迷你對話學地道口語第1960期:完全承認,全盤托出

第一， 情景對話

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A: You're restless. Are you in trouble?

你老是不安，有麻煩嗎？

B: I've done something I shouldn't.

做了件不該做的事。

A: Then make a clean breast of it, you'll feel released.

就徹底懺悔一下吧，你會感覺輕鬆一些的。

B: I've not decided yet.

我還沒決定呢。

第二， 詞海拾貝

make a clean breast of

exp. To confess one's misdeeds or wrongdoings. （完全承認了，全盤托出）

e.g. I felt so guilty about cheating on the test that I had to make a clean breast of it to my teacher.

我對考試作弊感到很內疚，所以我不得不向老師坦白。

e.g. His guilty conscience forced him to make a clean breast of everything.

他的內疚使得他把一切和盤托出。

e.g. The police urged the criminal to make a clean breast of everything.

警察督促犯人坦白說出一切。

e.g. If worst came to worst, he could make a clean breast of it to Butler and receive aid.

如果到了最壞的情況，他可以對巴特勒推心置腹而受到資助。

第三， 語彙積累

1. restless：靜不下來的, 不能安寧的（尤指因厭煩﹑ 煩躁﹑ 焦慮等）

e.g. The children grew restless with the long wait.

孩子們等了很久便着急了。

e.g. After only a month in the job, he felt restless and decided to leave.

那工作他只幹了一個月就厭倦了， 決定不幹了。

2. in trouble：處於困境，處於不幸之中

e.g. If you get in trouble, don't hesitate to ask for advice.

如果碰到麻煩, 要趕緊向人求教。

e.g. We' re in trouble ; this is no time for contention.

我們處境很困難,現在不是爭論的時候。