第23課:不誠(chéng)實(shí)的?- 10

迷你小對(duì)話(huà)1

A: No matter how any crimes he commits, the executive is never found guilty of anything.
B: That is because his knavish lawyers always find loopholes in the law.

A: 不管經(jīng)理犯了多少罪,他從來(lái)都沒(méi)有被判過(guò)有罪。
B: 那是因?yàn)樗切┙圃p的律師總能鉆法律的空子。

迷你小對(duì)話(huà)2

A: I can’t believe what my bank has done! They have all my money but they won’t let me withdraw it until the balance reaches $12,000.
B: That’s unbelievable!

A: 我真不敢相信銀行能做出這種事!他們扣著我所有的錢(qián),說(shuō)什么不存夠12000美元就不能取。
B: 簡(jiǎn)直難以置信!施行這種奸詐條款的銀行長(zhǎng)久不了的。

語(yǔ)言點(diǎn)精講

knavish: 具有不誠(chéng)實(shí)個(gè)性的,詭計(jì)多端的,狡詐的。
loophole: 漏洞,空子。
withdraw: 從銀行取錢(qián)。
balance: 帳戶(hù)余額。
thievish: 像小偷一樣偷偷摸摸的。
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