02. Meting Bill 遇见比尔 (1976)

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One day I went to the library and Barbara wasn't there. I got worried, I had seen her earlier that day and she didn't mention to me that she was going somewhere else at the end of the day. I asked around if anyone had seen Barbara. Finally a friend told me that Barbara was seen walking with Bill. Now I got really worried. Bill was known as a 'ladies' man. He dressed well, looked good, was a charming person to talk to and was very popular with the girls. Bill favorite saying was: 'a nice looking girl doesn't have to leave the party with the same guy with whom she came". No way I could compete with Bill. I thought this is the end of my chance with Barbara. If she had gone to Bills room, then I knew what was going to happen there. No girl goes to Bills place just for a cup of tea.

The following day I asked Bill if it was true that he had seen Barbara after school. He told me that this was true. He had asked her if she wanted a cup of tea at his place, it was on the way to bus station so why not. She accepted. When I saw Barbara that day I told her that I had been worried about her, as she had gone with Bill to his room. She told me that Bill had invited her for a cup of tea, and as she assumed that Bill was a friend of mine there was no harm in it. She said that she only had a cup of tea and that I shouldn't be such a silly boy asking silly questions. Later Barbara told me that because of my worries at that time she was sure that I really cared for her.

遇见比尔

有一天，我去图书馆，翁美玲却并不在那里。我开始有点担忧她了。早上我遇见了她，她并没有说放学后会去其它的什么地方。我急着问我的朋友们，是否他们遇见过翁美玲。最后，有个朋友告诉我，他看见翁美玲和比尔走在一起。听到这之后，我真正的担忧了起来。比尔总是被称为采花郎。他穿着时尚，长得很帅，是一个很吸引人的男孩。很受女生的欢迎。比尔最喜欢说的话是：一个漂亮的女生在派对之后没必要和来时一起的男生离开。我自己知道我没法和比尔竞争。于是我想，也许我和翁美玲之间没有什么机会了。假如翁美玲去了比尔的房间，我知道将会发生什么事情，没有哪个女孩去比尔的房间只是为了喝一杯茶。

第二天，我问比尔，他放学后是否真的看见了翁美玲。比尔说是。他邀请翁美玲是否乐意去他的地方喝杯茶，毕竟他的家就顺路在去车站的路上，所以为什么不呢。翁美玲接受了这个提议。过了会，当我见到了翁美玲，我告诉她，我是多么担心她呀，毕竟她和比尔一起去了他的房间。她告诉我，比尔的确邀请她去他那喝杯茶，并且她认为比尔是我的好朋友，因此也没有什么危险。她告诉我，她去那里只是喝了一杯茶，并告诉我，我没必要像个傻男孩一样问他这些愚蠢的问题。过了一会，翁美玲对我说，因为我之前的担忧，她才相信我是真正的喜欢她。

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