英语口语练习小对话 第545期:催人泪下的谎言

Subject：I knew then he had told me a sob story.

迷你对话

A: I knew when he had told me a sob story.

我后来才知道他说的都是假话。

B: He fooled you by telling you to enter the wrong classroom. That’s sick.

他在戏弄你，让您走错教室，太过分了。

1. 解释

Sob是“哭泣”的意思，story就是“故事”，而sob story的意思是“某人编造一个令人伤心的故事来赢得别人的同情，甚至与欺骗别人，让人给钱给他”。其英文解释为：a sad story that is likely to draw tears。

2. 例句

e.g. He set me up by telling me a sob story.

他讲一个悲伤的故事给我听，使我落入圈套。

e.g. The beggar told us a long sob story before she asked for money.

那个叫花子先给我们讲了一个长而催人泪下的故事，然后向我们讨钱。