一

　　1

　　A: Why didnt you go to have your acupuncture treatment

　　B: I wanted to, but I kept thinking about those needles and I chickened out.

　　A: 你为什么没去做针灸

　　B: 本来我想去，但一想到那些针，我就打退堂鼓了。

　　2

　　A: Im afraid to walk home from school. Mark is always talking about how he can beat up any guy in our class.

　　B: Oh, dont worry about him; he has a yellow streak. If you face him, hell back down.

　　A: 我害怕从学校走回家去。Mark总是说班上的人他想揍谁就揍谁。

　　B: 哦，不要怕他，他外强中干。如果你敢于面对他，他就会退缩的。

　　【语言点精讲】

　　acupuncture treatment : 针灸治疗。

　　chicken out: 临阵退缩;因害怕而停止做某事。

　　beat up: 痛打，狠揍。

　　have a yellow streak: 怯懦，胆小。

　　back down: 退缩，畏惧不前。

　　二

　　1

　　A: What did your parents do when they heard you were thrown in prison for vandalizing public property

　　B: Well, since I never get in trouble, they were too dismayed to react at first, but now they are thinking of a suitable punishment.

　　A: 听到你因为破坏公共财产而被关进监狱，你父母作何反应

　　B: 我从来没惹过什么麻烦，所以他们一开始惊愕得不知所措。但现在他们正想着怎么惩罚我呢。

　　2

　　A: I cant believe you snuck out of the party after only fifteen minutes! And you didnt even say goodbye to anyone!

　　B: I told you I was shy in front of strangers, but I guess you just didnt know how shy I was.

　　A: 我难以置信，晚会才开始十五分钟，你就悄无声息地溜掉了，竟然没和任何人打声招呼!

　　B: 我告诉过你，我在生人面前羞涩，看来你真不知道我有多害羞!

　　【语言点精讲】

　　dismayed: 因为恐惧而吓得手脚发软或无力继续。

　　vandalize: 肆意破坏(私人或公共财产);捣毁。

　　snuck: sneak的过去式，偷偷地走，溜走。

　　shy: 怯懦并很容易被吓到;害羞。