英語口語練習之笨拙對話兩則

【迷你小對話1】

A: I want to get the house painted. It is getting a bit dirty and dingy.

B: Make sure you hire the experts to do it. You’re so clumsy and awkward. You’ll probably fall off the ladder and hurt yourself.

A: 我想把房子刷一下。房子變得又髒又暗了。

B: 那你得找幾個行家來刷。你笨手笨腳的，説不定會從梯子上摔下來受傷的。

【迷你小對話2】

A: Oh no! Someone has put his hand in Grandma’s birthday cake! Who could have done it?

B: I bet Roger did it. He is so ham-handed, always dropping things and walking into walls. It’s just another of his accidents.

A: 天啊！有人把手插到奶奶的生日蛋糕裏了！會是誰幹的呢？

B: 一定是Roger，他毛手毛腳的，不是掉東西就是走路撞牆。這肯定又是他一不小心乾的。

【語言點精講】

clumsy: 手腳笨拙的。樣子不優雅的。

awkward: 手腳笨拙的`，不靈巧的。不熟練的。

ham-handed: 笨拙的。

dingy: 暗淡的，泛黃的。