第23課 不誠(chéng)實(shí)的 - 7

第23課：不誠(chéng)實(shí)的 - 7

【迷你小對(duì)話(huà)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?jīng)]？Diane總有本領(lǐng)讓老師談?wù)撍闹苣┥?，這么一來(lái)我們就有故事聽(tīng)，而不用上數(shù)學(xué)課了。

B: 聽(tīng)說(shuō)了，她這招真鬼；她總裝出對(duì)老師的生活十分感興趣的樣子。

【迷你小對(duì)話(huà)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: 這家餐館聲稱(chēng)食物中不含卡路里，因此吸引了很多肥胖的顧客。

B: 但這種說(shuō)法不是存心騙人的嘛！所有食物都含卡路里??！

【語(yǔ)言點(diǎn)精講】

cunning: 騙術(shù)高超的；狡詐的；詭詐的。

trick: 詭計(jì)，計(jì)謀；花招。

play: 在對(duì)話(huà)1中指假裝、裝樣子，相當(dāng)于pretend.

obese: （不健康的）過(guò)胖的。

fraudulent: 欺騙性的；欺騙行為或欺詐的。