第23课:不诚实的 - 7

迷你小对话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: 注意到没?Diane总有本领让老师谈论她的周末生活,这么一来我们就有故事听,而不用上数学课了。
B: 听说了,她这招真鬼;她总装出对老师的生活十分感兴趣的样子。

迷你小对话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: 这家餐馆声称食物中不含卡路里,因此吸引了很多肥胖的顾客。
B: 但这种说法不是存心骗人的嘛!所有食物都含卡路里啊!

语言点精讲

cunning: 骗术高超的;狡诈的;诡诈的。
trick: 诡计,计谋;花招。
play: 在对话1中指假装、装样子,相当于pretend.
obese: (不健康的)过胖的。
fraudulent: 欺骗性的;欺骗行为或欺诈的。