【迷你小对话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。
【迷你小对话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。