办公室最实用的英语口语：发火
英语课
生活中，工作中难免会有一些让人生气的事情，在职场中，人们是怎么谈论的呢?我们来看下面几段小对话吧。
(1)
Clara: What happened just now, Mark? You weren't very kind when you were talking with Ted 1. What do you have against him?
克拉拉：马克，刚才怎么回事?你和泰德说话的态度不是很好啊。你对他有什么不满吗?
Mark: I just don't like him at all.
马克：我就是不喜欢他。
Clara: Why? Is there something in particular?
克拉拉：为什么?有什么特别的原因吗?
Mark: Well, he has such a mean streak 2 in him! I went to his office to ask him for some help, and he simply turned up his nose at me! I was so angry that I wanted to slap him! He wasn't like that before he got the job. Now he's such a snob 3!
马克：他太刻薄太无礼了!我刚才去他办公室找他帮忙，他理都不理我一下!气死我了，真想扇他一巴掌!他没坐这个职位以前不是这样的，真势利!
Clara: You want my advice? Let it go.
克拉拉：想听听我的建议吗?别去想了。
Mark: Of course, logically I know you're right, but somehow I just can't bring myself to forget it. Even the mention of his name starts me fuming 4.
马克：当然，按理说你是对的，可是我就是过不去。就连提他的名字都让我火大。
(2)
Judy: You look like you're fuming. What's going on?
朱蒂：你气得快冒烟了。怎么了?
Andy: The boss is being unreasonable 5! He flared 6 up at me, making a mountain out of molehill!
安迪：老板太不讲理了!一点小事就冲我发火。
Judy: What's the "molehill" he made a mountain out of?
朱蒂：什么小事?
Andy: I only made a few more copies, and I didn't think it was any big deal, but he blew up at me!
安迪：我就多复印了几份文件，没什么大不了的，他就发火了。
Judy: Well, he has been under a lot of pressure recently. The company has been losing money and he's been a little bit depressed 7.
朱蒂：哎，他最近压力挺大的。公司一直亏损，他有点沮丧。
Andy: Well, I know he has the blues 8, but it doesn't mean he can vent 9 his anger on me.
安迪：我知道他心情不好，可是他也不能冲我撒气呀。
(3)
Jane: You look so angry. What happened?
简：你看起来很生气呀，怎么了?
Mark: Nothing. I'd rather not talk about it. Just don't ask.
马克：没什么，我不想说，所以别问了。
Jane: Come on. I think you need to let off some steam. Besides, you shouldn't keep your feelings pent up. They'll eat you alive. So, talk to me.
简：来吧，我觉得你应该把愤怒发泄出来。而且不能压抑自己的情绪，它们会吞了你的。跟我说说。
Mark: All right. This morning I took my car to the garage to have them check the air-conditioner. They only gave it a once-over, refilled it with some Freon, and charged me 300 bucks 10!
马克：好吧。我今天早上去修车厂修车里的空调，他们就随便看了一下，加了点氟利昂，就要我300块钱!
Jane: No wonder you're livid. I'd be mad, too, if someone ripped me off like that.
简：怪不得你脸都绿了。如果人家这么打发我的话，我也会很生气的。
Mark: Yeah. AND they were rude. They said I didn't know anything about cars, which I don't, but they didn't have to be so blunt!
马克：是啊，更过分的是他们很无礼。他们说我根本不懂车，我是不懂，可是他们也不能这么说我呀!
Jane: Sounds like you got a raw deal! Maybe you should file a complaint with the Consumer Protection Agency.
简：看来你真是受到了很糟的待遇。你可以向消费者保护协会投诉他们。
vt.翻晒，撒，撒开
- The invaders gut ted the village.侵略者把村中财物洗劫一空。
- She often teds the corn when it's sunny.天好的时候她就翻晒玉米。
n.条理，斑纹，倾向，少许，痕迹；v.加条纹，变成条纹，奔驰，快速移动
- The Indians used to streak their faces with paint.印第安人过去常用颜料在脸上涂条纹。
- Why did you streak the tree?你为什么在树上刻条纹？
n.势利小人，自以为高雅、有学问的人
- Going to a private school had made her a snob.上私立学校后，她变得很势利。
- If you think that way, you are a snob already.如果你那样想的话，你已经是势利小人了。
愤怒( fume的现在分词 )； 大怒； 发怒； 冒烟
- She sat in the car, silently fuming at the traffic jam. 她坐在汽车里，心中对交通堵塞感到十分恼火。
- I was fuming at their inefficiency. 我正因为他们效率低而发火。
adj.不讲道理的，不合情理的，过度的
- I know that they made the most unreasonable demands on you.我知道他们对你提出了最不合理的要求。
- They spend an unreasonable amount of money on clothes.他们花在衣服上的钱太多了。
adj.沮丧的，抑郁的，不景气的，萧条的
- When he was depressed,he felt utterly divorced from reality.他心情沮丧时就感到完全脱离了现实。
- His mother was depressed by the sad news.这个坏消息使他的母亲意志消沉。
n.抑郁，沮丧；布鲁斯音乐
- She was in the back of a smoky bar singing the blues.她在烟雾弥漫的酒吧深处唱着布鲁斯歌曲。
- He was in the blues on account of his failure in business.他因事业失败而意志消沉。
n.通风口，排放口；开衩；vt.表达，发泄
- He gave vent to his anger by swearing loudly.他高声咒骂以发泄他的愤怒。
- When the vent became plugged,the engine would stop.当通风口被堵塞时，发动机就会停转。
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