第22课 诚实正直的 - 11第22课：诚实正直的 - 11【迷你小对话1】A: Karen just told me that I am the most handsome man she ever saw!

B: Well, don’t get your hopes up.
She is not the most truthful person I know.
She told me the same thing.
A: Karen说我是她见过的较帅的男人。

B: 哦，不要得意太早了。
她总是言不由衷，她也对我说过遥的话。
【迷你小对话2】A: I can’t believe Mrs.
Tollinger gave me an F in economics!
I gave her the biggest Christmas and birthday gifts I could find.

B: Well, now I guess you know that it’s kind of a waste trying to bribe a teacher who is incorruptible.
A: 我真不敢相信Tollinger老师给我的经济学打了个不及格！
我给她的圣诞礼物和生日礼物可都是大礼啊。

B: 你遥应该知道了吧，试图贿赂一个廉洁的老师是白费心机。
【语言点精讲】get one’s hope up: 提高对……的期待。

truthful: 习惯说真话的。

bribe: 贿赂，行贿。

incorruptible: 廉洁的，不受腐蚀的。