面子 giving face
true story 真实故事
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 dace!”
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）！”
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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 —adv.尴尬地，难堪地
embarrassing —adj.令人为难的
awkward —adj.别扭的;笨拙的
shameless —adj.不知羞耻的
shameful —adj.不体面的
honour —n.尊敬，光荣
reputation —n.名誉，名声
disgraceful —adj.可耻的，不名誉的
be well thought of—深思熟虑的