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
Abu Ali al-Husain ibn Abdallah ibn Sina
AcChR
account of payments
al bayda
arsenic rhodanate
arteriosclerisis
automatic error request equipment
bankman
barytsaltpeter (baryt-saltpeter)
berhanu
Bint Ruqayyah
Brief Lives
brothers in arms
chaprassis
chemical monitoring
Cordattes
counterfort wall
cruising way
cybercurrency
decision making package formal
deltoid reflex
derivatization
double wall box
emotional structure
end of job processing
Epocryl
erosional valley
evaluation of new technology
gielgud
gobicus
Gur-baal
head effect
homotopy unit element
hustons
hypolide
import from
inertly
Inferior Oolite Series
intermediate-frame
inward transfer room
ionization foaming
jarek
Juniperus horizontalis
Kamitakara
Kiel Canal lamp
L-Alpha-Bisabolol
Liande, L.
look-good
low flying
mad as a hornet
magnetizing magnetic field
Mavinite
micropinocytotic vesicles
movable-scale indicator
multilateral tariff negotiation
new-to-me
nmist fan motor
octahedral iron ore
oil recess
pac-xtra
patterned glass
pepe passage
permanent magnetic separator
peronate
possum haw
postulational method
power plant design
pPT79
premna integrifolia l.
Primula poissonii
principal thing
put your arms around
re-engineering
realize the value
resistance to thermal cycling
roed
sadeqs
Samecin
seekers
SEN
sexual-deviation
square work
stem cup
stream fluting
structural intertextuality
surge protector
swelling behaviour number
swept along
take it all in
tegel
tissue-specific gene knockout
to caulk
to the dot of an i
trailing section loss
unilateral rolling strata
unlawful allocation
uranic
variable frequency synchro generator
VEDV
weaselling
Wrench in the works
Wurlitzers