Fishing for girls(down)

“Didn’t see any, didn’t catch any,

” replied Howard.

“Well, did you catch any women?”

“No. And don’t even ask how many

beauties I saw at the pool. I didn’

t go to any bars(酒吧). But I did go

to a Mongolian all-you-can-eat

place and had a good dinner.

I think one of the waitresses liked me.

She asked me if I wanted extra ketchup(番茄酱).”

“Well, I hope you said yes. Any time

a woman asks you if you want extra

anything, that’s female code(代码).

It means they like you.”

“I said no. There was a whole bottle

right in front of me.”

“Well, you blew it. I don’t know

when you’re going to learn to pick

up on those signals(信号). Next time

I’ll go with you and show you all the tricks.”

“If you knew all the tricks, you wouldn’t

be divorced(离婚) three times.”

notes:I have learn many words in this story.

Fishing for girls(up)

Wednesday night, Howard asked

Glenn if he wanted to go fishing

and girl-watching that weekend

at Santa Fe Lake. “We’ll leave

Friday morning and return late

Sunday night,” he said. Glenn said

he had to clean out his garage(车库),

so Howard went by himself.

Howard had also planned to lie

around the hotel pool, soak

(浸泡)up the sun, read a good book,

and look at pretty women in their

bathing suits. His own apartment

didn't have a pool, so whenever he

traveled(旅行), he always liked to

stay at a place with a pool. But when

he arrived at the hotel about noon,

he saw that there were no pretty girls

at the pool. There were no girls

at all. There was nobody at the pool,

because the pool was empty. It was

being repaired all that week.

The staff(职员) had “forgotten” to tell

Howard this little detail(细节).

Howard called Glenn late Friday night.

“How was the fishing?” Glenn asked.

notes:哈哈......活该白跑一堂。

He Goes to War to Save His Baby(down)

The line was busy, but he kept

calling and finally got through.

He was worried that the jobs were

all taken, but they told him plenty

(丰足) of jobs were still available.

They said they would give him two

weeks of training in Texas. Then they

would fly him to Iraq for his assignment(任务).

Roland told Sheila he had to take this job.

He knew it was dangerous; he might

get injured or killed, but the money

was too good. Plus, the family

would have full medical benefits(好处),

which would enable the baby to get

the care she needed. Roland said

if he survived(生存) the first year, he would probably sign up for the bonus and a second year.

Sheila was worried. She asked,

“What if you get killed? What are we

going to do without you?”

“You can’t think like that, honey,”

he said. “You’ve got to think positive.

Think about how well off we’ll be in two

or three years after I bring back all

that money. This is the best thing

I could do for this family.”

Sheila hugged him and sobbed(呜咽).

“I don’t want you to go.”

Roland flew to Houston five days later.

感想:Ronald is very great.