描述關于怯懦的英語口語
同學們要認真學習一下英語,小編今天就給大家分享一下有關于英語情景對話,同學們有時間的一定要好好看看,希望會對同學們的英語有幫助。
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: 你為什么沒去做針灸?
B: 本來我想去,但一想到那些針,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: 我害怕從學校走回家去。Mark總是說班上的人他想揍誰就揍誰。
B: 哦,不要怕他,他外強中干。如果你敢于面對他,他就會退縮的。
【語言點精講】
acupuncture treatment : 針灸治療。
chicken out: 臨陣退縮;因害怕而停止做某事。
beat up: 痛打,狠揍。
have a yellow streak: 怯懦,膽小。
back down: 退縮,畏懼不前。
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: 聽到你因為破壞公共財產而被關進監(jiān)獄,你父母作何反應?
B: 我從來沒惹過什么麻煩,所以他們一開始驚愕得不知所措。但現在他們正想著怎么懲罰我呢。
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: 我難以置信,晚會才開始十五分鐘,你就悄無聲息地溜掉了,竟然沒和任何人打聲招呼!
B: 我告訴過你,我在生人面前羞澀,看來你真不知道我有多害羞!
【語言點精講】
dismayed: 因為恐懼而嚇得手腳發(fā)軟或無力繼續(xù)。
vandalize: 肆意破壞(私人或公共財產);搗毀。
snuck: sneak的過去式,偷偷地走,溜走。
shy: 怯懦并很容易被嚇到;害羞。
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