迷你对话学地道口语第927期:怯场

 　　第一， 迷你对话

　　A: I don’t know why I get a stage fright¹ when I speak to a large crowd of people.

　　我不知道为何我对着一群人说话，我就会怯场。

　　B: That’s the case with many people.

　　许多人都是如此。

　　A: And when you are afraid of giving a poor account² of yourself, you will feel even worse.

　　当你害怕给别人留下不好的印象的时候，你会感觉到更糟糕。

　　B: I think that is where the problem lies.

　　我认为那真是问题所在。

　　第二， 地道表达

　　stage fright

　　1. 解词释义

　　stage fright是名词短语，其意思为“怯场”。它经常与动词get连用，即为： get a stage fright。

　　2. 拓展范例

　　e.g. He's so good at speaking to a large crowd that he never gets the slightest stage fright.

　　他善于在众人面前演讲，所以他也从不怯场。

　　e.g. He got a stage fright and could not utter³ a word that day.

　　他那天怯场，在台上一句话也说不出来。

　　e.g. I often feel a stage fright before I give a lecture。

　　我在演讲前，经常感到害怕。

　　e.g. I don't know why I can never get over the feeling of getting a stage fright.

　　不知为什么我一直克服不了怯场的毛病。

　　第三， 咬文爵字

　　1. a large crowd of：一大群的

　　e.g. You can never find him in such a large crowd of people. You're looking for a needle in a haystack.

　　在这么大群人里你不可能找到他,你简直是在大海捞针。

　　e.g. It was the last day of the year and a large crowd of people gathered under the Town Hall clock.

　　那是除夕晚上，一大群人已聚集在市政厅的大钟下面。

　　2. be the case with：是……的情况

　　e.g. He was late for school, which as was often the case with him.

　　他上学迟到，但这对他而言已是家常便饭了。

　　e.g. As is often the case with old people, my grandfather is fond of talking about good old days.

　　就像其他老人一样，我祖父也老喜欢讲他当年的故事。

　　3. b e afraid of：害怕，担心

　　e.g. The shop assistant was not in the least afraid of the trouble.

　　那店员一点也不怕麻烦。

　　e.g. Don't be so soft there's nothing to be afraid of.

　　别这么窝囊, 没什么可怕的嘛。

　　4. give a poor account of oneself：干得差劲，表现不好A：Allen did not want to give a bad account of herself by talking about things she is not familiar with.

　　A：艾伦不希望因为谈论不熟悉的事情而给人留下不好的印象。

　　B：That’s natural.

　　B：那很自然

 

1 fright   

n.惊骇；吃惊

参考例句：

• A tree fell on the house and gave him a fright.一棵树倒在房子上，吓了他一大跳。
• She turned pale with fright.她吓得面色刷白。

2 account   

n.叙述；帐目；帐户

参考例句：

• She left out an important item in her account.她的账目漏掉了一个重要的项目。
• He has made several withdrawals from his bank account.他从银行账户上提了几次款。

3 utter   

vt.发出(声音)，说；adj.完全的，绝对的

参考例句：

• He smacked his lips but did not utter a word.他吧嗒两下嘴，一声也不言语。
• I was at an utter loss what to do.我完全不知道该怎样做才好。