The young man was terribly self-conscious because he had a wooden eye. His friends would often invite him dance parties, but he could never work up the courage to ask a girl to dance.
一位年轻人因为他有只木制的眼睛而感到非常自卑。他的朋友常会邀请他参加舞会，但他从没能鼓起勇气邀请女孩子跳舞。
But then, one evening, he spotted a girl with a wooden leg sitting sadly by herself. Apprehensively, he walked up to her and asked, “Would you like to dance?”
有一晚，他却不经意看见一位装了一只木制义肢的女孩独自伤心地坐在角落。他很谨慎地走向她问道“：你要不要跳舞呀?”
“Would I?!”she exclaimed.
“我要不要?”她惊叫。
“Oh, yeah? Well, you’ve got a wooden leg!”
“哦，怎么了 ?你有一只木制的义肢——(而我有一只木制的假眼，咱们应是天生的一对嘛!)。”
英语知识点解说：
1.be in the same boat 同病相怜
例：You've lost your girlfriend, and my girlfriend has just dumped me. We are in the same boat now.
(你丢了女友，而我女友也把我甩了。咱们现在是同病相怜。)
2.self-conscious a. 自卑的
conscious a. 有意识的
be conscious of... 对… 有所察觉
例：A true philosopher is always conscious of his duty.
(真正的哲学家随时都知道他的责任是什么。)
3.wooden a. 木制的
例：It's amazing that this wooden temple has survived so many years.
(令人讶异的是这座木造的寺庙竟然可以保存这么多年。)
4.work up the/one's courage 鼓起勇气
=pluck up the/one's courage
例：George finally plucked up his courage and asked for a raise—and the boss fired him.
(乔治终于鼓起勇气要求加薪，可是老板把他给解雇了。)
5.courage n. 勇气
例：It takes courage to admit a mistake.
(承认错误需要勇气。)
6.spot vt. 不经意地看见
例：I spotted John in the crowd.
(我无意间发现约翰在人群中。)
7.apprehensively ad. 担心地，小心翼翼地
apprehensive a. 忧惧的;担心的
例：We have good reason to be apprehensive about the future.
(我们有理由对未来感到忧虑。)
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