第一， 迷你對話

A: Some pretty girls seem to be just going steady with him.

有好多漂亮的姑娘好像現在正在和她約會。

B: That’s indeed a mystery. How can these girls enjoy hanging around with such a bad egg.

真受不了，這些女孩怎么會和這樣一個壞蛋在一起了？

A: Birds of a feather flock together, you bet. These girls can’t be good girls. Beauty is only skin deep, you know.

物以類聚，人以群分。她們也不是好女孩，只不過是臉蛋漂亮罷了，你說呢？

第二， 地道表達

go steady

1. 解詞釋義

Go steady是指（男女雙方）確定了情侶關系。表示與……確定情侶關系，在短語后面用介詞with，即為：go steady with someone。

2. 拓展范例

After a while, Mary and John may decide they want to go steady.

經過一段時間后，Mary和John可能決定保持穩定的關系。

Mary is the one I decided to go steady with .

瑪麗是我已經決定保持穩定關系的那一個。

第三，咬文嚼字

enjoy doing sth.：喜歡做……

e.g. She enjoys playing tennis.

她喜好打網球。

e.g. What do you enjoy doing in your spare time?

你業余時間喜歡做什么？

hang around：閑蕩

e.g. You hang around with your old Chicago school chums.

你現在同芝加哥的一些老同學一起消磨時日。

e.g. What on earth a good girl like Mary wants to hang around with that crazy bunch for, God only knows.

象瑪麗這樣的好姑娘到底為什么要去跟那群瘋子廝混，只有天知道。

bad egg：壞蛋，壞人

e.g. He's been in prison several times for all sorts of crimes; he's a bad egg.

他因各種罪行入獄多次，他是個壞蛋。

e.g. We are so worried; our daughter has made friends with a very bad egg.

我們很擔憂，我們的女兒交上一個不三不四的朋友。

skin deep：膚淺的，表面的

e.g. True beauty is not skin deep!

真正的美麗并不只是外表的美麗！

e.g. Her beauty is more than skin deep.

她的美并非膚淺的美。