第2课:笨拙 - 6

迷你小对话1

A: Usually I couldn’t care less if someone can’t dance, but the lady I’m dancing with keeps stepping on my feet.
B: Your partner may be a floundering dancer, but my partner is so ungainly. She makes an elephant look like a ballerina.

A: 我一般不在乎别人不会跳舞,但是跟我跳舞的那位女士不停地踩我的脚。
B: 你的舞伴可能还只是步点不稳,可是我的舞伴简直就奔得不像样。跟她比大象简直就是芭蕾舞演员。

迷你小对话2

A: You seem to be working very slowly today. What is wrong? Bad time at home?
B: Well, my youngest son is feeling ill, and kept me up half the night. That’s why my work is a bit heavy-handed and clumsy this morning.

A: 你今天好好像工作效率很低。怎么了,家里又什么烦心事?
B: 嗯,我的小儿子生病了,昨晚忙乎了半夜,所以今天早上是有些笨手笨脚的。

语言点精讲

floundering: 行动笨拙的。肢体乱动的。(站不稳时)挣扎的。
ungainly: 形容人的行动不雅致的。笨拙的。
couldn’t care less: 无所谓,不在乎。
ballerina: 芭蕾舞女演员。
heavy-handed: 不灵活的,笨手笨脚的。
clumsy:手脚笨拙的,样子不优雅的。
keep sb. up: 让……不睡觉。