關於禁止公司戀情的看法

Nicole：How are things with Steve?
妮可：妳和史提夫的事情如何？
Jane：I don't know. I'm becoming paranoid at the office.
阿珍︰我不知道耶。我在辦公室裡變得疑神疑鬼的。
Nicole：Relax. Nobody will find out that you're dating.
妮可：安啦。沒有人會發現你們在交往。
Jane：Whatever. It's not fair that we can't date openly.
阿珍︰無所謂。反正我們不能公開交往實在很不公平。
Nicole：Well, I can see how it could cause problems in the office.
妮可：嗯，我可以理解這可能在辦公室造成的困擾。
Jane：Do you think that my relationship with Steve is affecting my work?
阿珍︰妳認為我和史提夫的戀情影響到我的工作嗎？
Nicole：No, but you can't expect everybody to be as mature as the two of you.
妮可：不會啊，但妳無法期望每個人都像你們倆一樣成熟。
Jane：I know. I just don't like having to sneak around.
阿珍︰我知道。我只是不喜歡偷偷摸摸的。

延伸學習 paranoid a. 偏執的╱多疑的
例：Mary's getting paranoid about crime in her area.（瑪莉因住家附近的犯罪案件而變得疑神疑鬼。）
Whatever. 無所謂啦╱隨便。
例：Kelly：I think you should change before we leave the house. （凱莉：我覺得我們出門前你應該換一下衣服。）
Denis：Whatever.（丹尼斯：無所謂啦。）
mature a. 成熟的╱ vi. 成熟
例：A mature person admits doing wrong.
（成熟的人會坦承過錯。）
例︰A kitten matures when it is about one year old.（小貓一歲左右就發育成熟了。）
sneak around 躲躲藏藏╱偷偷摸摸
例︰The thief snuck around in the house.（那名小偷在屋裡偷偷摸摸地行動。）
sneakvi. 鬼鬼祟祟而行╱偷偷地走 sneak into...悄悄溜進…… sneak out of...悄悄溜出……
例︰When I was dating Brian, I used to sneak out of the house at night just to see him.（
我和布萊恩交往時，常在晚上偷溜出家門只為了見他一面。）