第6課：丑陋的?- 1

【迷你小對話】

A: I was walking across the road yesterday when I saw a hideously deformed dog. I really felt sorry for the thing.
B: It is frightful to think that such an animal has to keep on living.
A: Not to mention how unsightly it looked. It only had three legs.
B: I agree. Unpleasant things like that should now be in the public view.

A: 昨天過馬路的時(shí)候我在路上碰到了一條長得奇形怪狀的狗。我真覺得它可憐。
B: 一想到那樣的一只狗還要繼續(xù)活著真是讓人不寒而栗。
A: 先不說它長得有多難看！它還只有三條腿。
B: 沒錯(cuò)。那種令人慘不忍睹的東西不該讓大家看到。

【語言點(diǎn)精講】

hideously: 極丑地；可怕地。
deformed: 畸形的，可憎的。
frightful: 恐怖的，令人戰(zhàn)栗的。
not to mention: 更別提，除……之外（還）。
unsightly: 不悅目的，難看的。
unpleasant: 討厭的，令人不愉快的。