第21课：怯懦的 - 9

【迷你小对话】

A: Mark’s no fraidy cat and no one could ever call him a chicken, but the other night something scared him and had him shaking in his boots.
B: What made him so scared?
A: They dared him to stay the night in the haunted house; he met something that made him jump out of his skin.
B: Wow! It must have been a very scary noise.

A: Markkebushi胆小鬼，从来没有人说他是孬种，但是那天晚上他可真被吓惨了，双腿直打哆嗦。
B: 是什么把他吓成那样？
A: 人家激他敢不敢再鬼屋住一个晚上；他遇到了什么东西，吓得他魂飞魄散。
B: 哇！那一定是很恐怖的声响！

【语言点精讲】

fraidy cat: 胆小鬼。
a chicken: 形容胆小的人。
shaking in one’s boots: 形容某人处于极度的恐惧之中，以至于身体在不停地颤抖。
jump out of one’s skin: 形容人极度惊讶或害怕，似乎到了灵魂出窍的程度。