中英文本

We're in the Same Boat
同病相怜
The young man was terribly self-conscious because he had a wooden eye.
一位年轻人因为他有只木制的眼睛而感到非常自卑。
His friends would often invite him to dance parties,
他的朋友常会邀请他参加舞会，
but he could never work up the courage to ask a girl to dance.
但他从没能鼓起勇气邀请女孩子跳舞。
But then, one evening, he spotted a girl With a wooden leg sitting sadly by herself.
有一晚，他却不经意看见一位装了一只木制义肢的女孩独自伤心地坐在角落。
Apprehensively, he walked up to her and asked,
他很谨慎地走向她问道：
"Would you like to dance?"
“你要不要跳舞呀?”
"Would I? ! " she exclaimed.
“我要不要? ”她惊叫。
"Oh, yeah? Well, you've got a wooden leg!"
“哦，怎么了?你有一只木制的义肢(而我有一只木制的假眼，咱们应是天生的一对嘛!)。”

重点讲解

1.Same Boat 同病相怜;相同遭遇

例句：Of course. We're in the same boat for two terms.
当然，我们共患难了两个学期。

2.self-conscious 自觉地；自发的

例句：He was keenly sensitive, hopelessly self-conscious.
他非常神经过敏，自惭形秽得到了不可救药的地步。

3.work up 逐步建立；激发

例句：The speaker was determined to work up the feelings of his audience.
这位演说者决意要激发起听众的情感。

4.walked up to 走向；走近
例句：A stranger walked up to me and asked me the time.
一位陌生人走近我，问我几点了。