Eztalk美语【50】Tired and stressed 又累压力又大

Brooke meets with Shan

Shan: How's the bride-to-be?
Brooke: Tired and stressed. This wedding is giving me a headache.
Shan: Just relax. With me as your maid of honor, everything will be fine!
Brooke: I'm worried that everything will be chaotic¹!
Shan: Hey! I'm the tour guide. I'll take care of the Taiwanese guests.
Brooke: You're going to have to tell them what to do in church, what everything means...
Shan: I will. Don't worry!

bride-to-be (n.) 　
准新娘。名词之后加上-to-be即为「准…，未来的…」之意，如「准妈妈」mother-to-be

stressed (a.) 　
感到压力大的
A: Are you feeling OK? You look tired.
你还好吧？你看起来很累。
B: I'm totally stressed out.
我压力大到崩溃了。

maid of honor (n.) 　
伴娘

chaotic (a.) 　
混乱的

tour guide (n.) 　
向导

布鲁克跟阿珊碰面

阿 珊：当准新娘的感觉如何啊？
布鲁克：又累压力又大。这次的婚礼让我头好痛。
阿 珊：放轻松点。有我做你的伴娘，一切OK啦！
布鲁克：我很担心到时会天下大乱！
阿 珊：嘿！我是向导。台湾去的宾客由我来搞定。
布鲁克：你得要告诉他们在教堂里要做什么，每样东西的意义……
阿 珊：我会的，别担心！

1 chaotic   

adj.混沌的，一片混乱的，一团糟的

参考例句：

• Things have been getting chaotic in the office recently.最近办公室的情况越来越乱了。
• The traffic in the city was chaotic.这城市的交通糟透了。