123.Its Kind of Fitting
As a freshman at the University of Dayton in Ohio, I was eager to make a good impression on my new roommate. When I arrived at our dorm room, I found her putting on perfume. "That's a great scent," I said, making conversation.
"Thanks-it was from my boyfriend. Here, try some," she said, holding the bottle out for me.
Unfortunately she let go before I had a firm grip, and the glass shattered on the tile floor. , Embarrassed, I tried to apologize, but she cut me off - "Actually, it's kind of fitting," she explained, surveying the damage. "That's exactly how the relationship went.
Notes:
(1) make a good impression on：給…留下好印象
(2) perfume n.香水
(3) unfortunately adv.不幸地
(4) let go 放手；松手常用于下面的結構中：let sb sth go；let go of sb sth
(5) shatter v.（突然而劇烈地）破成碎片
(6) tile n.瓷磚
(7) embarrass v.使困窘
(8) cut sb off 打斷
(9) fitting adj.適當的
（10） survey v.檢查；查看
Exercises:
根據短文填空：
① As a freshman at the University of Dayton in Ohio, I was eager to make a good impression _____ my new roommate.
② When I arrived at our dorm room, I found her putting _____ perfume.
③ "That's a great scent," I said, _____conversation.
④ Unfortunately she let _____before I had a firm grip.
⑤ Embarrassed , I tried to apologize, but she cut me_____ .
123.理應如此
作為俄亥俄州代頓大學的一名新生，我急于給我的新宿舍同伴留個好印象。我到了寢室，看到她正在往身上灑香水。“香味真濃哇。”我說，想和她搭起話來。
“謝了----是男朋友送的，來，灑些試試。”她說著把瓶子遞給我。
不幸的是，我還沒抓牢，她就松手了，玻璃瓶在瓷磚地板上摔碎了。我感到很窘，我剛想道歉，她就打斷了我。“事實上，應該如此。”
她解釋道，查看著破碎的瓶子，“我和他的關系正是這樣的。”
練習參考答案：
① on ② on ③ making ④ go ⑤ off
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