英語口語練習小對話 第874期:譴責,斥責

第一， 迷你對話

A: Stop it! You used to call me on the carpet and buy something which is much cheaper.

夠了！你過去常常斥責我買便宜的東西。

B: It’s not me who degrades you. You degrade yourself. You often go back on your words and try to fool us around.

不是我侮辱你，是你自己在侮辱你自己，你總是說話不算數，還騙得我們團團轉。

A: It’s unfair to say so.

這麼說我不公平。

B: You’d better zip your lips. You will know what I feel when you become a father, having a son who is exactly the same as you.

你閉嘴，將來你的兒子也這樣，你就明白我的感受了。

第二， 地道表達

call someone on the carpet

1. 解詞釋義

Call someone on the carpet中的on the carpet的意思是“訓斥”，在此做補語，因此，其意思爲“嚴厲斥責某人”。此外，on the carpet還有“在考慮中，在審議中”的意思。

2. 拓展例句

e.g. He called his secretary on the carpet for losing a very important document.

他因祕書丟失一份重要文件而嚴厲斥責她。

e.g. She would rather have had her mistakes spoken about, even she would be called on the carpet.

她寧可叫他們儘量數說自己的錯處，即使是極嚴厲的斥責。

e.g. The boy was so rough and rude that his mother called him on the carpet.

那男孩太粗野無理，他母親嚴厲地斥責了他。

His smile disappeared, which seemed that he would call someone else on the carpet.

他的笑容不見了，貌似要斥責人的樣子。

第三， 詞海拾貝

1. on the carpet：(1)斥責，責備 (2)在考慮中，在審議中

e.g. The boss had me on the carpet over my expenses claim.

因爲索取報銷費的事, 老闆把我叫去訓了一頓。

e.g. The question doesn't seem to be on the carpet for me at all.

對我來說，這個問題不在研究之列。

2. go back on one’s words：說話不算數，出爾反爾

e.g. Don't say yes at a meeting and go back on your words and say no after it.

不要開會時贊成，會後又反悔說不贊成。

e.g. How could you think I would go back on my words? I am not his sort, who is fickle and always blowing hot and cold.

你怎麼知道我會變卦？可不是他那號人，整天喜怒無常的，說變就變。

e.g. I mean what I say and shall never react go back on my words.

我講話是算數的， 決不反悔。

fool around：虛度光陰，終日荒嬉，遊手好閒

e.g. If you go to college, you must study seriously and not fool around.

你若要考上大學，你就必須努力學習，不要浪費時間。

e.g. Where does she get the impression that American students are fool around all the time ?

她怎麼會認爲美國學生總是閒蕩?

e.g. They always fool around when the boss is not in the office.

老闆不在辦公室的時候，他們總是到處閒蕩。

zip your lips：閉嘴不言，不發一言

e.g. Zip your lips. Can't you see they're annoyed?

閉上嘴!難道你看不出來人家不愛聽嗎?

e.g. Oh, zip your lips! No more of your nonsense!

呃，閉嘴！不要再瞎說八道了！

the same as：和……一樣

e.g. Pound's valuation was the same as mine.

龐德的見解和我相同。

e.g. These two pictures are just the same as one another.

這兩幅畫彼此完全相同。

第四， 語法點撥

1. You used to call me on the carpet and buy something which is much cheaper.

要點解析：此句是一個由並列連詞連接了2個分句，在第二個分句中含有一個定語從句：which is much cheaper，修飾先行詞something。Something是不定代詞，表示物，那麼表示物的可以用作引導詞的that和which中只能選擇which。

2. You will know what I feel when you become a father, having a son who is exactly the same as you.

要點解析：此句是含有現在分詞短語的複合句，現在分詞短語是：having a son who is exactly the same as you，它充當時間狀語。在這個現在分詞短語中含有一個由指代人的引導詞who引導的定語從句：who is exactly the same as you，它修飾其先行詞son。