有一天,Ryan的妈妈实在忍不住,趁着他在厨房忙碌的时候,走进厨房,疑惑地开口:“Why have you suddenly started sleeping at home and going into the kitchen every day?”(最近怎么突然回家睡觉了,还每天都钻进厨房?)
Ryan一边忙着整理食材,一边头也不抬地回答:“I'm going to learn how to cook Chinese food.”(我要学做中国菜。)
“Chinese cuisine? You want to eat it?”(中国菜?你要自己吃?) “No.”(不是) “So why?”(那为什么)
Ryan停下手中的动作,坦诚地说:“I'm pursuing a girl. This girl is Chinese. I'm going to learn how to cook the Chinese dishes that she likes.”(我在追一个女孩,这个女孩是中国人,我要学做她喜欢的中国菜。)
“What? Chinese? Even the locals you can't keep up with, yet you're chasing foreigners instead.”(什么?中国人?连本地人你都追不上还追外国人呢。) “It's none of your business. This is my own matter.”(这就不关你的事了,这是我自己的事。)
“None of my business? Then I ask you, you two are together in the future, if she goes back to China, what will you do? Will you follow her?”(不关我的事?那我问你,你们在一起了,以后她要回中国,你怎么办?跟着去吗?)
Ryan看着妈妈生气,坚定地说道:“The matter of returning to China, we'll consider it when the time comes. Right now, I just like her and I really want to pursue her. But I assure you, I definitely won't follow her to China. I will definitely stay in the United States.”(回国的事情,以后到了时间再考虑,我现在就是喜欢她,就是想追她,你就别管了。但我向你保证,我肯定不会跟着她去中国,一定会留在美国的。)