　　B: Nonsense! Don’t fall for anyone.

　　废话，你最好别迷恋上任何人。

　　知识点讲解

　　Fall 在这里的意思是“倾向于”，fall for的意思即为：倾向于……。其后面跟sb.，意为“迷恋上某人”;其后面跟sth.，意为“亲信某事”。