情景对话：

A: What's funny?

什么事这么好笑？

B: You can't imagine what Ted is most afraid of.

你想象不出泰德最怕什么。

A: Do you know?

你知道吗？

B: Yeah. It's the mouse. Ted is so scared by mice that he shakes in his shoes whenever he sees one.

我知道，他最怕的是老鼠，他一看见老鼠就吓得发抖。

第一， 词海拾贝

shake in one’s shoes

exp. To be very nervous or afraid. （非常紧张，非常害怕，吓得发抖）

e.g. That poor kid is shaking in his shoes up there on stage.

那可怜的孩子在舞台上很紧张。

e.g. I may seem confident when I'm leading a training seminar but I'm really shaking in my shoes most of the time.

当我主持一个培训研讨会时，我可能看起来很自信，但实际上大多数时候我都非常紧张。

e.g. Policemen always make me shake in my shoes even if I've done nothing wrong.

尽管我没有做过什么坏事，但见到警察，我总吓得两腿直打哆嗦。

e.g. What about the danger of war, which is making us all shake in our shoes at present?

如何看待当前这种使我们每个人都不寒而栗的战争危险呢？（名作英译）

第二， 语汇积累

be afraid of：害怕

e.g. The shop assistant was not in the least afraid of the trouble.

那店员一点也不怕麻烦。

e.g. I was afraid of the boy and I had an urge to run away from him.

我害怕那个男孩，我很想跑开。