第21課：怯懦的 - 1

【迷你小對話】

A: Jane is a rather timid person and was apprehensive about riding the roller coaster.
B: She was intimidated by its height and the speed.
A: She was also alarmed by the panic-stricken screams of girls who got on the ride first.
B: She was terrified, but she got on because her boyfriend went with her.

A: Jane膽兒很小，連坐過山車都忐忑不安的。
B: 過山車又高又快，讓她很害怕。
A: 那些先坐上過山車的女孩子們一聲聲驚恐萬狀的尖叫也讓她大驚失色。
B: 她雖然害怕可還是去坐了，因為有男朋友陪著她。

【語言點精講】

timid: 害怕的，尤指因為新的或不熟悉的環(huán)境所引起的恐懼；易受驚的，膽怯的；羞怯的。
apprehensive: 基于現(xiàn)實考慮或理性分析而對未來有所擔(dān)憂或恐懼。
roller roaster: 過山車。
alarm: 充滿了恐懼的。
panic-stricken: 被恐懼鎮(zhèn)住的，幾乎做出失去理性且瘋狂的行為或反應(yīng)。
terrified: 被恐懼嚇倒了的，害怕的。