I stood in the queue right behind him at the check-in desk.He was carrying a small package and I watched him check in two suitcases and get his boarding pass.Then I followed him through passport control and into the departure lounge.
GALL: Oh, hi Mum and Dad. This is Steve, my ... parmer.
DAD: Partner? You mean you work together?
GAIL: No, I mean ... he's ...
MUM: I think she means boyfriend. How nice！
GALL: Well, a bit more than boyfriend...
DAD: Your tiancé? You're engaged?
GALL: No, we live together.
DAD: So soon? I saw your ex-husband only last week. He was with his new
wife-to-be. Such a nice guy, Clive.
女孩：哦，嗨，妈妈、爸爸。这是史蒂夫，我的……搭档。
爸爸：搭档?你是指你们一块儿工作?
女孩：不是，我是指……他是……
妈妈：我想她是指男朋友。真不错!
女孩：嗯，比男朋友稍进一步……
爸爸：你的未婚夫?你们订婚了?
女孩：没有，我们住在一块儿。
爸爸：这么快?我上个星期刚见过你的前夫。他跟他新的准妻子在一起。真是个不错的小伙子 ，克莱夫。
LUCY: So what did the doctor do?
EVAN: Well, she examined me.She put a thermometer in my mouth and took my temperature. She said it was normal.
LUCY: Did she listen to your chest?
EVAN: Oh yes. She said I should stop smoking, but apart from that, it was OK.Then she took my blood pressure.
LUCY: Fine too? Good. Anything else?
EVAN: Well, I asked ifshe wanted to take a blood sample but she said it wasn't necessary. It seems I'm perfectly healthy.
露西：那么医生做什么了?
埃文：嗯，她给我做了检查。她把温度计放在我嘴里，量了我的体温。她说体温正常。
露西：她听了你的胸腔吗?
埃文：哦，听了。她说我应该戒烟，但是除此之外一切正常。然后她测了我的血压。
露西：也很好吧?不错，其他的呢?
埃文：嗯，我问她是否要采血样，但是她说没必要。看来我非常健康。
And now the weather forecast for weekend sailors. Saturday will begin with breezes in most areas. Later in the morning it will become more windy, with light winds in the south and some high winds further north. Make sure you're back on land ……

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