时间:2018-12-02 作者:英语课 分类:美语怎么说


英语课

   Jessica在北京学中文,她的中国朋友要是遇到了不知道用美语怎么说的词,就会来请教她。今天是于苗要问的:换位思考。


  YM: Hey Jessica! How's it going?...你怎么看起来气呼呼的?
  Jessica:  I AM angry! One of my friend said she's going to come visit me, but she canceled her trip AT THE LAST MINUTE! I've saved my entire weekend for her!
  YM: 啊? 这可真扫兴,不过你有没有问她,为什么不来了呢?
  Jessica: She said a very important client is coming to town over the weekend, and she got the opportunity to accompany them.
  YM: 哦,原来是这样。你想想,你朋友刚开始工作,能有这么好的接触大客户的机会,你应该为她高兴呀! 试着换位思考一下嘛!
  Jessica: 换位思考?....哦,我知道了,you are telling me to put myself in her shoes. Yeah, I guess I'm being a little harsh 1.
  YM: 对啊! 她一定也很想跟好朋友过个休闲的周末,but sometimes you've got to sacrifice your personal life for work, especially when you are new at your job! Jessica, 你这么善解人意,一定明白的!
  Jessica: Yeah, I guess I should be more considerate.
  YM: 哦! 原来善解人意就是 considerate! 我其实特别明白你朋友的心情,我感同身受! Hmm, 这个“感同身受”用美语要怎么说呢?
  Jessica: You can say it strikes a chord 2. Strike is spelled s-t-r-i-k-e; and chord, c-h-o-r-d, chord. If something strikes a chord, it means it evokes 3 a similar emotion or reaction. 就是你说的感同身受!
  YM: 原来是这样! Yes, your friend's situation strikes a chord with me!
  Jessica: You know, Yumiao, I think you are right. I will call her and apologize for overreacting, and I will wish her good luck!
  YM:  我来总结一下今天所学的:第一,换位思考叫做 put oneself in someone else's shoes;
  第二,善解人意可以用 considerate;
  第三,感同身受,叫做 strike a chord!

1 harsh
adj.严厉(酷)的,刺耳的,刺目的,毛糙的
  • The sunlight is very harsh.太阳光很刺眼。
  • Although his words are harsh,there is positiveness in them.虽然他的话很苛刻,但有建设性。
2 chord
n.和弦,和音,弦,心弦
  • Her speech struck a deep chord in my heart.她的话深深地拨动了我的心弦。
  • This is a chord of a circle.这是个圆的弦。
3 evokes
产生,引起,唤起( evoke的第三人称单数 )
  • The film evokes chilling reminders of the war. 这部电影使人们回忆起战争的可怕场景。
  • Each type evokes antibodies which protect against the homologous. 每一种类型都能产生抗同种病毒的抗体。
标签: 美语 换位思考
学英语单词
accuminate
act of force
aerofluxus
aim of science
alkaline resistant flooring
American Indian
Amorphophallus rivieri Durieu
arachnoidid
beef jerky
captured source
cartel-ship
catarrhus perennialis
chester alan arthurs
chickas
Clianthus puniceus
climatising
clip plate
Clive Staples Lewis
concourss
connected open subset
control operation
Cornus macrophylla
cryogenic absorption
defiable
DSL filter
eastern flowering dogwood
elaeocytes
electrolytic capacitor
exponential region
fibre-network yarn
fire-raisings
force-feed lubricating system
franz liszts
garic
graphite plastic
Harrison Seamount
hassams
hooooo
inconstans
information operator
inspire with
intermediate laryngeal cavity
Jacobitisms
killings
lagosin
lamed
Las Navas de la Concepción
looseness of teeth
make sheep's eyes at
mammilli-
matthiessens standard
media mix
merge-purge
microwave surface resistance
molybdate glass
mpxable device
myocardiocyte
neolactose
nuclear fusion physics
object declaration
ochterus marginatus
odontinoid
onthophagus (onthophagiellus) taiyaruensis
optimal stopping time
oxide chemistry
oxytriphylline
Pentymalum
polititian
psophometric power
radiolucency
reheat stage
reversible mutation
risk hedging
rubber sheeting
Salcetogen
salonistes
satellite interceptor
scannable resume
sea cucumber in chili sauce
set the stage for
Siko
simonon
single point moorings
skeletal traction tqrongh distal end of femur
slipway platform
slope collar
smother ... in
software technology
studiosity
subcritical treatment
sweatshirts
tapestry beetles
tavoys
tetragonal trisoctahedron
topsin
triaxons
turbine stator
ultra-disperse dye
umbrella organ
undertoning
unwoundable
welfarite