描述關於怯懦的英語口語

同學們要認真學習一下英語，小編今天就給大家分享一下有關於英語情景對話，同學們有時間的一定要好好看看，希望會對同學們的英語有幫助。

　　一

1

A: Why didn’t you go to have your acupuncture treatment?

B: I wanted to, but I kept thinking about those needles and I chickened out.

A: 你爲什麼沒去做鍼灸?

B: 本來我想去，但一想到那些針，我就打退堂鼓了。

2

A: I’m afraid to walk home from school. Mark is always talking about how he can beat up any guy in our class.

B: Oh, don’t worry about him; he has a yellow streak. If you face him, he’ll back down.

A: 我害怕從學校走回家去。Mark總是說班上的人他想揍誰就揍誰。

B: 哦，不要怕他，他外強中乾。如果你敢於面對他，他就會退縮的。

【語言點精講】

acupuncture treatment : 鍼灸治療。

chicken out: 臨陣退縮;因害怕而停止做某事。

beat up: 痛打，狠揍。

have a yellow streak: 怯懦，膽小。

back down: 退縮，畏懼不前。

　　二

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: 聽到你因爲破壞公共財產而被關進監獄，你父母作何反應?

B: 我從來沒惹過什麼麻煩，所以他們一開始驚愕得不知所措。但現在他們正想着怎麼懲罰我呢。

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: 我難以置信，晚會纔開始十五分鐘，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: 因爲恐懼而嚇得手腳發軟或無力繼續。

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: 怯懦並很容易被嚇到;害羞。