Sheepish
Neil: Hi, I'm Neil and this is Helen! Helen: Hello.
大家好！我是Neil，这位是Helen。 大家好！
Neil: What's wrong Helen? You're looking rather sheepish. Helen: Sheepish? Like a sheep? I know my jumper is quite woolly.
Helen，怎么了？你看起来有点局促不安呢！ sheepish?就像绵羊一样吗？ 我知道，我的套头衫全是羊毛做的。
Neil: I don't mean you look like a sheep. I mean you look sheepish, which is quite different!
不是，我不是说你看起来像只羊。 我说的是，你看起来有点sheepish，意思是完全不同的！
Helen: Of course, looking like a sheep and looking sheepish are two totally different things, obviously!
当然啦，‘看起来像只羊’和‘看起来sheepish’是两个完全不同的意思！
Neil: Yes. If I say you look like a sheep, it means, well, you look like a sheep. But if I say you look sheepish, it means you look embarrassed or ashamed about something.
是的，假如我说，you look like a sheep，嗯，我的意思就是，你看起来像只羊。 但是如果我说的是，you look sheepish，我的意思就是你看起来有点羞赧，好像因为什么而有点不好意思！
Helen: To look sheepish means you look embarrassed or ashamed – like you've done something wrong or silly? Neil: Yes!
look sheepish指的是‘看起来有点尴尬或者羞涩’，就像你做了什么错事或者傻事一样。 是的！
Helen: Ah, yes. Neil: Listen to some examples:
啊，是的！ 我们来听一些例句：
Tom walked into the room looking sheepish.
Tom走进了房间，一脸的难堪！
Emily grinned sheepishly as she closed the door behind her. James gave her a sheepish look.
Emily关上身后的门时，羞涩地笑了。 James尴尬地看了她一样！
Neil: So, come on Helen, why are you looking sheepish today? Helen: Ah, well...
那，Helen，你今天为什么会看起来局促不安呢？ 啊，嗯……
Neil: Yes? Helen: Well, you know that book you lent me? Neil: My favourite book of all time – the original edition of The Private lives of the Greatest Cats in History?
什么事呢？ 呃，你知道我借了你一本书是吧？ 我有史以来最喜欢的书——《The Private lives of the Greatest Cats in History》的原版。
Helen: Yes. Neil: OK Helen, now you're looking very sheepish indeed, so you'd better hurry up and tell me what happened to it.
是的。 好了，Helen，你现在看起来真的非常局促，你最好赶紧告诉我你到底把它怎么了！
Helen: I dropped it. Neil: You dropped it? Well I hope it's not damaged, otherwise I'll have to - Helen: ...in the river.
我弄掉了！ 你把它弄掉了？ 嗯，希望你没把它弄坏！不然的话，我得…… ……掉在河里面了！
Neil: In the river! You dropped it in the river! Helen: It was carried away, I couldn't get it out. Neil: Oh no!
河里面！ 你把它掉在河里面了！ 书被水冲走了！我没有法子捡起来！ 哦，不要啊！
Helen: I'm so sorry. That's why I am looking sheepish. Neil: You should be looking even more sheepish than that. In fact, I expect you to look sheepish for several days. It was the best book in the world! ‘Sheepish' doesn't do it justice...
对不起！ 这就是我为什么看起来很是尴尬难为情的样子！ 你应该要比这个更难为情才对！ 事实上，我希望你接下来的几十年都是这副表情！ 这可是世界上做好看书！看起来sheepish一点都不够！