《英语口语 一语千说》第五篇 友好交际（一） 04品头论足

品头论足

1. 词组句型

责任

duty, responsibility

sentence patterns:

I do it purely out of a sense of duty.

It's my duty to clean the house.

It's my responsibility to lock the doors.

沉默的，不爱说话的

reserved, quiet, reticent

sentence patterns:

He is reticent about his plans.

She seemed reticent on the subject of her past.

She is a quiet girl.

When other talked about the thing, he always kept reserved.

失望

let somebody down, disappoint

sentence patterns:

What he did never let the others down.

I can't disappoint my public by retiring.

说别人坏话

speak ill of somebody, backbiter

sentence patterns:

We have no reason to speak ill of the others freely.

Is she a backbiter?

自大的

proud, conceited, arrogant

sentence patterns:

She is proud of her new house.

I am proud to know my new friend, Tom.

He is so arrogant that he always looks down upon the people around him.

古怪的

weird, bizarre

sentence patterns:

The little boy's action is quite weird.

He is bizarre.