【英语时差8，16】男友家人入侵我们公寓
时间：2019-02-23 作者：英语课 分类：英语时差8，16
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Dear Annie:
I live with my boyfriend, "Mike," in a very small apartment. Last month, his mother and 14-year-old sister moved in. They had nowhere else to go.
His mom has no money and nothing to contribute except for some food stamps, which keep the pantries slightly stocked 1. When we buy food, we have to buy enough for four.
We have no idea when she will be able to move out. Our electric bill has doubled and we are paying a lot more for water. Mike and I are having trouble making ends meet, and I don't sense much effort on his mother's part to find work. She is only looking for a specific type of job.
This is taking a toll 2 on our relationship. How do we tell her to just take any job she can get and move out? － Squished
Dear Squished:
You can't tell her anything. Mike has to do it. Mike needs to give Mom a deadline for getting a job (perhaps three months), making it clear that if she cannot find one in her particular field by then, she must take whatever allows her to pay rent. She should not be freeloading. However, Mike may be unwilling 3 to stick with such an ultimatum 4, so consider moving out until this resolves 5 itself.
I live with my boyfriend, "Mike," in a very small apartment. Last month, his mother and 14-year-old sister moved in. They had nowhere else to go.
His mom has no money and nothing to contribute except for some food stamps, which keep the pantries slightly stocked 1. When we buy food, we have to buy enough for four.
We have no idea when she will be able to move out. Our electric bill has doubled and we are paying a lot more for water. Mike and I are having trouble making ends meet, and I don't sense much effort on his mother's part to find work. She is only looking for a specific type of job.
This is taking a toll 2 on our relationship. How do we tell her to just take any job she can get and move out? － Squished
Dear Squished:
You can't tell her anything. Mike has to do it. Mike needs to give Mom a deadline for getting a job (perhaps three months), making it clear that if she cannot find one in her particular field by then, she must take whatever allows her to pay rent. She should not be freeloading. However, Mike may be unwilling 3 to stick with such an ultimatum 4, so consider moving out until this resolves 5 itself.
vt.提供货物（stock的过去式与过去分词形式）
- The shop is well stocked with goods of all kinds. 商店里各色货物，一应俱全。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- He stocked his shop with tinned goods. 他为自己的商店补充罐装食品。 来自《简明英汉词典》
n.过路(桥)费；损失，伤亡人数；v.敲(钟)
- The hailstone took a heavy toll of the crops in our village last night.昨晚那场冰雹损坏了我们村的庄稼。
- The war took a heavy toll of human life.这次战争夺去了许多人的生命。
adj.不情愿的
- The natives were unwilling to be bent by colonial power.土著居民不愿受殖民势力的摆布。
- His tightfisted employer was unwilling to give him a raise.他那吝啬的雇主不肯给他加薪。
n.最后通牒
- This time the proposal was couched as an ultimatum.这一次该提议是以最后通牒的形式提出来的。
- The cabinet met today to discuss how to respond to the ultimatum.内阁今天开会商量如何应对这道最后通牒。