迷你對話學地道口語第928期:怯場

第一， 迷你對話

A: I don’t know why I get a stage fright when I speak to a large crowd of people.

我不知道爲何我對着一羣人說話，我就會怯場。

B: That’s the case with many people.

許多人都是如此。

A: And when you are afraid of giving a poor account of yourself, you will feel even worse.

當你害怕給別人留下不好的印象的時候，你會感覺到更糟糕。

B: I think that is where the problem lies.

我認爲那真是問題所在。

第二， 地道表達

stage fright

1. 解詞釋義

stage fright是名詞短語，其意思爲“怯場”。它經常與動詞get連用，即爲： get a stage fright。

2. 拓展範例

e.g. He's so good at speaking to a large crowd that he never gets the slightest stage fright.

他善於在衆人面前演講，所以他也從不怯場。

e.g. He got a stage fright and could not utter a word that day.

他那天怯場，在臺上一句話也說不出來。

e.g. I often feel a stage fright before I give a lecture。

我在演講前，經常感到害怕。

e.g. I don't know why I can never get over the feeling of getting a stage fright.

不知爲什麼我一直克服不了怯場的毛病。

第三， 咬文爵字

1. a large crowd of：一大羣的

e.g. You can never find him in such a large crowd of people. You're looking for a needle in a haystack.

在這麼大羣人裏你不可能找到他,你簡直是在大海撈針。

e.g. It was the last day of the year and a large crowd of people gathered under the Town Hall clock.

那是除夕晚上，一大羣人已聚集在市政廳的大鐘下面。

2. be the case with：是……的情況

e.g. He was late for school, which as was often the case with him.

他上學遲到，但這對他而言已是家常便飯了。

e.g. As is often the case with old people, my grandfather is fond of talking about good old days.

就像其他老人一樣，我祖父也老喜歡講他當年的故事。

3. b e afraid of：害怕，擔心

e.g. The shop assistant was not in the least afraid of the trouble.

那店員一點也不怕麻煩。

e.g. Don't be so soft there's nothing to be afraid of.

別這麼窩囊, 沒什麼可怕的嘛。

4. give a poor account of oneself：幹得差勁，表現不好

A：Allen did not want to give a bad account of herself by talking about things she is not familiar with.

A：艾倫不希望因爲談論不熟悉的事情而給人留下不好的印象。

B：That’s natural.

B：那很自然