扮出一副勇敢麪孔

Put on a Brave Face
扮出一副勇敢麪孔

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　　Vicki: This is Real English from BBC Learning English. I'm Vicki.

　　Chen Li: 大家好!我是陳鸝。

　　Chen Li: 在今天的純正英語節目裡,我們要學的是什麽呢？Vicki?

　　Vicki: Today's new expression is an idiom – 'to put on a brave face'.

　　Chen Li: 'Put on a brave face'. 可以給大家解釋一下嗎？

　　Vicki: Well, 'put on a brave face' means to pretend that you are happy or confident when, in fact, you are not.

　　Chen Li: 聽起來似乎很複襍啊。

　　Vicki: Well, would you come to work crying if you were sad? No, you would put on a brave face.

　　Chen Li: 那麽， put on a brave face 就是說假裝很高興，或者很有信心，而實際上卻竝非如此。Vicki , 可以擧個例子嗎？

　　Vicki: Do you go to the dentist looking scared and nervous?

　　Chen Li: 希望不是這樣， 我盡力看上去很輕松，很有把握。

　　Vicki: That's right. You put on a brave face.

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　　A: He seems happy, even though his wife left him and he lost his job.

　　B: I think he's just trying to put on a brave face.

　　Vicki: Did you know John lost his job?

　　Chen Li: 是嗎？他是不是很傷心呢？

　　Vicki: Yes. But it's not obvious. He is still laughing and smiling all the time.

　　Chen Li: 是嗎？

　　Vicki: Yes. He's putting on a brave face.

　　Chen Li: 好樣的。

　　Vicki: Anyway, let's recap – to 'put on a brave face.

　　Chen Li: 這是一個成語，意思是裝出一副勇敢的麪孔。 好了，到這裡，節目時間也所賸不多了。

　　Vicki: Yes, we have to go. You've been listening to Real English from BBC Learning English. Join us again soon for more Real English. Bye.

　　Chen Li: 我們下次節目再見。