第22課：誠(chéng)實(shí)正直的?- 2

【迷你小對(duì)話】

A: The teacher was really upset about that broken window. Thank goodness Tommie has a reputation as a sincere, honest boy.
B: If he had not been straightforward with her, we would have all been in trouble.
A: He was direct and said we were all throwing snowballs and really didn’t know who had hit the window and he apologized.
B: Because of his candid response and childlike frankness she couldn’t be angry.

A: 老師對(duì)打破窗戶的事很生氣。謝天謝地，Tommie一向被認(rèn)為是個(gè)真誠(chéng)、老實(shí)的孩子。
B: 要不是他向老師坦白了這件事，我們都會(huì)有麻煩的。
A: 他很直率，說(shuō)我們當(dāng)時(shí)都在扔雪球，真的沒有注意是誰(shuí)把窗玻璃打破的，還到了歉。
B: 他坦誠(chéng)的回答和孩子般的率直讓老師想生氣也生不起來(lái)了。

【語(yǔ)言點(diǎn)精講】

have a reputation as: 有……的名聲。
sincere: 不加任何掩飾的，誠(chéng)實(shí)的，真摯的。
honest: 公正的，老實(shí)的，誠(chéng)實(shí)的。
straightforward: 誠(chéng)實(shí)的，坦誠(chéng)的。
direct: 直截了當(dāng)?shù)?，坦白的，率真的?br> candid: （所說(shuō)所寫的）都是坦誠(chéng)的，坦率的，直率而真誠(chéng)的。