第22课：诚实正直的 - 11

【迷你小对话1】

A: Karen just told me that I am the most handsome man she ever saw!
B: Well, don’t get your hopes up. She is not the most truthful person I know. She told me the same thing.

A: Karen说我是她见过的最帅的男人。
B: 哦，不要得意太早了。她总是言不由衷，她也对我说过同样的话。

【迷你小对话2】

A: I can’t believe Mrs. Tollinger gave me an F in economics! I gave her the biggest Christmas and birthday gifts I could find.
B: Well, now I guess you know that it’s kind of a waste trying to bribe a teacher who is incorruptible.

A: 我真不敢相信Tollinger老师给我的经济学打了个不及格！我给她的圣诞礼物和生日礼物可都是大礼啊。
B: 你现在应该知道了吧，试图贿赂一个廉洁的老师是白费心机。

【语言点精讲】

get one’s hope up: 提高对……的期待。
truthful: 习惯说真话的。
bribe: 贿赂，行贿。
incorruptible: 廉洁的，不受腐蚀的。