英語(yǔ)口語(yǔ)迷你小對(duì)話(huà)：第21課 怯懦的 - 6

　　第21課：怯懦的 - 6

　　【迷你小對(duì)話(huà)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(tīng)到你因?yàn)槠茐墓藏?cái)產(chǎn)而被關(guān)進(jìn)監(jiān)獄，你父母作何反應(yīng)?

　　B: 我從來(lái)沒(méi)惹過(guò)什么麻煩，所以他們一開(kāi)始驚愕得不知所措。但現(xiàn)在他們正想著怎么懲罰我呢。

　　【迷你小對(duì)話(huà)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(huì)才開(kāi)始十五分鐘，你就悄無(wú)聲息地溜掉了，竟然沒(méi)和任何人打聲招呼!

　　B: 我告訴過(guò)你，我在生人面前羞澀，看來(lái)你真不知道我有多害羞!

　　【語(yǔ)言點(diǎn)精講】

　　dismayed: 因?yàn)榭謶侄鴩樀檬帜_發(fā)軟或無(wú)力繼續(xù)。

　　vandalize: 肆意破壞(私人或公共財(cái)產(chǎn));搗毀。

　　snuck: sneak的過(guò)去式，偷偷地走，溜走。

　　shy: 怯懦并很容易被嚇到;害羞。