迷你对话学地道口语第243期:微不足道 轻描淡写
时间:2019-02-15 作者:英语课 分类:迷你对话学地道口语
迷你对话:
A: I really don’t understand my parents. They always make light of my worries.
我真不理解我的父母,他们总是把我的烦恼看得微不足道。
B: They think you are just a child.
他们认为你只是个孩子嘛。
A: But the child has his own feeling.
可是孩子也有自己的感情啊!
B: Maybe you are right. Well, you can talk with them.
也许你说得对,那么可以和他们谈谈嘛。
地道表达:
make light of:不重视某事,轻视某事
支持范例:
You make light of your troubles but I know you are in difficulty.
你对你的麻烦事满不在乎,但我知道你有困难。
We should not make light of his illness.
我们不要对他的病情估计不足。
We should not make light of the present situation.
我们不要低估目前的形式。
词海拾贝:
talk with sb:和......交谈
Eg. I, indeed, talked comparatively little, but I heard him talk with relish 1.
我固然谈得比较少,可是我兴致勃勃地听他谈。
Eg. You can talk with my deputy 2 during my absence.
我不在时,你可与我的代理人谈。
Eg. I'd like to talk with your sale manager about something troublesome.
我想同你们销售经理谈点麻烦事。
- I have no relish for pop music.我对流行音乐不感兴趣。
- I relish the challenge of doing jobs that others turn down.我喜欢挑战别人拒绝做的工作。