【句子】Occasionally, we put on a show, as if to convince ourselves our secrets aren’t really all that terrible. 【Desperate Housewives S02E03】

【发音技巧】put on连读+闪音；on a连读；as if连读；convince ourselves连读；aren’t really不完全爆破；that terrible失去爆破；

【翻译】偶尔，我们会演戏，就好像我们的秘密并没有那么可怕一样。

今天学的是这样的一个短语，叫做put on a show，

这个短语的字面意思是：上演一出演出；表演一出节目；

而且口语中，可以在show前面加上good或者poor等等形容词。

比如说：

put on a good show 上演一出好戏；

put on a poor show 演了一出烂戏；

所以这样的短语对应的是什么样的英文解释呢？

一起来看看：

to attempt, do, or perform something with a particular level of quality (specified before "show")

eg: Every year, the city carolers put on a wonderful show in front of city hall.

每一年，城市圣诞颂歌团都会在市政厅前上演精彩的演出。

eg: Considering that the children had no help, they put on a marvellous show.

考虑到这些孩子都是自己完成的，他们的表演已经可以说是很精彩了。

eg: They put on a show of being interested, but I don’t think they really were.

他们表现出来一副很感兴趣的样子，但是我觉得他们不是真的感兴趣。

eg: The team put on a good show in the competition.

这支队伍在比赛中表现出色。

eg: Ms. Morris was determined to put on a show of family unity.

莫里斯女士决定演出一副全家团结的样子。

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Though they were heavily favored to win, the team put on a pretty poor show.

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