Two Left Feet

Go out more

多出去走走

Beatriz worked at a dentist’s office in São Paulo. She answered the phone, made appointments and smiled at nervous people all day.

贝亚特丽丝在圣保罗的一家牙医诊所工作。她整天接电话、安排预约，并对紧张的人微笑。

She was thirty-seven and divorced. Her husband left two years ago. He lived in Rio now, with a new wife.

她三十七岁，离了婚。她的丈夫两年前离开了。他现在住在里约，有了新妻子。

Every evening, Beatriz went home, made dinner and watched TV with her cat.

每天晚上，贝亚特丽丝回到家，做晚饭，和她的猫一起看电视。

On Friday, her friend Carla came to the office at lunchtime. They ate sandwiches in the park across the street.

周五午饭时间，她的朋友卡拉来到了诊所。她们在马路对面的公园里吃三明治。

“What did you do last weekend?” asked Carla.

“上周末你做了什么？”卡拉问。

“I cleaned the flat. I watched a series. I washed the cat.”

“我打扫了公寓。我看了一部电视剧。我给猫洗了澡。”

“You washed the cat?”

“你给猫洗了澡？”

“He didn’t like it.”

“它不喜欢。”

Carla put down her sandwich. “Bia, you should go out more. You’re thirty-seven, not eighty.”

卡拉放下她的三明治。“比亚，你应该多出去走走。你三十七岁，不是八十岁。”

“I go out. I go to work every day.”

“我有出去啊。我每天都去上班。”

“That’s not going out. Listen. There’s a dance school on my street. They have a forró class for beginners. Why don’t you try it?”

“那不算出门。听着，我住的那条街上有一家舞蹈学校。他们有初学者的福罗舞班。你为什么不去试试呢？”

“Forró? Me? I can’t dance. I have two left feet.”

“福罗舞？我吗？我不会跳舞。我长了两只左脚，笨手笨脚的。”

“Everybody has two left feet in a class for beginners. That’s why it’s a class for beginners.”

“在初学者班里，每个人都笨手笨脚的。所以这才是初学者班呀。”