77. Think Before You Speak p. 18
时间：2018-12-08 作者：英语课 分类：赖世雄中级美国英语
. Sometimes we say things without thinking. Very often a thoughtless remark may hurt others' feelings orcause a misunderstanding or an embarrassment 1. We must, therefore, always think before we speak.
Once I told an old friend how beautiful his girlfriend looked when I saw them together at a movie theaterthe other day. Unfortunately, I made a mistake. It happened that she wasn't with my friend. She was withsomeone else. I had let the cat out of the bag, so to speak. I'd never been so embarrassed in my life. Icertainly learned my lesson, but at a very high price. His girlfriend never spoke 2 to me again! And to makematters worse, it is rumored 3 that they eventually broke up
halfway 4 adv.在中途 Do not give up halfway. persistent 5 持久的
look before you leap 三思而后行
Anyone likes Sam, because he is so thoughtful of others.
make a remark make a statement (正式)
the other day 最近几天前的一天 cinema (文诌)
error = mistake n. mistake A for B 误将A当B
It happened that... = It turns out that .... 原来是
let the cat out of bag = reveal the secret 泄露秘密
Bruce is a scholar, so to speak. 可以这么说
learn one's lesson 学了教训
cheat on sb 对...不忠
- 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。
- They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
- The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。
- It is rumored that he cheats on his wife. 据传他对他老婆不忠。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- It was rumored that the white officer had been a Swede. 传说那个白人军官是个瑞典人。 来自辞典例句
- We had got only halfway when it began to get dark.走到半路，天就黑了。
- In study the worst danger is give up halfway.在学习上，最忌讳的是有始无终。
- Albert had a persistent headache that lasted for three days.艾伯特连续头痛了三天。
- She felt embarrassed by his persistent attentions.他不时地向她大献殷勤，使她很难为情。