第6课:丑陋的 - 2

迷你小对话1

A: If you want your boyfriend to forgive you, maybe you should try crying when you apologize.
B: That never works for me. If just makes my face look deformed. No guy likes to see a twisted, swollen, red face on his girlfriend!

A: 如果你想让你的男朋友原谅你,也许你应该边哭边道歉。
B: 那个办法对我从来不管用,只会让我的脸看起来更难看。没有哪个男人喜欢看自己的女朋友的脸扭曲着,又红又肿的!

迷你小对话2

A: This is the most horrible portrait I have ever seen!
B: I agree! The model was ugly to begin with, but he painter has made her look completely grotesque!

A: 这是我见过的最糟糕的一幅肖像画!
B: 对!首先模特就长得丑,可这个画家把她画得更加怪异。

语言点精讲

deformed: 畸形的,可憎的。
twisted: 扭曲的。
swollen: 肿大的。
portrait: 肖像画。
to begin with: 口语中用来引出要说的一系列事中的第一件事。
grotesque: 奇形怪状的;怪异的;丑陋的。