迷你对话:
A: How is the result of your lab test?
你的检查结果怎么样?
B: When it comes to that, I have a lot to say.
说来话长了。
A: Then say it.
说来听听。
B: When I went back to my doctor to hear the results of my lab tests, I tried to keep a poker face even though I was scared to death. Then you guess what he said.
我去医生那儿看化验结果的时候,我害怕得要死,不过我还是装硬作没有事儿一样,你猜他怎么说。
A: That’s just what I want to know.
我想知道的就是这个呀。
B: He told me the tests were negative and there was nothing wrong with me.
他说结果是阴性,我没事儿。
地道表达:
keep a poker face
解词释义:
人们在玩牌的时候,为了防止别人知晓自己牌的好坏,常常要面无表情,隐藏自己的心理状况,所以poker face意思是“好无表情的脸,不动声色的脸”,意思即:面无表情。
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