英语听力精选进阶版 6609
时间：2018-12-03 作者：英语课 分类：英语听力精选进阶版
Vicki: This is Real English from BBC Learning 1 English. I'm Vicki.
Chen Li: 大家好我是陈鹂，在今天的纯正英语节目中我们要学习的短语是什么呢？
Vicki: Today's expression is: to save face.
Chen Li: To save face. 什么意思？解释一下好吗？
Vicki: Well, it's an idiom but it’s not too complicated 2. To save face means to avoid embarrassment 3.
Chen Li: 我知道了，就是挽回面子的意思。我们如何来使用这个表达呢？
Vicki: Well, if you got fired for example, you might say you resigned to save face.
Chen Li: 那就是挽回面子了。
Example
A: I hear that Bill lost the contract for the new shopping centre. Was the boss angry?
B: Very. But Bill managed to save face. He resigned before they could fire him.
Vicki: I went for dinner with my brother and his new girlfriend.
Chen Li: 好玩吗？
Vicki: Yes, but I had to save face for him!
Chen Li: 是吗，为什么呢？
Vicki: Well, when the bill came, he didn't have enough money, so he was very embarrassed.
Chen Li: 那他是如何挽回面子的呢？
Vicki: Well, I gave him some money without his girlfriend seeing. So he managed to save face. I hope he pays me back soon.
Chen Li: 好了，节目时间也差不多了，我们来复习一下吧。
Vicki: To save face.
Chen Li: 这是个成语，意思是挽回面子。
Vicki: You've been listening to Real English from BBC Learning English. Join us again soon for more up-to-the-minute Real English. Bye.
Chen Li: 下次节目再会。
- When you are learning to ride a bicycle,you often fall off.初学骑自行车时，常会从车上掉下来。
- Learning languages isn't just a matter of remembering words.学习语言不仅仅是记些单词的事。
- The poem is so complicated that I cannot make out its meaning.这首诗太复杂，我理解不了它的意思。
- This is the most complicated case I have ever handled.这是我所处理过的最为复杂的案子。
- She could have died away with embarrassment.她窘迫得要死。
- Coughing at a concert can be a real embarrassment.在音乐会上咳嗽真会使人难堪。