Compliment

"Larry! Come here!" said his furious mother, putting the telephone down, " I’ve just had a call from Mrs. Harrison about your behavior to her Doris at the school dance last night. You wretched, rude boy!"巴士英语www.xiao84.com

"I was nice to her, Mum, really I was!" protested the youth.

"I even paid her a compliment when we had a dance."

"Did you, indeed?" said his mother grimly, "And what exactly did you say?"

"I said, Gosh, Doris, you sweat less than any fat girl I’ve ever danced with!"

中文翻译

恭维话

“拉里，你过来！”妈妈放下电话后生气地说，“我刚才接到哈里森夫人地电话，她告诉我你在昨晚的学校舞会上对多丽丝行为不好，你可耻，粗鲁！”

“妈妈，我对她很好，真的！”小伙子不服气地说。“当我和她跳舞时我还说了一句恭维她的话。”

“你真的这么做的吗？”妈妈严厉地问。“你的原话是怎么说的？”

“我说，啊呀，多丽丝，你比我跳过舞的任何胖姑娘出汗都少！”

NOTE

wretch n.

不幸的人；潦倒的人

grimly adv.

严格地, 可怕地, 冷酷地

sweat [swet] n.

汗，汗珠

Sweat poured down his face as he ran.

他跑步时汗水从他脸上淌下来。