【American Idioms】Lesson 6 Honey, There’s Something on My Mind .Lesson 6 Honey, There’s Something on My Mind . . . Al: Hi, sweetie! How are you? Don’t you normally work on Fridays? Beth: Yeah, but I had to talk to you. It couldn’t wait. Al: Oh, sure . . . Um,what’s up? Beth: Well, I need to get something off my chest. Al: That’s good, because there’s been something on my mind, too. Beth: Let me go first; this is important. Al: Okay. Beth: I’m sorry to spring this on you, but I think we should break up. Al: Wow . . . That’s big news.Well, how . . . Imean . . .Well, why do you want to dump me? Beth: I suppose it would be fair ofme to give you a reason. Al: Well, yeah! This comes out of nowhere. A reason would be nice. Beth: I’m breaking up with you because you’ve become a real couch potato. All you do is watch TV. And the only thing you like to watch on TV is cartoons. Al: But I thought you were crazy about cartoons! Remember that time we saw themovie “A Bug’s Life”? You were smiling during the whole thing . . . And you were in seventh heaven for the rest of the night. Didn’t you enjoy it? Beth: I thought it was cute, but I then I moved on! You’re still obsessed with cartoons. Al: Well,what else? Beth: You’ve really let yourself go, too!We used to go biking and play tennis, and now you just sit around eating cereal,watching your cartoons! Al: So, I don’t turn you on any more? Isn’t it a bit shallow to break up with someone just over looks? Beth: But that’s not all. You never want to go out and do anything.We stay here all the time, and your apartment is a pigsty. You never do the dishes or the laundry. There are empty pizza boxes from two weeks ago on your kitchen table. It really drivesme up the wall! Al: Mmmm. . . But we’ve been going out for two years now, and I’ve never exactly been tidy . . .Why didn’t you bring this up sooner? Beth: I thought it was cute at first . . . I thought I would get used to it. Later, I thought you would grow out of it. Anyway . . . that’s not the point. I just don’t want to see you anymore. (Silence) Beth: So . . . you said you had something you wanted to tell me? I suppose how you hate that I try to control your life and change you . . . Al: No—actually, I wanted to ask you if you knew where I left the remote control for the TV—I haven’t been able to find it for weeks. Beth: It figures.
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