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Neil: Hi, I'm Neil and this is Helen!
尼爾：大家好，我是尼爾，這是海倫！
Helen: Hello.
海倫：大家好。
Neil: What's wrong Helen? You're looking rather sheepish.
尼爾：海倫，出什么事了？你看起來非常窘迫。
Helen: Sheepish? Like a sheep? I know my jumper is quite woolly.
海倫：Sheepish？像羊一樣？我知道我的毛衣是毛絨絨的。
Neil: I don't mean you look like a sheep. I mean you look sheepish, which is quite different!
尼爾：我并不是說你看起來像只羊。我的意思是，你看上去很窘迫，意思完全不同！
Helen: Of course, looking like a sheep and looking sheepish are two totally different things, obviously!
海倫：當(dāng)然，看上去像只羊，和像羊一樣是完全不同的意思！
Neil: Yes. If I say you look like a sheep, it means, well, you look like a sheep. But if I say you look sheepish, it means you look embarrassed or ashamed about something.
尼爾：是的。如果我說你看上去像只羊，意思就是你看起來像羊。但是如果我說你看上去很窘迫，意思是你看上去對(duì)某件事感到尷尬或是難為情。
Helen: To look sheepish means you look embarrassed or ashamed–like you've done something wrong or silly?
海倫：看上去sheepish的意思是看起來很尷尬或難為情，就像你做了某件錯(cuò)事或傻事？
Neil: Yes!
尼爾：對(duì)！
Helen: Ah, yes.
海倫：好。
Neil: Listen to some examples:
尼爾：來看看這些例句：
Tom walked into the room looking sheepish.
湯姆尷尬地走進(jìn)房間。
Emily grinned sheepishly as she closed the door behind her.
艾米莉在關(guān)上身后的門時(shí)不好意思地咧嘴笑了。
James gave her a sheepish look.
詹姆斯難為情地看著她。
Neil: So, come on Helen, why are you looking sheepish today?
尼爾：好了，海倫，你今天為什么看上去這么不安？
Helen: Ah, well...
海倫：嗯……
Neil: Yes?
尼爾：怎么了？
Helen: Well, you know that book you lent me?
海倫：嗯，就是那本你借給我的書，你記得吧？
Neil: My favourite book of all time–the original edition of The Private lives of the Greatest Cats in History?
尼爾：我最喜歡的書，那本原版《歷史上最偉大的貓的私生活》？
Helen: Yes.
海倫：對(duì)。
Neil: OK Helen, now you're looking very sheepish indeed, so you'd better hurry up and tell me what happened to it.
尼爾：海倫，現(xiàn)在你看起來真的非常不安，你最好快點(diǎn)告訴我那本書到底怎么了。
Helen: I dropped it.
海倫：我弄掉了。
Neil: You dropped it? Well I hope it's not damaged, otherwise I'll have to -
尼爾：弄掉了？希望并沒有破損，要不然我就要……
Helen: ...in the river.
海倫：掉在了河里。
Neil: In the river! You dropped it in the river!
尼爾：掉進(jìn)了河里！你把書掉進(jìn)了河里！
Helen: It was carried away, I couldn't get it out.
海倫：它被河水沖走了，我沒能撈出來。
Neil: Oh no!
尼爾：哦不！
Helen: I'm so sorry. That's why I am looking sheepish.
海倫：很抱歉。這就是我看上去窘迫的原因。
Neil: You should be looking even more sheepish than that. In fact, I expect you to look sheepish for several days. It was the best book in the world! 'Sheepish' doesn't do it justice...
尼爾：你應(yīng)該看上去更不安才對(duì)。實(shí)際上，我希望你能不安幾天的時(shí)間。那是世界上最棒的書！“不安”也不能挽回那本書了……
