Unit 7 抱怨 & 指责
抱怨 A: I am sick and tired of doing the same thing over and over again. 我厌倦了老是做同样的事情。 *be sick and tired of sth 厌倦某事 *over the over again 一再地 B: You know, patience is a good virtue. 你知道吗，耐心是美德。 *patience (n.) 耐心 patient (a.) 有耐心的 be patient with… 对……有耐心 *virtue (n.) 美德
A: The traffic here really sucks A: The traffic here really sucks. I’m always stuck in traffic during the rush hour. 这儿的交通真是糟透了。我在交通尖峰时间老是被塞在路上。 *suck (vi.) 很糟 *be stuck in traffic 塞车 *rush hour 交通尖峰时间 B : You can say that again. Traffic jams are a nightmare. 你说得没错。塞车真是场噩梦。 *nightmare (n.) 噩梦
投诉与处理客诉 A: I need to express my dissatisfaction with the sanitary conditions in my room. 我对我房间的卫生环境不满意。 *sanitary (a.) 卫生的 *condition (n.) 环境(此意时常用复数) B: We feel sincerely sorry about that. We will take care of this problem immediately. 我们对此诚心感到抱歉。我们将立刻处理此问题。 *take care of sth / deal with sth 处理某事
责备 A: Look what you have done. Are you out of your mind? 看你做了什麽。你疯了吗？ *be out of one’s mind 某人疯了 B: Sorry, I don’t know what has got into me. 抱歉，我不知道我怎麽了？ *What has got into sb? 某人怎麽了？
地道表达 A: Your boss lost his temper and shouted at you again? 你老板又发脾气对你大吼? *lose one’s temper 某人发脾气 *shout at sb / yell at sb 对某人 B: Yes, this is the last straw. I can’t stand it anymore. I quit. 是的，这是压垮骆驼的最后一根稻草。我再也无法忍受了。我 辞职。 *the last straw (that breaks the camel’s back) 压垮骆驼的最后一根 稻草；终于使人不堪忍受的最后一件事 *stand (vt.) 忍受[= put up with sth / bear sth] *quit (vi.&vt.) 辞职[= resign (vi.)]
A: I think I have too much on my plate A: I think I have too much on my plate. I find it difficult to multitask and I can hardly concentrate on my work. 我想我工作太多了。我发现我很难同时处理多份工 作，我几乎无法专注于手边的工作。 *have too much on my plate (问题或工作等)成堆 multi-task (vi.) 同时做多样工作 hardly (adv.) 几乎不 concentrate (vi.) 专注于 B: Why don’t you take the problem up with the manager. 你何不向经理反应这个问题呢？ *take sth up with sb 向某人提出某问题
『晒日光浴』可以用单词 sunbathe 或短语 get a tan / suntan。还有一个地 道的说法叫 soak up some rays。soak up sth 表『(通过感官或身心)吸取』rays 就是『太阳光线』，另外也可以说 catch / get / grab some rays。
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