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第23课:不诚实的 - 7 【迷你小对话1】 A: Have you noticed how Diane always gets the teacher to talk about her weekend so that we get to listen to stories instead of having to study math? B: Yes. It’s pretty cunning trick; she is playing to be so interested in her life. A: 注意到没?Diane总有本领让老师谈论她的周末生活,这么一来我们就有故事听,而不用上数学课了。 B: 听说了,她这招真鬼;她总装出对老师的生活十分感兴趣的样子。 【迷你小对话2】 A: This restaurant attracted a lot of customers by claiming that their food had 0 calories! B: But that is a fraudulent claim! All food has calories! A: 这家餐馆声称食物中不含卡路里,因此吸引了很多肥胖的顾客。 B: 但这种说法不是存心骗人的嘛!所有食物都含卡路里啊! 【语言点精讲】 cunning: 骗术高超的;狡诈的;诡诈的。 trick: 诡计,计谋;花招。 play: 在对话1中指假装、装样子,相当于pretend. obese: (不健康的)过胖的。 fraudulent: 欺骗性的;欺骗行为或欺诈的。 |