【#爱情故事#本课内容】:在这门课上，我们将继续欣赏英语言情剧《I am Sorry, but I Love You》的4-6场景。在接下来的课程场景中，我将让英语学习者熟悉和理解大众文学内容、历史内容、科学内容、商业管理等英语内容分类。我想在这个多样化的内容场景中，让学习者重新找到自己对英语兴趣的深层原因。我们学习英语的目的决不是学好英语或说流利的英语。那些是逻辑悖论或别人强加给你的答案。与你为什么学英语的问题无关。就是你。
【课前说明】Veronica欺骗了Steven的感情吗？
在这个单元的短剧中，我们将再听三个场景。
Veronica正在向闺蜜诉苦。自从她告诉男朋友斯蒂芬想要“take a break”后，斯蒂芬很久没有和她联系了。她现在才意识到自己对斯蒂芬的爱，开始猜测《see someone else》是否开始了。就在这时，门外又传来了歌声。
2)Veronica原谅了(forgive)Steven、Steven，Steven解释说，自己因北方的森林大火暂时被带到北方。斯蒂芬是个火炬手。Veronica还向Steven发送了“I think I am pregnant”的信息。斯蒂芬有什么反应？
3)维罗妮卡和斯蒂芬一起去医院检查。医生不仅确认了Veronica is pregnant，还估计了具体时间。但是斯蒂芬这时意识到自己不在Veronica身边。维罗妮卡欺骗了自己吗？
如果想知道答案，就自己找吧。
【刘博士英语知识简介】:英语语言的时态有什么用？
最近一本书的翻译工作使公开课更新频率变慢。不过幸好翻译工作已经结束，我会继续保持我们的公开课频率。但是，在此期间，仍然有很多人询问学习英语的情况。我们成人英语学习者的几个比较典型的英语学习问题和英语学习目标如下。
l非常喜欢英语，只是喜欢学习英语、习惯等。
l学习英语的目的：为了学好英语。说好英语，看美剧，可以交流等等。
l其他的不多。
造成这种情况的原因，正如我前面所说的，由于我们对英语这种外来事物的模糊和异化的理解，英语不再是国内正常的电功能语言。 (英语名言)今天，我只想说一下技术问题背后的含义：英语的时态有什么用？
我去英国学习时，从语言学的角度理解了英语和许多语言的时态对人类文明的影响。从语言历史学和语言科学的角度来看，当人类的语言出现时态(即过去、现在、特别是未来)时，人类的思想从此突破了“此时此刻”的时间监狱，开始思考未知的新可能性。从此，人类的时间观不再是原型的循环，不再是今生和来世的观念。时间开始向直线发展，人类从此开始想象和创造不存在的未来。
还有，如果我们看看中国传统中与“前面”相关的单词，我们就会发现隐藏在我们当代语言中的奇妙的传统生命时间观。比如以前，生前，前世。我以前读中国传统经典的时候，感觉里面的观点、对历史和现在的违和感不多，可能是现在的真理。一个原因可能是我看不到多少时间的痕迹。然而，当我开始用汉学家过去时态翻译这些经典时，突然，这些经典给了我前所未有的感觉——。它们是三千年前开始的，五千年前出来的。
现的古中国伟大思想家和历史家对古中国的记载，而不知道为什么，此后的学者似乎就一直困在这些古代文明的伟大思想和理性辩论中，再也没有走出来或是继续往前走。包括今天我的许多朋友有了闲暇时间以后，再次捧起了这些经典与哲学试图用它们来思考自己的未来。要知道，“中文”未来一词可能是源于中国历史上对印度佛教梵文的翻译，而译文“未来”（还未来到）其实是对印度教的将来的一个中文阐释，而不是翻译。我一直希望中国的学者用跨学科的学术方法来研究一下中华文明从古至今语言里的时间观，看看我们的时间观有没有突破圆形或是轮回的观念，还是止于此时此刻。现在国内找不到此方面的研究。好了，不多说了，让我们开始今天的爱情故事：
【Audio Transcript】:I am Sorry, but I Love You (part 2)
[Section 4]:
A: ... so, I said, “Let’s take a break.” And since that night, I’ve been waiting for him to call, but I still haven’t heard from him. You don’t think he’s seeing someone else, do you?
B: Come on, don’t be so dramatic! I’m sure everything is going to work out just fine.
A: You think so? Oh, no! How can he do this to me? I’m sure he’s cheating on me! Why else wouldn’t he call?
B: But, you two are on a break. Theoretically he can do whatever he likes.
A: He’s the love of my life! I’ve really messed this up.
B: Come on, hon. Pull yourself together. It’s going to be alright.
A: But I... I still love him! And it’s all my fault! I can’t believe how immature and selfish I was being. I mean, he is a firefighter, it’s not like he can just leave someone in a burning building and meet me for dinner. I’ve totally messed this up!
B: You know what, Veronica, I think you should make the first step. I’m sure he’ll forgive you...
A: No, this is not gonna happen! I... I’ve ruined everything....
B: Hey... do you hear something? Guess what? It’s your lovely firefighter!
(Song): When I had you, I treated you bad and wrong, dear. And since, since you went away, don’t you know I sit around with my head hanging down and I wonder who’s loving you
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[Section 5]:
A: Honey, of course I forgive you! I love you so much! I’ve really missed you. I was wrong to get upset over nothing.
B: I’m sorry I haven’t called or anything, but right after you decided you wanted a break, I was up north to put out some major forest fires! I was in the middle of nowhere, working day and night, trying to prevent the blaze from spreading! It was pretty intense.
A: Oh, honey, I’m glad you’re okay! But I have some exciting news... I think I’m pregnant!
B: Really? Wow, that’s amazing! This is great news! I’ve always wanted to be a father! We’ll go to the Doctor first thing in the morning!
C: We have your test results back and, indeed, you are pregnant. Let’s see here... everything seems to be in order. Your approximate due date is October twenty-seventh two thousand and nine, so that means that the baby was conceived on February third, two thousand and nine.
B: Are you sure? Are these things accurate?
C: Well, yes sir, they are.
A: What’s wrong? Why are you asking these questions?
B: This baby isn’t mine! I was away the first week of February at a training seminar!
A: I... I... no, it can’t be...
[Section 6]:
A: This is ridiculous! I can’t believe you’ve been sleeping with someone else! How could you do this! You know what? I’m out of here!
B: Wait! Doctor how is this possible? I haven’t cheated on my boyfriend!
C: I have something to confess... I’m sorry Veronica, I lied.
B: Wait... what? What do you mean?
C: I lied. You aren’t even pregnant; there’s no bun in the oven. I was just so overwhelmed with jealousy that I couldn’t help myself. Veronica I love you!
B: What are you talking about!!! Who are you?
C: It’s me! Daniel, don’t you remember me? From high school. I sat behind you in science class! I used to go to every football game and watch you in the cheerleading squad!
B: You are insane! We never even spoke! Why did you lie like that to my boyfriend?
C: Because Veronica... It’s not fair! I love you; I have since the first day we met! Everything was going fine until that jerk came into the picture and ruined everything! I went to med school and became a doctor for you! You always said how you wanted to marry a doctor! You will be mine now... one way or another...
A: I heard everything, you lying bastard! Get your hands off her!
(To be continued)