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
a bad break
a dog
air furnace
Alcazaren
alloy diffused-base transistor
aloin test
anad
analytic posturology
antigalactosyl
Aquidneck Island
benzol-acetone
blochmann's corpuscle
burning bar
busbar bearing
button-out belt
Canis Major
carenum
catalyst-to-oil ratio
chemical pregnancy
CINS
co-grandmother
Coleptera
collar cloth
concentrated wave load
confocal backscatter laser velocimeter
contingent duty
covered arc welding
deh khvajah
downwash probability
encyclopedize, encyclopaedized
exempt dealer
five hundred miles
flat-abscess
forward series position
function generator
Fwbuilder
glutethimides
i-warre
impatronized
infection tube
Kayugoro
legal debate in court
Liliiflorae
linguistic semiotics
linsenerz (liroconite)
livens bomb
logical positivism
luxembourg-villes
machine buff
macroeddy current
magnetization vector
Mansell
Martin
method of exchange of members
mickelsons
modification of final judgement
molecular mixology
monodomains
monommids
multiculturals
multifunction display
multiplexed bus structure
natural fabric
nightops
noncoherent radar
numeric pager
oculocutaneous
orpines
out-drink
overpersuasion
Palmilsulfadiazine
pedesis
photobision
physical security measures
placitus
polyetherin
private patients
QPAT
quotient Lie group
ra-ra skirt
Radix superior
re-amplified
reed sweep
relay valve top cover
rhythm band
scanning high energy electron diffraction (sheed)
sciaenidaes
serian
simulcast
square law
stacked beam
subject to the scrutinyof
third speed gear
torque-rod
tripping lines
uneven numbers
uniform customs and practice of commercial documentary credits
vacuum-tube emission
VFVV
winnebagos
working cycle diagram
zone purification device