A:
Laura: Sorry, Victor!
Victor: Laura! "Sorry" doesn't cut1 it! You were supposed to meet me right here - forty minutes ago! You're late, as usual!
Laura: Now! Now! What's a few minutes between friends?
Victor: You don't get it!
Laura: (Reading a note on the bulletin board) Oh, look! I must check them out!
Victor: Hold it! We had a date2!
Laura: Come with me?
Victor: No way! I hate shopping with you. You try on every dress, and it drives me crazy!
Laura: Well, it'll only take a sec3. Just a tiny peek4 at the new fashions. Aren't you coming in?
Victor: No, thank you. I'll wait outside.
B:
Laura: I, Victor! I'm finished. Okay. I'm ready to go on our date.
Victor: It's too late to catch the movie.
Laura: Give me another chance. Please!
Victor: Well, okay. I'll pick you up5 at 8 p.m. sharp6. We'll go dancing.
C:
Laura:Aha! 8 o'clock! Made it. Ready. This outfit7 should make up8 for all the times I was late. Hmmph! Now Victor's five minutes late. Who does he think he is, keeping me waiting? I went to a lot of trouble to look awesome9! Twenty-five minutes already! Boy! I'm hot!…Wait! I get it. Victor is trying to teach me a lesson…trying to give me a taste of my own medicine10. Nine o'clock and he's still not here. I believe he actually stood me up!11If he is not coming, I'll settle in12 for the evening and changesintossomething comfortable.(A knock at the door).
Victor:Laura! Ready?
Laura:Victor! Err…
Victor:I was caught in a terrible traffic jam and didn't move an inch for two hours. Boy! Even though I'm late, you're still not ready!
注解：
1.cut it: to be able to deal with a problem satisfactorily令人满意地处理问题
用法：(1)If she can't cut it, then we'll get someone else to do the job.
如果她不能令人满意地做好这份工作，我们会找别人来做。
(2)"Sorry" doesn't cut it!意为：光抱歉有什么用！
2.date: meeting or appointment和…约好了的时间，(男女间的)约会
go on a date with somebody和某人约会
用法：We made a date to go to the opera this evening.
我们今晚约好了去看歌剧。
3.sec.: second, "秒"的缩写形式
4.peek: have a glance look quickly and secretly一瞥,匆忙看过,偷看
用法：(1)peek at somebody's diary偷看别人的日记；
(2)peek at others' privacy偷看别人的隐私
5.pick…up: (顺便)接
用法：I will pick you up after work right at the company gate.
下班后我在公司大门口接你。
6.sharp:整,正好
用法：How about meeting at 4:00 p.m. sharp?
下午4点整见面怎麽样？
7.outfit: a set of clothes衣服
用法：(1)She looks great with the wedding outfit.
她穿上婚纱，看上去棒极了。
(2)She bought a new outfit for the awarding ceremony.
她为参加颁奖典礼买了一套新衣服。
8.make up: compensate for弥补
用法：Sometimes the crimes which have been committed can not be made up.
有时候，犯过的罪无法弥补。
9.awesome: causing admiration or fear令人敬畏的,可怕的；这里是口语用法，表示wonderful or better than average极好的、比一般的要好
用法：My girlfriend thought my new car was really awesome.
我的女友觉得我的新车棒极了。
10.a taste of one's own medicine:以其人之道还治其人之身
用法：Maria gave Peter a taste of his own medicine by not returning the money back。
作为报复，Maria没有还给Peter借给她的钱。
11 stand somebody up: to fail to keep an appointment with爽约，相当于现代汉语口语中的"晾了某人"，"晒了某人"，"放鸽子"等。
用法：If you continue standing your boyfriend up, he will get annoyed.
如果你还放你男朋友的鸽子，他会翻脸的。
12 settle in：to stop activity to rest or sleep停止某一活动去休息或睡觉
用法：I will settle in for the evening if there is no work.
如果没有更多的工作要做那今晚我就准备休息了。
Exercise: Turn the three mini-dialogues/into/ONE descriptive narrative. Use only indirect speech.
