英语小达人 310 A Woman's Guide to What a Man Is Really Saying

 　　A Woman's Guide to What a Man Is Really Saying

　　男人话语隐含意义指南

　　I'M HUNGRY.

　　我饿了。

　　I'm hungry.

　　我饿了。

　　I'M SLEEPY.

　　我困了。

　　I'm sleepy.

　　我困了。

　　I'M TIRED.

　　我累了。

　　I'm tired.

　　我累了。

　　WHAT'S WRONG?

　　出什么事了？

　　I don't see why you're making such a big deal out of this.

　　我不知道你为什么要这么小题大做。

　　WHAT'S WRONG?

　　出什么事了？

　　What meaningless self-inflicted psychological trauma¹ are you going through now?

　　你又在那儿无病呻吟什么呢？

　　YES, I LIKE THE WAY YOU CUT YOUR HAIR.

　　是的，我喜欢你的新发型。

　　I liked it better before.

　　我还是比较喜欢你原来的发型。

　　YES, I LIKE THE WAY YOU CUT YOUR HAIR.

　　是的，我喜欢你的新发型。

　　$50 and it doesn't look that much different!

　　50块钱！这和以前看起来没多大不同！

　　YES, I LIKE THE WAY YOU CUT YOUR HAIR.

　　是的，我喜欢你的新发型。

　　For $50 they should have GIVEN YOU hair!

　　50块钱！他们该为你剪掉的头发付钱才对！

　　重点讲解：

　　1. make a big deal out of

　　小题大做；

　　eg. Let's not make a big deal out of this.

　　我们不要小题大做。

　　eg. Note passing a quick reprimand, so don't make a big deal out of it.

　　对于传纸条，一句责备就足够了，不要小题大做。

　　2. self-inflicted

　　adj. （伤痛）故意加于自身的，有意自伤的；

　　eg. He is being treated for a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

　　他因开枪自残受伤正在接受治疗。

　　eg. It is defeats are self-inflicted that it annoys me.

　　这种由自己一手造成的 落败 令我很恼怒.

　　3. go through

　　经历，经受；

　　eg. I don't ever want to go through anything like that again.

　　我不想再经历那样的事了。

　　eg. He is willing to go through the mill.

　　他愿接受磨炼。

1 trauma   

n.外伤，精神创伤

参考例句：

• Counselling is helping him work through this trauma.心理辅导正帮助他面对痛苦。
• The phobia may have its root in a childhood trauma.恐惧症可能源于童年时期的创伤。