BBC初级口语:你的朋友好像放你鸽子了~~
【对话文本】
VICKI: Picture this:You're standing in the rain waiting for your date
MATT: You've been waiting for a long time.
VICKI: Where are they?
MATT: It looks like they've stood you up!
VICKI: Yup. They've arranged a date, but they're not coming - they've stood you up.
MATT: It's horrible being stood up.
VICKI: You feel that they've let you down!
MATT: They've not done what they said they'd do.
【参考译文】
VICKI:想像一下：你站在雨中等你的约会对象。
MATT: 你等了很久。
VICKI:他们在哪儿？
MATT: 看来，他们好像是爽约了。
VICKI:是的，他们约好了的，但是他们没来——他们放你鸽子了。
MATT: 被人放鸽子真不是滋味。
VICKI:他们让你失望了。
MATT: 他们没有履行自己的诺言。
【口语突破】
've stood you up!
他们放你鸽子了
stood sb. up:If a boyfriend or girlfriend stands you up, they fail to keep an arrangement to meet you.
爽约
First she agreed to come out with me, then she stood me up.
她先是同意跟我出去，後来又爽约了。
feel that they've let you down!
他们让你失望了。
let you down：a feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized放下，降低，使失望
如：Don't let your friends down.不要让你的朋友失望。
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