听力每日练习 listen 974 Sugarcoat

 
2--So I just looked inside your car.
 
1--Tell me what's wrong. And don't sugarcoat it. I can take it.
 
2--Your engine is destroyed. You need a new car.
 
1--Wow! You could have sugarcoated that news a little.
 
2--If you talk about a problem in a way that makes the issue seem more pleasant than it is...you are sugarcoating it.
 
1--This expression comes from drug makers.
 
2--In the past, they started putting sugar on some pills to make them easier to swallow.
 
1--When you sugarcoat bad news, you make it easier for the other person to hear.
 
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注解：
 
1.covering覆盖物
2.sugarcoat掩饰
3.swallow吞咽

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译文：

1--糖很甜很好吃。而外层是指某种东西的外面覆盖物。
2--刚才我看了下你车里面。
1--告诉我哪里坏了。不要有所掩饰。我能承受。
2--你的发动机彻底坏了。你得换新车了。
1--哇！你本来是可以掩饰一点点的。
2--如果你在谈论某个问题时，用的是和善的方式，而实际上事情更严重时，你就是在掩饰它了。
1--这个表述源自制药者。
2--过去，他们将糖裹在某些药物外面，使得药片更好吞咽。
1--当你掩饰坏消息时，听者会更容易接受。