留美老师带你每日说英文 第982期:当别人用外语对家人攻击时

 There were all these horrific things that were being said to my mom and I had to translate all of that. I lost it.

她们对着我妈骂了一堆很难听的话，然后我还得一一翻译给我妈听。我当时很崩溃。

学习重点：

1.horrific 令人恐惧的；骇人的

horrific (adj.) 令人恐惧的；骇人的

horror (n.) 恐怖

horrendous¹ (adj.) 可怕的；惊人的

2.translate 翻译

translate (v.) 翻译

translation (n.) 翻译；译文；译本

translator (n.) 译者

3.lose it 失去理智

lose it (phr.) 失去理智

lose one's cool (phr.) 沈不住气

lose one's touch (phr.) 丧失以前的能力等

1 horrendous   

adj.可怕的，令人惊惧的

参考例句：

• He described it as the most horrendous experience of his life.他形容这是自己一生中最可怕的经历。
• The mining industry in China has a horrendous safety record.中国的煤矿工业具有令人不安的安全记录。