面子《笑死我的英文书》II
Giving Face
In Chinese, it’s very common for people to talk about “face”. However, when we try and translate that into English it can sound pretty awkward. Take a look at how one student translated the following：“I give you face, you don’t want a face, you lose your face, I turn my face! ”
在汉语中，谈论“面子”是很平常的。但是，当我们想把它翻译成英语的时候，听起来是那么的尴尬。看一下一个学生翻译的句子：“I give you face, you don’t want a face, you lose your face, I turn my face（我给你脸，你不要脸，你丢脸，我翻脸）!”
提示：
A better way of expressing the above sentence would be, “I’m giving you a chance to redeem yourself and yet you won’t take it. You shame yourself and you anger me.”
与“面子”相关的词汇：
embarrassedly [ im'bærəstli ] adv.尴尬地，难堪地
embarrassing [ im'bærəsiŋ ] adj.令人为难的
awkward [ 'ɔ:kwəd ] adj.别扭的；笨拙的
shameless [ 'ʃeimlis ] adj.不知羞耻的
shameful [ 'ʃeimful ] adj.不体面的
honour [ 'ɔnə ] n.尊敬，光荣
reputation [ .repju(:)'teiʃən ] n.名誉，名声
disgraceful [ dis'greisful ]adj.可耻的，不名誉的
be well thought of 深思熟虑的