第21課:怯懦的 - 11

迷你小對話

A: Jane’s hair stands on end every time she hears about a plane crash.
B: That’s why she’s so uptight and freezes when she flies.
A: She’s in such a cold sweat that her hubby has to hold her hand to keep her from freaking out.
B: She loses it at every sudden noise and sits there shaking like a bowl of Jell-O when the plane takes off and lands.

A: Jane一聽到墜機(jī)的事情就嚇得汗毛直立。
B: 這就為什么她一坐飛機(jī)就緊張不安,嚇得渾身僵冷。
A: 她嚇得直冒冷汗,她老公之后握住她的手,怕她嚇壞。
B: 有一點(diǎn)兒突如其來的響動她就表現(xiàn)失常,飛機(jī)起降的時候她會嚇得抖個不停。

語言點(diǎn)精講

one’s hair stands on end: 嚇得汗毛直立。
uptight: 緊張不安的,神經(jīng)過敏的。
freeze: 嚇呆。
in a cold sweat: 由于驚嚇或者害怕而出了一身的冷汗。sweat,汗。
freak out: 變得極其焦躁不安或嚇得要死。
lose it: 這里指的是失掉了鎮(zhèn)靜,無法冷靜下來。
shake like a bowl of Jell-O: 嚇得抖個不停。Jell-O,果凍。