描述不诚实的口语对话

一 1 A: Do you think I should buy a car from that company? B: No, I heard they were shady. They’ve cheated almost everyone they’ve sold to. A: 你认为我应该买那家公司的车吗? B: 不，我听说他们黑着呢，买他们的车的顾客都上当了。 2 A: Why aren’t you voting for Bill Clinton? Don’t you agree with his politics? B: Oh, I agree with what he says. I just can’t vote for someone who is so shifty-eyed. He doesn’t look like someone I could trust. A: 为什么你不投 Bill Clinton 的票呢?难道你不赞同他的政见吗? B: 噢，我同意他说的话。我只是不想投票给眼睛乱转的人而已。他看上 去不像是个可疑信任的人。 【语言点精讲】 shady: 可疑的，靠不住的，名声不好的。 shifty-eyed: 眼睛骨碌碌乱转的。形容某人看起来鬼鬼祟祟的、不值得 信任。 二 1 A: Did Mr. Machkintosh tell you whether or not we would be able to keep our jobs? B: Well, I asked him over and over again, but he was too artful to give me a direct reply. So I still don’t know. A: Mackintosh 先生有没有告诉你说我们能否保住工作? B: 我问过他好多次，他总是很狡猾，不正面回答我，所以我还是不知道。 2 A: Have you noticed that Julian has been cheating on almost every exam? B: Yes, I have. But he is such a crafty cheater that he never gets caught. A: 你注意到了吗?Julian 每次考试都作弊。 B: 是啊，我看到了。他作弊真狡猾，从未被人抓住过。 【语言点精讲】 artful: 欺诈的，狡猾的。 over and over again: 一而再地;多次地。 crafty: 狡猾透顶的，诡计多端的。 cheater: 骗子。也可以说成是 cheat。