第21課：怯懦的 - 8

【迷你小對(duì)話】

A: Jane was uptight about riding the roller coaster.
B: Yeah, the height and speed gave her cold feet.
A: She almost chickened out when she heard the screams of those scared cats who got on first.
B: She was in a cold sweat but went on anyway because her boyfriend got on with her.

A: 一想到坐過(guò)山車Jane就緊張得要命。
B: 是啊，過(guò)山車又高又快，嚇得她怯場(chǎng)。
A: 聽(tīng)到那些在她面前坐過(guò)山車的膽小鬼們一聲聲的驚叫，她嚇得差點(diǎn)開(kāi)溜。
B: 盡管嚇得直冒冷汗，但她還是去坐過(guò)山車了，因?yàn)樗信笥雅阒?/p>

【語(yǔ)言點(diǎn)精講】

uptight: 緊張不安的，神經(jīng)過(guò)敏的。
cold feet: 害怕，膽怯；信心或勇氣的喪失。
scaredy cats: 形容某人不夠勇敢，缺乏勇氣，本性懦弱。是一個(gè)用來(lái)奚落別人的短語(yǔ)。
in a cold sweat: 由于驚嚇或者害怕而出了一身的冷汗。sweat，汗。