纯正地道美语 第134期(外教讲解):振作起来

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 foul¹ 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 know.They 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 grouchy² 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，因为她的男朋友总是易怒，容易发脾气。另一个人劝她说：可能是她男友因为工作而心情不好，劝Carrie想办法让男友振作起来
 

1 foul   

adj.污秽的；邪恶的；v.弄脏；妨害；犯规；n.犯规

参考例句：

• Take off those foul clothes and let me wash them.脱下那些脏衣服让我洗一洗。
• What a foul day it is!多么恶劣的天气！

2 grouchy   

adj.好抱怨的；愠怒的

参考例句：

• Grouchy people are always complaining for no reason.满腹牢骚的人总是毫无理由地抱怨。
• Sometimes she is grouchy, but all in all she is an excellent teacher.有时候她的脾气很坏，但总的来说她还是一位好老师。