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)
Neil: What’s wrong Helen? You’re looking rather sheepish.
Helen: Sheepish? 像只羊？我的毛衣是羊毛的。
Neil: 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！
- j: W9 n: v% q" }$ }$ ?  _3 lWhy is Helen looking sheepish today?
5 F  e8 [3 v: O8 p" rNeil: 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.
Helen: 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。
Neil: Yes! wｗw.ExamＷ.CoM
Helen: Ah, yes.
( a& d/ R, B! r9 C/ E" ENeil: Listen to some examples:
Tom walked into the room looking sheepish.  
Emily grinned sheepishly as she closed the door behind her.  
% {% u4 G8 `1 N3 i) T) sJames gave her a sheepish look.

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Neil: So, come on, why are you looking sheepish today?
* T5 l( N) F" ~Helen: Ah, well...
) I, O. ~( T$ c: eNeil: Yes?
Helen: Well, 你还记得你借我的那本书？
& U+ g4 @/ o1 D8 j  e& z' gNeil: My favourite book of all time – the original edition of The Private Lives of the Greatest Cats in History?
- |+ l9 e1 p% U2 ]: _3 _$ qHelen: Yes.
Neil: OK Helen, now you’re looking very sheepish indeed, so you’d better hurry up and tell me what happened to it.
5 J' I+ {. q  F$ x1 w, XHelen: 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!
Helen: 我不是故意的。
Neil: Oh no!
" O7 E" {, N2 I4 a2 ]/ [( pHelen: 非常抱歉。I’m so sorry! That’s why I’m looking sheepish.
' u  k& j! D& y9 L0 f! INeil: 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...