迷你对话学地道口语第373期:要在心头

　　第一、迷你对话
A: There must be something weighing on your mind. What is it?
你好像有心思。是什么呀？
B: Dad, I lost mum’s necklace. I’m afraid she will scold¹ me.
爸爸，我把妈妈的项链弄丢了，我担心她会责备我的。
A: Don’t worry. I’ll buy a new necklace as some as the old one.
别担心了，我会买一条新的，和那个就的一模一样。
B: It is kind of you, Dad.
你真是太好了，爸爸。
第二、 对话精讲
核心短语】weigh on your mind
解词释义】weigh作为动词，本义是“称重量”，另外有“压垮”或“成为负担”的意思。习语weigh on one mind就是指“压在某人心头成为某人的负担”。
例句-1】Don't let it weigh on your mind.
你不要因此背包袱。
例句-2】The fact that his daughter is going to marry a foreigner seems to weigh heavily² on his mind
他女儿要和一个外国人结婚,这总使他感到心事重重的。
例句-3】It' s been weighing on my mind for days whether to tell her or not.
我这几天心烦意乱, 不知道应该不应告诉她。
例句-4】The matter weighed heavily on my mind.
这事沉重地压在我的心上。

1 scold   

n.好责骂的人，责骂；vi.责骂，唠唠叨叨地骂；vt.怒骂

参考例句：

• Don't scold the child，It's not his fault.别责怪那孩子，那不是他的过错。
• His father gave him a bad scold this morning.他父亲今晨狠狠训了他一顿。

2 heavily   

adv.猛烈地；大量地；厉害地

参考例句：

• They fined him heavily.他们重罚了他。
• It snowed heavily last night.昨夜的雪下得很大。