My friend Leo makes up weak and poor excuses whenever there are something he doesn't want to do.

我的朋友里欧只要有不想做的事情，就说一些差劲的借口。

I love you, he said. It's a poor excuse for what I'm doing, but it's still true.

“我爱你，”他说道。“这实在是一个蹩脚的借口，一个用来解释我所做的一切的借口，但这确实是真的。”

" Didn't mean to" , I mean, this is quite a poor excuse, but it sounds polite, doesn't it?

" 我不是故意的" ，我觉得这是一个很差的借口，但这听起来十分礼貌，不是吗？

Passage Two My friend Leo makes up weak and poor excuses whenever there are something he doesn't want to do.

段落二我的朋友里欧只要有不想做的事情，就说一些差劲的借口。

Last weekend, Leo offered the poorest excuse yet.

上周末，Leo 提供了迄今为止最糟糕的借口。

That's a poor excuse for picking a man's pocket every twenty fifth of December!

每十二月二十五日就偷别人的口袋，这是一个糟糕的借口！