【读新闻学英语】姑娘初次约会被带到火葬场，请问男生是喝丧茶长大的吗？

When a woman was told the location of her first date with a guy she met was going to be a surprise she thought it sounded romantic but the day took a very awkward turn.

当得知初次约会地点将会是一个惊喜时，一名女性满脑子想象的都是各种浪漫场景。不过当这一天真正来临时，却突然来了一个尴尬逆转。

Awkward：尴尬

Twitter user @itssraych posted screenshots from a conversation she had with her friend about her worst date ever and it is so uncomfortable that it's hard to even read.

推友@itssraych把和好友的对话截图公示网络，谈论内容是朋友一次最糟糕的约会经历。由于极其令人不适，甚至连读起来都觉得难受。

Screenshot：屏幕截图

"When my mate asked if she'd told me about her worst first date I didn't anticipate this," she captioned the photos.

她在推文中写道：当朋友询问是否有跟我讲过她最惨不忍睹的初次约会时，我完全没料到会是这种事情。

Anticipate：预料

The conversation was fittingly named "Bridget Jones" and the friend starts out by saying how her date told her to wear a black dress and the rest of the day would be a surprise, which she thought sounded romantic.

这段对话可以被恰如其分的称之为“Bridget Jones”（电影「BJ单身日记」女主）。一开始，约会对象告诉朋友要穿黑色礼裙，然后会有惊喜。此时，女方一直在幻想会有什么浪漫的事情发生。

Fittingly：适当地，适合地。

"[We're] chatting in his car and it's going well, until we turn. And I'm like this is a weird place," the messages read.

“我们坐在他的车里聊天，进展顺利的样子，直到拐弯处我才察觉到这个地方好像有点不太对劲。”

Weired：奇怪的，诡异的。

"Then I see the sign. Oh god the sign, saying 'Crematorium'".

“然后我就看见一块牌子。天啦，牌子上竟然写着‘火葬场’。”

Crematorium：火葬场

They pull into the parking lot and her date tells her that he just "really needed someone to come to this thing with me".

他们在停车场停下，然后男生对女生说“真的很想有人陪我来做这件事儿”。

Parking lot：停车场

He explains that he thought if he told her they would be attending his nan's funeral she wouldn't come.

他解释道，如果说出实情，女生肯定不会来参加他奶奶的葬礼。

Nan：奶奶

Not knowing how to get out of the situation, the woman proceeds to stay for the services, holding a sobbing stranger's hand the whole time and meeting his mourning family.

由于完全不知道该如何应对这种局面，女生只好留下来待了整场，期间不断要面对各种哭得惨兮兮的陌生人，握住他们的手，并会见男生哀恸的家人。

Sobbing：啜泣的

Mourning：哀伤，为……哀悼

She found out later that his girlfriend had just left him and he needed someone to fill the spot.

后来才发现，当时男生刚刚跟女朋友分了手，只是需要一个人在这种场合来填补空位。

Read the full conversation below:

接下来让我们来感受一下对话全文：

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