描述关于怯懦的英语口语

同学们要认真学习一下英语，小编今天就给大家分享一下有关于英语情景对话，同学们有时间的一定要好好看看，希望会对同学们的英语有帮助。

　　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。