A friendship in trouble
困境中的友情
Dear Annie
親愛的安妮
My name is Andrew. I am 17 years old and I have a problem. My best friend Matthew has stopped talking to me.
我叫安德魯。今年17歲,現在我有個問題。我最好的朋友馬修不再和我說話了。
We have been best friends since childhood and play together in the school football team.
我們從小就是好朋友,還一起在學校足球隊踢球。
Last week, we had an important match against another school. The other team was superb and we really had to focus.
上周,我們有一場重要的對陣其他學校的比賽。那個隊伍實力很強,我們必須全力以赴才可以。
I was determined to win, but Matthew was playing badly. He could not keep pace with the game, and as a result of his careless playing we lost.
我下定決心要贏得比賽,可是馬修的表現太差勁了。他注意力不集中,由于他的疏忽我們輸掉了比賽。
Afterwards, I got really angry with him, and I told him I thought he was not trying hard enough.
從那以后,我對他真得非常生氣,直言他不夠努力。
He got annoyed, saying it wasn't his fault if he couldn't play as well as me, and that I shouldn't talk to him in this manner.
他也被惹火了,說球技不如我又不是他的錯,還說我不該那樣和他說話。
Then we both started shouting at each other and it turned into a horrible argument.
然后我們開始朝對方吼,并演變成一場可怕的爭執。
He accused me of some really bad things just to hurt me.
為了傷害我,他指責我做了一些非常不好的事情。
I feel really guilty because I made some cruel remarks too, but I dislike seeing our team lose.
我感到很內疚,因為我也說了一些殘酷無情的話,但是我不喜歡看到我們隊輸球。
Football is very important to me, but so is our friendship.
足球對我非常重要,我們的友誼也是。