The young man was terribly self-conscious because he had a wooden eye. His friends would often invite him dance parties, but he could never work up the courage to ask a girl to dance.
一位年輕人因?yàn)樗兄荒局频难劬Χ械椒浅Ｗ员�。他的朋友常�?huì)邀請(qǐng)他參加舞會(huì)，但他從沒能鼓起勇氣邀請(qǐng)女孩子跳舞。
But then, one evening, he spotted a girl with a wooden leg sitting sadly by herself. Apprehensively, he walked up to her and asked, “Would you like to dance?”
有一晚，他卻不經(jīng)意看見一位裝了一只木制義肢的女孩獨(dú)自傷心地坐在角落。他很謹(jǐn)慎地走向她問(wèn)道“：你要不要跳舞呀?”
“Would I?!”she exclaimed.
“我要不要?”她驚叫。
“Oh, yeah? Well, you’ve got a wooden leg!”
“哦，怎么了 ?你有一只木制的義肢——(而我有一只木制的假眼，咱們應(yīng)是天生的一對(duì)嘛!)�！�
英語(yǔ)知識(shí)點(diǎn)解說(shuō)：
1.be in the same boat 同病相憐
例：You've lost your girlfriend, and my girlfriend has just dumped me. We are in the same boat now.
(你丟了女友，而我女友也把我甩了。咱們現(xiàn)在是同病相憐。)
2.self-conscious a. 自卑的
conscious a. 有意識(shí)的
be conscious of... 對(duì)… 有所察覺
例：A true philosopher is always conscious of his duty.
(真正的哲學(xué)家隨時(shí)都知道他的責(zé)任是什么。)
3.wooden a. 木制的
例：It's amazing that this wooden temple has survived so many years.
(令人訝異的是這座木造的寺廟竟然可以保存這么多年。)
4.work up the/one's courage 鼓起勇氣
=pluck up the/one's courage
例：George finally plucked up his courage and asked for a raise—and the boss fired him.
(喬治終于鼓起勇氣要求加薪，可是老板把他給解雇了。)
5.courage n. 勇氣
例：It takes courage to admit a mistake.
(承認(rèn)錯(cuò)誤需要勇氣。)
6.spot vt. 不經(jīng)意地看見
例：I spotted John in the crowd.
(我無(wú)意間發(fā)現(xiàn)約翰在人群中。)
7.apprehensively ad. 擔(dān)心地，小心翼翼地
apprehensive a. 憂懼的;擔(dān)心的
例：We have good reason to be apprehensive about the future.
(我們有理由對(duì)未來(lái)感到憂慮。)
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