純正地道美語 第134期(外教講解):振作起來
A: Ok... I’ll talk to you later. Bye
B: Carrie, are you ok? You seem a bit down.
A: I just got off the phone with my boyfriend. He is always getting upset and losing his temper over nothing. It’s so hard to talk to him at times.
B: Maybe it’s just that he is stressed out from work or something. He does have a pretty nerve wracking job you know.
A:Yeah but, he is always in a really foul mood. I try to find out what’s bothering him or get him to talk about his day but, he always shuts down and brushes me off.
B: Men are like that you can feel nervous, anxious or on edge and the only way they can express it is by trying to hide it through aggressiveness.
A:I guess you are right. What do you think I should do? He wasn’t always this grouchy you know...
B: Talk to him, try to cheer him up when he is down and if that doesn’t work, I say get rid of him and get a new one!
A: You are something else you know that?
【文章大意】
Carrie和她的男朋友吵架了，因爲她的男朋友總是易怒，容易發脾氣。另一個人勸她說：可能是她男友因爲工作而心情不好，勸Carrie想辦法讓男友振作起來。
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down adj. 沮喪的；意氣消沉的
stress out 使人感到擔憂或焦慮
Studying for exams always stresses me out.
爲考試而學習總是讓我擔憂。
nerve wracking使人十分緊張的, 傷腦筋的
He faced a nerve-racking wait for her test results.
他正在緊張地等待考試結果。
brush off不願見(或聽)，不理睬
She gave me the brush-off.
她不理我。
cheer up (使)高興起來，(使)振作起來
Try and cheer up a bit; life isn't that bad!
想辦法高興點兒，生活並不是那麼糟！
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down in the dumps 感到難過，不高興
have the blues 感到難過
rattled （rattle過去分詞）使驚慌失措
grinds my gears 惹怒我，令我生氣
pissed off 十分生氣，惹惱的
You get really pissed off applying for jobs all the time.
一直在申請工作，你一定很惱火。
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n. 脾氣，性情
vt. 使緩和，調和 <
temper時間→不同的時間不同的心情→脾氣；心情;調和 rattle['rætl]
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vi. 嘎嘎作響，喋喋不休
vt. 使激動，使
讀：rat偷，老鼠偷東西要把門咬一個洞－使格格作響 brush[brʌʃ]
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n. 刷子，畫筆
n. 灌木叢
n.
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n. 緊張，壓力
v. 強調，着重
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adj. 心煩的，苦惱的，不安的
v. 推翻，
up上，set放置：上下倒置－顛覆
