Conversation:

A: Stephen! Where have you been? I've been trying to get a hold of you for hours.

你去哪儿了，斯蒂芬，我这几个小时一直在打电话联系你。

B: I...um...there was an emergency at work, so...

我工作上有紧急情况，所以...

A: I was waiting for you in a restaurant for three hours and you didn't even have the decency to call me. Do you have any idea how embarrassed I was?

我在餐厅等了你三个小时，你甚至都没有想到给我打个电话，你知道我有多尴尬吗？

B: Honey, I promise this won't happen again. It's just that I...

亲爱的，我保证这种事情不会再发生，我只是...

A: Yeah, right. I've heard it all before. I'm not going to take any more of your empty promises. This is your fifth time you've stood me up in two weeks. You need to get your priorities straight. I'm tired of you putting your job first all the time.

对，这些话我以前全都听过了，我不会再相信你的空头承诺了。这是你两周内第五次放我鸽子了，你需要把你的个人事情的轻重缓急分清楚。我厌倦了你一直把工作放在第一位。

B: Come on, veronica. That's not fair. I do care about you a lot. You know that, I try to...

别这样儿，veronica。这不公平，我是非常在乎你的，这你知道的，我尽力。

A: You know what, maybe we should just take a break. I need some time to think about where this relationship is heading.

你知道吗？或许我们应该分开一段时间，我需要一些时间去思考这段感情的发展。

B: But veronica, would you just listen to me? There was a fire alarm at my office building today and I was stuck...

但是，veronica，你能听我吗？今天我们的办公大楼发生火警警报，被困在这里...

1.

get a hold

取得联系

例句：

I've been calling his phone allday,but I can't get a hold of him.

我打了他一天电话，但是联系不上他。

Finally, Jack, I got a hold of you. Where have you been all day?

杰克，我终于找到你了，你这一天都去哪里了？

2.

stand sb up

放某人鸽子

例句：

I got all dressed up for our date, and then he had the nerve to stand me up.

为了我们的约会我精心打扮了一番，结果他竟敢放我鸽子。

3.

priority

优先处理的事情；最重要的事

You need to get your priorities right.

你需要把自己的事情分出轻重缓急。

=You need to get your priorities straight.

4.

heading

朝（某方向）行进

例句：

I don't know where our relationship is heading.

我不知道我们的关系会往哪个方向发展。

Where's this bus heading?

这辆汽车开往哪里？

5.

Do you have any idea...

你有...想法吗？

例句：

You forgot my birthday. Do you have any idea how angry I am?

你忘了我的生日，你知道我有多生气吗？

I just broke up with my boyfriend. Do you have any idea how sad I am?

我刚刚和我男友分手了，你知道我有多伤心吗？

6.

decency

规矩；礼仪；行为准则

例句：

She didn't even have the decency to apologize.

她甚至都没有诚意道歉。

7.

take a break

分开一下；休息

Let's just take a break and go for lunch.

我们休息一下，去吃午饭。

I have only five minutes to take a break.

你只有五分钟时间休息。