第18課:慷慨大方的?- 11

迷你小對(duì)話

A: Mr. Turnbill was so generous! He gave twice as much as anyone else at the fund raiser.
B: Yes, but he was not very cheerful about it. He complained to everyone that he was giving because he felt guilty.
A: I didn’t know that. I prefer ungrudging giving, even when the gift is small, don’t you?

A: Turnbill先生可真慷慨!募捐的時(shí)候,他捐的 錢是其他人的兩倍。
B: 是啊,不過(guò)對(duì)此他并不是太高興。他向每個(gè)人都抱怨說(shuō)他之所以捐錢是因?yàn)樗幸环N負(fù)罪感。
A: 這我可不知道。我覺(jué)得還是心甘情愿地捐贈(zèng)比較好,哪怕只是很少的捐贈(zèng),你認(rèn)為呢?

語(yǔ)言點(diǎn)精講

fund raiser: 募捐會(huì)。
generous: 慷慨的,大方的。
ungrudging: 不勉強(qiáng)的,無(wú)怨言的,真心實(shí)意的。