关于正直的英语情景对话

一 1 A: Karen just told me that I am the most handsome man she ever saw! B: Well, don’t get your hopes up. She is not the most truthful person I know. She told me the same thing. A: Karen 说我是她见过的最帅的男人。 B: 哦，不要得意太早了。她总是言不由衷，她也对我说过同样的话。 2 A: I can’t believe Mrs. Tollinger gave me an F in economics! I gave her the biggest Christmas and birthday gifts I could find. B: Well, now I guess you know that it’s kind of a waste trying to bribe a teacher who is incorruptible. A: 我真不敢相信 Tollinger 老师给我的经济学打了个不及格!我给她的圣 诞礼物和生日礼物可都是大礼啊。 B: 你现在应该知道了吧，试图贿赂一个廉洁的老师是白费心机。 【语言点精讲】 get one’s hope up: 提高对……的期待。 truthful: 习惯说真话的。 bribe: 贿赂，行贿。 incorruptible: 廉洁的，不受腐蚀的。 二 A: He is an upfront, straight down the line guy. We all like him. B: I know he is usually on the level. What did he do? A: The boss was bawling out Miss Jones for some figure-juggling errors that cost the company a bunch. He showed he plays with a clean deck and admitted it was his mistake. The boss was so pleased and he gave him a raise. B: He is a real aboveboard guy! A: 他是个正直、坦诚的小伙子，大家都喜欢他。 B: 我也知道他一向都很诚实。他怎么了? A: 老板正冲 Jones 小姐发火，怪她篡改了账目，让公司亏了一大笔。这 时他老老实实地站出来，承认是他的错。老板很欣赏，还给他涨了工资。 B: 他真是个光明磊落的人! 【语言点精讲】 upfront: 坦率的。 straight down the line: 绝对诚实的。 on the level: 诚实的;可靠的;坦率地。 bawl out: 乱哄哄地争吵;大声嚷出。 juggle: 篡改，玩花招。 play with a clean deck: 在玩牌的时候，如果是“clean”的，那意味着它 是诚实没有猫腻的。这个短语在口语中用来形容人是正直诚实的或者交易是 公平的。