第15課:刻薄的 - 20

迷你小對話1

A: He was a cruel-hearted leader, as he let his people starve while he traveled around the world.
B: I heard he was the worst leader they had in twenty years.

A: 他真是個(gè)殘暴的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人。他去周游世界,卻讓他的人民在那兒挨餓。
B: 我聽說他是二十年來他們遇到的最糟糕的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人。

迷你小對話2

A: That was a really offensive remark you made.
B: I didn’t think it was rude of me, do you?

A: 你說話太無禮了。
B: 我不覺得我剛才無禮,不是嗎?

語言點(diǎn)精講

cruel-hearted: 殘忍的,殘暴的。
offensive: 無禮的,令人厭惡的。
remark: 言辭,話語。
rude: 粗魯?shù)?,無禮的。