扮出一副勇敢面孔

Put on a Brave Face
    扮出一副勇敢面孔
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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(jié)目里,我們要學(xué)的是什么呢？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: 聽起來似乎很復(fù)雜啊。
    Vicki: Well, would you come to work crying if you were sad? No, you would put on a brave face.
    Chen Li: 那么， put on a brave face 就是說假裝很高興，或者很有信心，而實(shí)際上卻并非如此。Vicki , 可以舉個(gè)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(gè)成語，意思是裝出一副勇敢的面孔。 好了，到這里，節(jié)目時(shí)間也所剩不多了。
    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(jié)目再見。