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Lesson 10 Talk About It
第十課 主題討論
July 22
7月22日
The Broken Friendship
友誼破裂
Neal stared at his phone.
尼爾盯著他的手機看，
He had missed a lot of texts and calls.
他錯過了許多簡訊和來電，
They were all from his best friend Jesse.
全都是來自他最好的朋友杰西。
Jesse had texted, "Where are you?" and "Are you coming?"
杰西透過簡訊問他："你在哪里？"以及"你要來嗎？"
Neal had missed Jesse's birthday party last night.
尼爾錯過了杰西昨晚的生日派對。
Someone had given Neal free tickets to a rock concert, so he went to the concert.
有人送尼爾一場搖滾演唱會的免費入場券，所以他就去聽了演唱會。
He thought Jesse would understand.
他以為杰西會諒解，
But Jesse was probably upset.
可是杰西大概很惱怒。
Now Neal felt really bad.
這下尼爾覺得很內疚。
The next day, Neal saw Jesse in class.
第二天，尼爾在教室里看見杰西。
Neal tried to talk to him, but Jesse didn't want to listen.
尼爾想和他說話，可是杰西不想聽。
Even when Neal apologized, Jesse was still mad.
尼爾雖然道了歉，杰西還是很生氣。
"You're so selfish!" Jesse said before walking away.
"你真自私！"杰西說完扭頭就走。
Jesse wouldn't talk to or answer Neal's phone calls for over a week.
杰西一整個星期都不愿和尼爾說話，也不回復他的來電。
Neal felt terrible about making the wrong choice, but Jesse wouldn't forgive him.
尼爾對于自己做了錯誤的選擇覺得很糟糕很自責，可是杰西不肯原諒他。
Neal apologized again and again, but it didn't help.
尼爾一次又一次的道歉，可是都沒有用。
Would Jesse ever forgive Neal?
杰西有可能會原諒尼爾嗎？
Neal didn't want to lose their friendship.
尼爾不想失去他們的友誼，
But he didn't know what he could do to fix this problem.
可是他不曉得該如何修補這個問題。
Should he give Jesse a gift or do something nice for him?
他該送杰西一份禮物，還是做什么討他歡心的事情嗎？
Or maybe Neal should wait for Jesse to do something.
也許尼爾應該等杰西做出什么舉動，
But Neal was afraid he never would.
可是尼爾怕他永遠不會再理他了。
What would you do?
你會怎么做？
