描述关于怯懦的英语口语
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一
1
A: Why didn’t you go to have your acupuncture treatment?
B: I wanted to, but I kept thinking about those needles and I chickened out.
A: 你为什么没去做针灸?
B: 本来我想去,但一想到那些针,我就打退堂鼓了。
2
A: I’m afraid to walk home from school. Mark is always talking about how he can beat up any guy in our class.
B: Oh, don’t worry about him; he has a yellow streak. If you face him, he’ll back down.
A: 我害怕从学校走回家去。Mark总是说班上的人他想揍谁就揍谁。
B: 哦,不要怕他,他外强中干。如果你敢于面对他,他就会退缩的。
【语言点精讲】
acupuncture treatment : 针灸治疗。
chicken out: 临阵退缩;因害怕而停止做某事。
beat up: 痛打,狠揍。
have a yellow streak: 怯懦,胆小。
back down: 退缩,畏惧不前。
二
1
A: What did your parents do when they heard you were thrown in prison for vandalizing public property?
B: Well, since I never get in trouble, they were too dismayed to react at first, but now they are thinking of a suitable punishment.
A: 听到你因为破坏公共财产而被关进监狱,你父母作何反应?
B: 我从来没惹过什么麻烦,所以他们一开始惊愕得不知所措。但现在他们正想着怎么惩罚我呢。
2
A: I can’t believe you snuck out of the party after only fifteen minutes! And you didn’t even say goodbye to anyone!
B: I told you I was shy in front of strangers, but I guess you just didn’t know how shy I was.
A: 我难以置信,晚会才开始十五分钟,你就悄无声息地溜掉了,竟然没和任何人打声招呼!
B: 我告诉过你,我在生人面前羞涩,看来你真不知道我有多害羞!
【语言点精讲】
dismayed: 因为恐惧而吓得手脚发软或无力继续。
vandalize: 肆意破坏(私人或公共财产);捣毁。
snuck: sneak的过去式,偷偷地走,溜走。
shy: 怯懦并很容易被吓到;害羞。
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