2012年商务英语考试中级口语对话练习(2)

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2012年商务英语考试中级口语对话练习(2)
" l6 w: k! k% }* |' R& E$ C& dNeil: What’s wrong Helen? You’re looking rather sheepish.
Helen: Sheepish? 像只羊？我的毛衣是羊毛的。
4 i3 ]/ ^  H; [- Y1 RNeil: I don’t mean you look like a sheep. I mean you look sheepish, which is quite different!
Helen: 当然了，looking like a sheep 和 looking sheepish 是完全不同的两件事儿！
5 j" {& ~' U7 b) ?Why is Helen looking sheepish today?
Neil: Yes. If I say you look like a sheep, it means, well, you look like a sheep. But if I say you look sheepish, it means you look embarrassed or ashamed about something.
4 E% o8 T/ P2 z( CHelen: To look sheepish 意思是看起来难为情，局促不安，好像做了什么亏心事一样。
9 G) M7 q6 P' ?7 MNeil: Yes! wｗw.ExamＷ.CoM
, r: P( W. Z! l& L2 a/ THelen: Ah, yes.
# b3 ^. i: w3 ENeil: Listen to some examples:
Tom walked into the room looking sheepish.  
Emily grinned sheepishly as she closed the door behind her.  
& r/ p3 s9 A/ {; I: {; KJames gave her a sheepish look.

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Neil: So, come on, why are you looking sheepish today?
4 }% M4 s5 |7 }9 o, F% Q( pHelen: Ah, well...
Neil: Yes?
Helen: Well, 你还记得你借我的那本书？
8 ~' ^  n( l' e5 kNeil: My favourite book of all time – the original edition of The Private Lives of the Greatest Cats in History?
Helen: Yes.
Neil: OK Helen, now you’re looking very sheepish indeed, so you’d better hurry up and tell me what happened to it.
Helen: 我不小心掉了。
Neil: You dropped it? Well I hope it’s not damaged, otherwise I’ll have to -
Helen: ...掉在河里了。 中 华 考 试 网
Neil: In the river! You dropped it in the river!
7 ?/ ?7 F5 c8 R* q' S! bHelen: 我不是故意的。
Neil: Oh no!
0 d( Z$ m2 \; F' w, YHelen: 非常抱歉。I’m so sorry! That’s why I’m looking sheepish.
  o/ ^$ `6 Z9 `) w6 g8 Q% jNeil: You should be looking even more sheepish than that. In fact, I expect you to look sheepish for several days. It was the best book in the world! ’Sheepish’ doesn’t do it justice...