英語口語迷你小對話：第21課 怯懦的 - 6

　　第21課：怯懦的 - 6

　　【迷你小對話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: 聽到你因為破壞公共財產而被關進監(jiān)獄，你父母作何反應?

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

　　【迷你小對話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，晚會才開始十五分鐘，你就悄無聲息地溜掉了，竟然沒和任何人打聲招呼!

　　B: 我告訴過你，我在生人面前羞澀，看來你真不知道我有多害羞!

　　【語言點精講】

　　dismayed: 因為恐懼而嚇得手腳發(fā)軟或無力繼續(xù)。

　　vandalize: 肆意破壞(私人或公共財產);搗毀。

　　snuck: sneak的過去式，偷偷地走，溜走。

　　shy: 怯懦并很容易被嚇到;害羞。