迷你對話學地道口語第1846期:悲傷,壓抑

第一，迷你對話

A: What's the matter, Eric? You look down in the mouth today.

埃裏克，怎麼了？你今天看起來很傷心。

B: My girlfriend said good-bye to me.

我女朋友和我分手了。

A: Why did she leave you?

她爲什麼離開你？

B: I don't know. Maybe she just gets tired of me.

不知道。也許是討厭我了吧。

第二，詞海拾貝

down in the mouth

exp. Visibly sad or depressed. （悲傷，壓抑）

e.g George seemed a bit down in the mouth yesterday.

喬治昨天似乎有點悶悶不樂。

e.g. The bad news left her feeling reAlly down in the mouth.

這個壞消息使她真悲傷。

e.g. Paul looks down in the mouth because she failed in the attempt.

保羅因爲嘗試失敗看起來很沮喪。

e.g. Why is Jane down in the mouth? She seems happy all the morning.

簡爲什麼現在那麼垂頭喪氣？今天一上午她都很高興嘛。

第三，語彙積累

be tired of ：對......感到厭煩，厭倦

e.g. I' m tired of your never-ending complaints.

我聽膩了你那沒完沒了的抱怨。

e.g. I sent him away because I was tired of his idle chatter.

我把他趕走，因爲他那無聊的扯談使我厭煩。

e.g. I'm tired of your smart talk．Get off my back！

你的油腔滑調我已經聽夠了。別再煩我了！

e.g. I am tired of listening to you preach at me.

我懶得聽你對我講的大道理。

e.g. All right, have it your own way I'm tired of arguing.

好了, 隨你的便吧，我懶得和你爭了。