第17课：没礼貌的 - 8

【迷你小对话1】

A: How was your date with Ellen?
B: She was completely churlish. She walked ahead of me down the street and didn’t wait for me to catch up and she finished eating before me at dinner and started reading at the table!

A: 你和Ellen的约会怎么样？
B: 她简直就是个土老冒。在街上她一直走在我前面，我都跟不上。吃饭时她比我先吃完，然后居然在饭桌上看起书来了！

【迷你小对话2】

A: I’m never going to another sporting event in New York.
B: Why not?
A: Because all the fans are loudmouthed. They all yell at the players and are rude to each other.

A: 我再也不去纽约看体育比赛了。
B: 为什么不去了？
A: 因为所有的球迷都爱大吼大叫的，他们冲着运动员大喊大叫而且对彼此也很粗鲁。

【语言点精讲】

churlish: 粗野的，无礼的；农民似的。
ahead of: 在……前面。
catch up: 追上，赶上。
loudmouthed: 嗓门大的，大吵大嚷的。
yell at sb.: 向某人大吼大叫。