【英语口语练习册】令人害怕的事物

托德问南鞠有没有令他感到害怕的东西，南鞠竟然连眼镜蛇都不害怕。

Todd: Uhm, so Nanju, I'm going to ask you about things that people are sometimes afraid of. Are you afraid of flying?

 

Nanju: No

 

Todd: No. Do you fly a lot?

 

Nanju: No, if I am getting opportunity I will be very happy.

 

Todd: Really!

 

Nanju: Yeah sure!

 

Todd: OK, are you afraid of snakes?

 

Nanju: No.

 

Todd: No!

 

Nanju: No.

 

Todd: Now, India has cobras.

 

Nanju: Yeah, it's a lot of cobras. I have seen a lot of cobras, and fighting with cobras, each other, but run away so I can not.

 

Todd: So, you're not afraid of cobras?

 

Nanju: No

 

Todd: Like have you ever seen a cobra by your house?

 

Nanju: Yeah, I have seen a lot of cobras, which is going to be 12 feet.

 

Todd: Really!

 

Nanju: Yeah, sure.

 

Todd: And your not afraid?

 

Nanju: No, I will get some sticks and go through about from my home or something.

 

Todd: So you get a stick and you go and kill it?

 

Nanju: No, I won't kill it. Killing¹ of cobra is very illegal in India. Not illegal, it's like god, so we won't.

 

Todd: Sin². It's a sin. Oh, wow.

 

Nanju: So we won't kill that cobra or something.

 

Todd: Wow, very fascinating. Thank you.

1 killing   

n.巨额利润；突然赚大钱，发大财

参考例句：

• Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
• Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。

2 sin   

n.罪，罪孽，过失；vi.犯罪，违反

参考例句：

• It's a sin to waste food.浪费食品是一种罪过。
• It's a sin to be indoors on holiday.假期中待在家里实在是罪过。