第22课 诚实正直的 - 2第22课：诚实正直的 - 2【迷你小对话】A: The teacher was really upset about that broken window.
Thank goodness Tommie has a reputation as a sincere, honest boy.

B: If he had not been straightforward with her, we would have all been in trouble.

A: He was direct and said we were all throwing snowballs and really didn’t know who had hit the window and he apologized.

B: Because of his candid response and childlike frankness she couldn’t be angry.
A: 老师对打破窗户的事很生气。
谢天谢地，Tommie一向被认为是个真诚、老实的孩子。

B: 要不是他向老师坦白了这件事，我们都会有麻烦的。

A: 他很直率，说我们当时都在扔雪球，真的没有注意是谁把窗玻璃打破的，还到了歉。

B: 他坦诚的回答和孩子般的率直让老师想生气也生不起来了。
【语言点精讲】have a reputation as: 有……的名声。

sincere: 不加任何掩饰的，诚实的，真挚的。

honest: 公正的，老实的，诚实的。

straightforward: 诚实的，坦诚的。

direct: 直截了当的，坦白的，率真的。

candid: （所说所写的）都是坦诚的，坦率的，直率而真诚的。