第22課：誠實正直的?- 2

【迷你小對話】

A: The teacher was really upset about that broken window. Thank goodness Tommie has a reputation as a sincere, honest boy.
B: If he had not been straightforward with her, we would have all been in trouble.
A: He was direct and said we were all throwing snowballs and really didn’t know who had hit the window and he apologized.
B: Because of his candid response and childlike frankness she couldn’t be angry.

A: 老師對打破窗戶的事很生氣。謝天謝地，Tommie一向被認為是個真誠、老實的孩子。
B: 要不是他向老師坦白了這件事，我們都會有麻煩的。
A: 他很直率，說我們當時都在扔雪球，真的沒有注意是誰把窗玻璃打破的，還到了歉。
B: 他坦誠的回答和孩子般的率直讓老師想生氣也生不起來了。

【語言點精講】

have a reputation as: 有……的名聲。
sincere: 不加任何掩飾的，誠實的，真摯的。
honest: 公正的，老實的，誠實的。
straightforward: 誠實的，坦誠的。
direct: 直截了當?shù)?，坦白的，率真的?br> candid: （所說所寫的）都是坦誠的，坦率的，直率而真誠的。