第22课 诚实正直的 - 13第22课：诚实正直的 - 13【迷你小对话】A: Man!
The teacher almost flipped her lip about that busted window.
Thank goodness Tommie’s got a reputation as an upfront, true blue kind of guy!

B: If he hadn’t leveled with her we’d all be in a world of hurt!

A: He laid it on the line and told her we were all heaving snowballs and plain didn’t know who hit the window.
He apologized.

B: Owing to his telling it like it is and his own clean nose she let us off the hook.
A: 天哪！
打破窗户的事差点没把老师气炸了。
谢天谢地，幸亏大家都知道Tommie是个老实的好孩子。

B: 要不是他和老师坦白，我们就惨了。

A: 他坦率地告诉老师说我们当时都在打雪仗，真的不知道是谁打碎了窗玻璃，还道了歉。

B: 要不是他坦白，从不惹事生非，老师是不会放过我们的。
【语言点精讲】flip one’s lip: 大发脾气，狂怒。

upfront: 坦率的。

level with sb.
: 对某人说实话。

lay it on the line: 坦率地说。

plain: 用以加强语气。
显然，遥地。

tell it like it is: 实话实说。

clean nose: 形容某人品行好、诚实。