2014年ESL之餐饮娱乐 02 Feeling Embarrassed

 

Feeling Embarrassed 

Lois: Please don’t embarrass me at the party tonight. 

Roger: Me, embarrass you? I’d never do that. 

Lois: You have, though, more than once. 

Roger: Name one. 

Lois: At the Johnsons’ party, you danced on the table while singing “I Am Woman”! 

Roger: I was being the life of the party. Everybody thought it was funny. 

Lois: It was humiliating! Didn’t you notice more than one person cringing¹ and the awkward silence in the room when your song ended? 

Roger: No, I didn’t, but I did notice Malik laughing his head off and the Johnsons smiling. 

Lois: That’s because Malik has your sense of humor and the Johnsons were humoring you. They were trying to put a good face on your impromptu² performance. 

Roger: I’m not going to be a wallflower just because you can’t take a joke. My exuberant³ personality is what gets us invited to so many parties. 

Lois: Yeah, right. Can I at least get you to promise not to sing? 

Roger: And disappoint my audience? Not a chance! 

 

Script by Dr. Lucy Tse 

1 cringing   

adj.谄媚，奉承

参考例句：

• He had a cringing manner but a very harsh voice.他有卑屈谄媚的神情，但是声音却十分粗沙。
• She stepped towards him with a movement that was horribly cringing.她冲他走了一步，做出一个低三下四，令人作呕的动作。

2 impromptu   

adj.即席的，即兴的；adv.即兴的(地)，无准备的(地)

参考例句：

• The announcement was made in an impromptu press conference at the airport.这一宣布是在机场举行的临时新闻发布会上作出的。
• The children put on an impromptu concert for the visitors.孩子们为来访者即兴献上了一场音乐会。

3 exuberant   

adj.充满活力的；（植物）繁茂的

参考例句：

• Hothouse plants do not possess exuberant vitality.在温室里培养出来的东西，不会有强大的生命力。
• All those mother trees in the garden are exuberant.果园里的那些母树都长得十分茂盛。