第9課:幽默的 - 10
【迷你小對話】
A: I can’t believe you started giggling in a business meeting!
B: I couldn’t help it. I was trying to be serious, but when I saw Mrs. Ashford’s face after she drank the cold coffee you gave her, it just cracked me up. I had a hard time just keeping a straight face when she picked it up. I thought she would never actually drink it.
A: 真不敢相信你竟然在商業(yè)會議上傻笑起來!
B: 我實在是忍不住了。我是想嚴肅點,可看了Ashford夫人喝了你給她的冷咖啡的表情后,就再也忍不住了。她舉起杯的時候我硬是板著臉不笑。我以為她根本不會喝的。
【語言點精講】
giggle: 傻笑。
can’t help it: 不得不做某事;無法不做某事。
crack sb. up: 大笑出來。這個詞組的含義是非常積極的,指的是真正的、徹底的
keep a straight face: 忍住不笑出來,板著臉。