第21課：怯懦的 - 12

【迷你小對(duì)話1】

A: Did you hear that the sheriff had a great chance to catch some bank robbers? But when the bank robbers turned around to surrender, the sheriff ran away!
B: Yeah, I always knew he was yellow.

A: 你聽說(shuō)了嗎？本縣的警長(zhǎng)本來(lái)是很有機(jī)會(huì)抓到銀行搶劫犯的?？墒钱?dāng)劫犯?jìng)冝D(zhuǎn)身準(zhǔn)備投降的時(shí)候，警長(zhǎng)竟然跑掉了。
B: 我早就知道他一點(diǎn)兒都不勇敢。

【迷你小對(duì)話2】

A: I never studied for Mrs. Cameron’s class before, but now I am staying up late every night, reading the textbook and going over my lecture notes.
B: Me, too. Ever since she told us about the midterm, she’s got us running scared.

A: Cameron老師的課我以前從來(lái)不復(fù)習(xí)，可現(xiàn)在每晚都熬夜，看課本，復(fù)習(xí)課堂筆記。
B: 我也是。自從她說(shuō)要期中考試，搞得我們都戰(zhàn)戰(zhàn)兢兢的。

【語(yǔ)言點(diǎn)精講】

sheriff: 警長(zhǎng)。
yellow: 形容人膽小的，卑怯的。
stay up late: 熬夜，晚睡。
get sb. running scared: 某人因?yàn)楹ε禄蛘呔o張而暫時(shí)的瘋狂、狂亂。