“你有没有兴趣和我女儿处处?她40岁了,也还未婚。我想你们可以见个面然后处个朋友?”
By this time, my mind is whirling madly. If agree to meet, their hopes are very high, and if things don't work out, I will end up hurting them. Time for some honesty.
这时我心里是一团乱麻。如果我答应去见面,他们会对此事抱有很大期望,如果我们处不来,我最终会伤害到他们。我应该开诚布公。
"If you give me a way to contact her, I will contact her directly and we can have dinner. But I don't want you to be involved in the process if that's OK with you."
“如果你给我她的联系方式,我会直接去联系她,然后我们可以一起吃顿饭。但是我不希望你掺和进来,这样行吗?”
"OK. Do you have a recent photo? I will give it to her and ask her. And give me your phone number so that she can contact you directly."
“没问题。你有近照吗?我会给她看看,问问她的意思。然后你把你的电话给我吧,这样她就可以直接联系你了。”
"Here you go. Thank you."
“就这样吧,谢谢你。”
In fairness, this kind of conversation has happened to me in the US too, but only among Chinese.
说实在的,在美国,这种对话也有发生在我身上,但仅限中国人之间。
There are a lot of desperate Chinese parents out there.
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