与怯懦的有关情景英语对话

一 1 A: Why don’t you just ask your teacher to start and end class on time, instead of complaining among yourselves all the time? B: I guess none of us have any guts. A: 为什么你们只是自己整天相互抱怨，却不要老师按时上下课呢? B: 我猜我们没有人有这个胆吧。 2 A: How embarrassing! The groom was standing at the altar waiting for the bride to come down the aisle, but she never did. B: That’s an interesting switch. Usually, it’s the man who gets cold feet. A: 多尴尬啊!新郎站在圣坛前等着新娘步入教堂，可是新娘根本就没有 来。 B: 嘿，这样男女换位倒是挺新鲜的，通常只有男人才会临阵退缩。 【语言点精讲】 instead of: 代替，而不是。 have no guts: 没胆量;没骨气。 cold feet: 害怕，胆怯;信心或勇气的丧失。 二 A: Jane was uptight about riding the roller coaster. B: Yeah, the height and speed gave her cold feet. A: She almost chickened out when she heard the screams of those scared cats who got on first. B: She was in a cold sweat but went on anyway because her boyfriend got on with her. A: 一想到坐过山车 Jane 就紧张得要命。 B: 是啊，过山车又高又快，吓得她怯场。 A: 听到那些在她面前坐过山车的胆小鬼们一声声的惊叫，她吓得差点开 溜。 B: 尽管吓得直冒冷汗，但她还是去坐过山车了，因为她男朋友陪着她。 【语言点精讲】 uptight: 紧张不安的，神经过敏的。 cold feet: 害怕，胆怯;信心或勇气的丧失。 scaredy cats: 形容某人不够勇敢，缺乏勇气，本性懦弱。是一个用来奚 落别人的短语。 in a cold sweat: 由于惊吓或者害怕而出了一身的冷汗。sweat，汗。