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琥珀

have you guys ever heard the saying that no one shall create an idol for him or herself

你们听说过这样一句谚语吗？没有人会为他或她自己创造偶像

this story is pretty much similar to the meaning of this phrase

这个故事和这个短语的意思很相似

together with my Bf

和我的男朋友在一起

I created a special list that almost ruined our longtime friendship

我做了一个特别的名单差点毁了我们的友谊

everything started so long ago

一切都是很久以前开始的

I can barely remember how it was when Jinny and I were little girls

我都不记得我和金妮小时候是怎么过的了

you know

你知道

we have always been so similar to each other

我们一直都很相似

like two parts of one soul

就像一个灵魂的两个部分

literally

字面上的

even our families look similar

就连我们的家庭看起来都差不多

I mean both of us were raised by single

我是说我们都是单身

Moms

妈妈

this was probably the main reason we had for creating the list

这可能是我们创建列表的主要原因

the thing is

关键是

our Moms had dated men from time to time

我们的妈妈经常和男人约会

Unfortunately

Unfortunately

none of them stayed around like forever

他们中没有一个人能永远留在这里

but this experience led us to come up with a certain number of qualities which in our opinion

但这一经历使我们产生了一些我们认为具有的品质

a real man should inevitably possess

一个真正的男人必然拥有

let me be more specific

让我说得更具体些

if a John dough was way too ugly or short

如果约翰的面团太丑或者太短

he definitely wouldn't on the list

他绝对不会在名单上

taking care of what he looked like is important

照顾好他的样子很重要

but not crucial

但并不重要

and he certainly has to love animals

他一定很喜欢动物

preferably dogs

最好是狗

there were many other things like this

像这样的事情还有很多

and this list was our shared secret that no one should ever ever know about

这份名单是我们共有的秘密，不应该让任何人知道

Anyway

不管怎样

as we've gotten older

当我们变老的时候

the list has also gotten longer

名单也越来越长

and now its latest version consists of 26 obligatory Musks for a Prince charming

现在它的最新版本包括26个强制性的麝香为一个白马王子

Jinny and I were sure that these perfect men existed somewhere on the planet

Jinny和我确信这些完美的男人存在于这个星球的某个地方

and we said that neither of us would ever date a guy who missed even a single point from this list

我们说过我们都不会和一个在这份名单上少了一分的男人约会

once we were asked on a double date

有一次我们被邀请去四人约会

I met a guy on the Internet and he was so excited to meet me that he asked

我在网上认识了一个人，他很高兴见到我，于是问我：

whether I had a girl friend for his friend

不管我有没有女朋友给他的朋友

to hang out with

一起出去玩

his name was Tim

他的名字叫提姆

when I saw him in real life

当我在现实生活中见到他时

he was even more handsome than in his photo

他甚至比照片上还要英俊

and after we talked for a while

我们谈了一会儿之后

I found out that he totally like completely corresponded to the list

我发现他完全和名单上的一致

Jinny was not that lucky with her date

Jinny的约会对象就没那么幸运了

Tim's friend Eric was a total disaster and he was a 100 per cent opposite of Tim

蒂姆的朋友埃里克是个十足的祸害，他与蒂姆完全相反

he was rude and had a really inappropriate sense of humor

他很粗鲁，而且有一种不恰当的幽默感

they were so different that I couldn't help but wonder how the two of them ever became friends

他们如此不同，我不禁想知道他们是怎么成为朋友的

As you might have guessed

你可能已经猜到了

our first date ended up with me and my perfect Tim starting our perfect relationship

我们的第一次约会以我和我的完美蒂姆开始了我们的完美关系而告终

while Jinny couldn't stand Eric's temper and personality

Jinny不能忍受Eric的脾气和个性

I remember how once

我记得有一次

when the four of us decided to go out to the movies

当我们四个人决定出去看电影的时候

Tim suggested that we

提姆建议我们

the girls

女孩们

pick out the perfect film

挑一部完美的电影

he's a gentleman you see

你看他是个绅士

but Eric began complaining that he had seen too many Girly movies already

但是埃里克开始抱怨他已经看了太多的《女孩》电影

and insisted on us watching a horror movie

坚持要我们看恐怖电影

I didn't mind actually because I like that stuff

实际上我不介意因为我喜欢那些东西

but Jinny does not

但珍妮没有

so she spent the entire movie with her eyes shut

所以她整个电影都是闭着眼睛的

having a terrible time

很糟糕的日子

I knew she was only doing this for me because I begged her not to leave me alone with the guys

我知道她这么做只是为了我，因为我求她不要丢下我一个人

I really wanted the four of us to hang out together all the time

我真的希望我们四个能一直在一起

but later that night

但那晚晚些时候

Jenny said this was the last time she'd go out with Eric

珍妮说这是她最后一次和埃里克出去

Eric

埃里克

on the other hand

另一方面

continued to accompany Tim and I wherever we went

无论我和蒂姆走到哪里，他都陪伴着我们

I didn't mind at first because I was still spending time with my Boyfriend

起初我并不介意，因为我还在和男朋友在一起

but gradually he was becoming really annoying

但渐渐地他变得很烦人

you see

你看

he was still single and didn't bother with things like being polite or behaving according

他仍然单身，不会为礼貌或行为举止之类的事情而烦恼

to the situation we were in

我们当时的处境

or even acknowledging that I was with them

或者承认我和他们在一起

he'd try to hook up girls while I was like

他想勾搭女孩子而我就像

hello

你好

I'm still here with my Boyfriend

我仍然和我的男朋友在一起

at some point I asked Tim whether it was really necessary to have Eric with us all the time

有一次我问提姆是否真的有必要让埃里克一直陪着我们

Tim said that he'd just felt bad for his friend since he had found his true love and Eric did not

蒂姆说他只是为他的朋友感到难过因为他找到了他的真爱而埃里克没有

that's why I should be more tolerant and supportive of Eric

这就是为什么我应该更宽容和支持埃里克

but he promised to talk to him and ask Eric to behave a little more appropriately

但他答应和埃里克谈谈，让他表现得更得体一些

Eric really didn't like that and accused me of being selfish

埃里克真的不喜欢那样，还指责我很自私

that's when a slight tension appeared between the two of us

就在那时我们之间出现了一丝紧张

The turning point in this entire story finally came one night

整个故事的转折点终于在一个晚上到来了

Tim was having a huge party because it was his 18th birthday

因为是蒂姆的18岁生日，所以他举行了一个盛大的聚会

I came together with Jenny and we arrived a little bit late

我和珍妮一起来的，我们来的有点晚

at first

一开始

when I couldn't find Tim anywhere

当我找不到蒂姆的时候

I thought he might have been busy with birthday stuff

我以为他在忙生日的事

but then I saw him being congratulated by a bunch of girls

但后来我看到他受到一群女孩的祝贺

there were plenty of girls by the way

顺便说一下，那里有很多女孩

and when I saw him letting them kiss him and hug him while he was smiling at them

当我看到他让他们亲吻他拥抱他的时候他正对着他们微笑

I felt this flame of jealousy burning inside me

我感觉到嫉妒的火焰在我体内燃烧

I couldn't even

我都不能

control my actions and I just walked up to Tim and started angrily yelling something at him

控制我的行为，我只是走向蒂姆，开始愤怒地对他喊着什么

I said that he shouldn't have been that Flirty with every girl around

我说他不该对周围的每个女孩都那么娇媚

since he had me to be Flirty with

因为他让我和他在一起

and when I saw a nasty smile on Eric's face

当我看到埃里克脸上的笑容

I began accusing him of trying to ruin our relationship and get rid of me

我开始指责他试图破坏我们的关系和摆脱我

All the way through

一直穿过去

Jinny was trying to call me down

金妮想叫我下来

but I couldn't help myself

但我控制不住自己

and then I did something I immediately regretted

我做了一件事后马上后悔的事

I don't know why

我不知道为什么

but Jinny's words may be really irritated

但是Jinny的话可能真的让人恼火

so in the heat of the moment

所以在最热的时候

I told her that if she had such a perfect guy that totally corresponded to the list

我告诉她如果她有一个和名单完全一致的完美男人

I'd also be jealous of him

我也会嫉妒他的

that was it

就这样了

I said it so loudly that everything seemed to have gone silent geese

我说得太大声了，好像什么都没说

everybody heard what I said

所有人都听到我说的话了

Jinny turned and ran away

金妮转身跑开了

I knew she was super angry at me for being over emotional and for telling our secret

我知道她对我过于情绪化和泄露我们的秘密非常生气

I told you they were weird

我告诉过你他们很奇怪

I heard Eric say to Tim

我听见埃里克对蒂姆说

I knew I'd screwed everything up

我知道我把一切都搞砸了

of course

当然了

I would have also left the party immediately

我也会立刻离开派对

but Tim wanted an explanation about the list

但蒂姆想要解释一下名单

I had to tell him

我不得不告诉他

you know it was his birthday and he'd already heard enough to figure things out on his own

你知道今天是他的生日，他已经听够了，可以自己想办法了

he said that he no longer wanted to be in our relationship and that I needed to leave

他说他不想再和我们在一起了我必须离开

I was humiliated and embarrassed and I felt like I'd lost the most important person in my life

我感到羞辱和尴尬，我觉得我失去了我生命中最重要的人

and I'm not talking about Tim

我说的不是蒂姆

even though he fulfilled the list and was really close to being a Prince charming

尽管他完成了所有的任务而且非常接近白马王子

Jinny was the one I was afraid to lose

金妮是我害怕失去的人

来源：播得英语