社交英语口语视频(中级) 51 She Was the One

　　I knew as soon as I looked at her that she was the one.

　　It was magical, I can't describe it. I couldn't tell her that...

　　...but I was like a 15-year-old again.

　　I got all googly-eyed and didn't know what to do or say and...

　　...stumbling; wasn't like me at all,...

　　...wasn't the typical macho Italian guy from Brooklyn.

　　When I met Karen, somehow she relaxed me.

　　She just taught me patience, I had very little patience.

　　Basically, I was one of those guys who rolled down the window and screamed at the drivers when...

　　...they weren't driving the way I thought they should be.

　　And she toned me down.

　　She showed me to be nicer to people, give it a second thought before you start yelling.

　　And I've carried that with me.

　　Other than her going to work, there wasn't a time we weren't together.

　　Every morning, Karen would drive with me to my office...

　　... and then she'd take the subway from my office, one stop to the Trade Center. I worked in Brooklyn.

　　From my window across the East River, I could see the twin towers.

　　So I'm doing some work and one of my workers comes in and says, "Richie,"...

　　..."I just heard that the Trade Center got hit with a plane."

　　I turn around and I see the building burning.

　　And I took my office chair and I threw it at my window.

　　Then they brought the nurse up.

　　She gives me a bottle of water. I have the bottle of water and...

　　...it's in my hand and my hand is trembling so much that it's splashing all over me.

　　I couldn't even hold the bottle in my hand.

　　I miss her eyes. Her eyes sparkled to me.

　　One day they were blue; next day they were green,...

　　...depending on how the light hit them.

　　Karen, I'll always be in love with you...

　　...and I will see you again.

　　I will do enough good to make it up there.