描述关于怯懦的英语口语

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: 你为什么没去做针灸? B: 本来我想去，但一想到那些针，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: 我害怕从学校走回家去。Mark 总是说班上的人他想揍谁就揍谁。 B: 哦，不要怕他，他外强中干。如果你敢于面对他，他就会退缩的。 【语言点精讲】 acupuncture treatment : 针灸治疗。 chicken out: 临阵退缩;因害怕而停止做某事。 beat up: 痛打，狠揍。 have a yellow streak: 怯懦，胆小。 back down: 退缩，畏惧不前。 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: 听到你因为破坏公共财产而被关进监狱，你父母作何反应? B: 我从来没惹过什么麻烦，所以他们一开始惊愕得不知所措。但现在他 们正想着怎么惩罚我呢。 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: 我难以置信，晚会才开始十五分钟，你就悄无声息地溜掉了，竟然没 和任何人打声招呼! B: 我告诉过你，我在生人面前羞涩，看来你真不知道我有多害羞! 【语言点精讲】 dismayed: 因为恐惧而吓得手脚发软或无力继续。 vandalize: 肆意破坏(私人或公共财产);捣毁。 snuck: sneak 的过去式，偷偷地走，溜走。 shy: 怯懦并很容易被吓到;害羞。