第22課：誠實正直的?- 11

【迷你小對話1】

A: Karen just told me that I am the most handsome man she ever saw!
B: Well, don’t get your hopes up. She is not the most truthful person I know. She told me the same thing.

A: Karen說我是她見過的最帥的男人。
B: 哦，不要得意太早了。她總是言不由衷，她也對我說過同樣的話。

【迷你小對話2】

A: I can’t believe Mrs. Tollinger gave me an F in economics! I gave her the biggest Christmas and birthday gifts I could find.
B: Well, now I guess you know that it’s kind of a waste trying to bribe a teacher who is incorruptible.

A: 我真不敢相信Tollinger老師給我的經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)打了個不及格！我給她的圣誕禮物和生日禮物可都是大禮啊。
B: 你現(xiàn)在應(yīng)該知道了吧，試圖賄賂一個廉潔的老師是白費心機(jī)。

【語言點精講】

get one’s hope up: 提高對……的期待。
truthful: 習(xí)慣說真話的。
bribe: 賄賂，行賄。
incorruptible: 廉潔的，不受腐蝕的。