2. “Of course I like your friends!”
2. “我當然喜歡你的朋友!”
A man I know told his girlfriend, “You’re a great cook — much better than my mother。” In fact, his mother is a chef at a well-known New York restaurant. Fortunately for him, by the time his girlfriend discovered the truth — when they dined at his mother’s restaurant — she was so in love that she forgave his overzealous compliment.
我的某個朋友跟他的女友說:“你的廚藝真了不得,連我媽都趕不上你。”其實,他老媽是紐約某家著名餐廳的大廚。幸運的是,當他們在那家餐廳吃飯一切真相大白的時候,女孩已經深深愛上了他,原諒了他的溢美之詞。