第21課：怯懦的 - 13

【迷你小對話1】

A: Did you see my wife’s face when I told her I lost my job?
B: Yeah, she was as white as a sheet.
A: But I told her right away that I was just joking.

A: 當我告訴我老婆我失業(yè)了的時候，你看到她的臉色了嗎？
B: 看到了，她面色慘白。
A: 但是我馬上告訴她我只是在開玩笑罷了。

【迷你小對話2】

A: I can’t believe you let everyone in the office gossip and chat all day! What kind of manager are you?
B: A chicken-hearted one, I guess. I just don’t know how to handle confrontations.

A: 我真是難以置信你竟然允許大家整天在辦公室里閑聊！你是哪門子經(jīng)理??？
B: 膽小如鼠的那種經(jīng)理吧。我真的不知道該怎樣對付面對面的沖突。

【語言點精講】

as white as a sheet: 形容人面色蒼白。
gossip: 說三道四。
chicken-hearted: 膽小的，軟弱的，膽小如鼠的。
confrontation: 對抗，交鋒。