有关于怯懦的情景英语对话

一 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: 听到你因为破坏公共财产而被关进监狱，你父母作何反应? B: 我从来没惹过什么麻烦，所以他们一开始惊愕得不知所措。但现在他 们正想着怎么惩罚我呢。 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: 我难以置信，晚会才开始十五分钟，你就悄无声息地溜掉了，竟然没 和任何人打声招呼! B: 我告诉过你，我在生人面前羞涩，看来你真不知道我有多害羞! 【语言点精讲】 dismayed: 因为恐惧而吓得手脚发软或无力继续。 vandalize: 肆意破坏(私人或公共财产);捣毁。 snuck: sneak 的过去式，偷偷地走，溜走。 shy: 怯懦并很容易被吓到;害羞。 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。