《剑桥双语分级阅读·小说馆:与爱为邻(英汉对照)》是一套从剑桥大学出版社引进的面向非英语国家英语学习者的分级系列读物，由英语语言教学专家及小说作家合力创作。创作过程历时二十余年，出版后受到世界各地英语教师和英语学习者的喜爱，许多读本再版十余次，二十余年来畅销不衰，成为全球英语学习者首选的优秀读本。

作者：（英国）约翰逊（Margaret Johnson） 编译：陈晓姣 

Margaret Johnson，英语语言教育专家、作家、艺术家、教师。东英吉利大学创意写作硕士，擅长写作戏剧、影视剧本和儿童小说，语言以幽默风趣著称。在“剑桥双语分级阅读？小说馆”系列中，她创作了《蓬发奇缘》《真爱无界》等读本。

故事中的人物 
读前思考 
住在三号的男人 
黛西的花 
每个人都需要有人 
爱 
两个人的酒会 
那个女人是谁？ 
家庭重聚 
读后活动 
学习指导 
参考译文

Then Tony looked at me. 'Tell me about your job,'he said. 'What food do you like to cook?' 
I thought about it. 'Food with lots of colour,'I said. 'I like my meals to look good. That's veryimportant to me.' 
'I must come and eat at your restaurant,' Tony said. 
I spoke quickly, without thinking. 'Or I can cookfor you at home,' I said. 
Tony smiled. 
'Yes, please!' he said. 
'I love my job,' I told him. 'When I was a child, Icooked with my mother.' 
'Daisy likes to cook with her mother,' Tony toldme. His face went sad. 'They make cakes. Kathy's agood cook too.' 
I looked at him. 'What does Kathy do?' I asked. 
'She's a teacher,' he told me. 'But I don't want totalk about Kathy. Tell me about you - your family.Where do they live?' 
I told him and he listened, but I felt there werethree people at the table now - me, Tony and Kathy. 
I stopped talking about my family and looked athim. 'Tell me about you and Kathy,' I said. 
Tony looked down at his drink. 'Kathy left me.She met Cameron at work,' he said. 'She left mebecause she wanted to be with him.'