【英语早间课堂】话说地道美语 Lesson 15(5)

 Lesson Fifteen ( the Third Lecture)我的朋友，“话说地道美语”等待您很久了，我是Juliet，或许您也等待“话说地道美语”很久了，因为我们大家都度过了一个长假。现在的桂林，丹枫迎秋，金桂飘香，金风玉露，秋高气爽，秋阳杲杲，霜天红叶，稻谷飘乡——好一派亮丽的秋景！

I didn't get up on the wrong side of the bed every day. I was in the senventh heaven all the time, spending a seven-day holiday. And did you not get out of bed on the wrong side each day? I am hoping that you didn't wake up on the wrong side of the bed. Well , whatever your answer is "Yes." or "No", it passed. A new day comes and we must go back to work or study.

【课堂热身】

大家还记得在第15课中讲述的“to express someone is unhappy (the whole day)”的非常有趣的而且还充满着迷信色彩的说法吗？Actually, I've talked of them at the start of today's programme. So, what are they? They are: get up on the wrong side of the bed; get out of bed on the wrong side; wake up on the wrong side of the bed. In addition, we have two short sentences to say it. They are "You get out of bed the wrong way." or "You get out of bed with the left leg foremost¹." 以上个习语和2个短句都是可以描述一个人（整天或者是一天中的一段时间或者是某时候）心境糟糕，心绪烦乱，心烦意乱，情绪不佳等等不好的心理状况。

【课堂详解】

In fact, we have much more colourful expressions to give a description of your state of unhappiess. So, let's move to the third lecture in Lesson Fifteen.

1. under the weather The argument put me under the weather. 这场争论使我心情很糟糕。

2. in a bad temper² ( have a bad temper )The heavy work has put our father in a bad temper, so we shouldn't get his shirt off any more. 繁重的工作已经使我们的父亲的心境很糟了，我们就不要再惹他生气了。

注解：get one's shirt off 惹怒某人 put somebody + 介词短语 使某人感觉到......

3. in ill humour (out of humour)You must be in ill humour to be so cross about so small a thing.

你一定是心情不好才为一件小事而发这么大的气。

注解：be cross (with sombody) about something =be angry with somebody about something, be mad at somebody about something)4. out of sortsThe boss is out of sorts at the moment and you'd better not ask for trouble. 老板此刻情绪不好，因此，你最好不要自找麻烦。

注解：ask for trouble 再找苦吃，自找麻烦5. in a bad mood (in one of one's bad moods, in a black mood)It's time to put a stop on your childish³ behaviours because they've made your boyfriend in one of his bad moods. 你的娇娇小姐脾气该收敛了，你那些孩子气的行为已经让你男友很烦了。

注解：put a stop 收敛，停止 put a top on something 停止，收敛某事 put a strain⁴ on somebody 使某人感到负担，受到负担的影响 put pressure on somebody 使某人感到压力，收到压力的影响6. feel blue (feel down)She seemed to feel a bit down this morning.

她今早看起来有点怏怏不乐。

注解：feel blue 和feel down中feel是系动词，blue是形容词做表语，down是副词做表语。

【课堂总结】

在今天的课堂上，我们学了更多的描述一个人心情不好的地道口语表述法，总结起来共有14个说法，貌似很多，但是记忆起来来并不难——我们可以把14个表达法分为6个类别来记忆，一个weather，一个sorts， 两个temper，两个humour，两个feel，三个mood。还挺押韵的，亲爱的朋友们，不难吧。

【课后习题】

Please complete the sentences according to the Chinese. 1. 他们向她施加压力，逼得她自己辞职，这使得她心情糟透了。

They pressure her resign, makes her a bad .

2. 我母亲最近心情一直不好，感到负担很重。

My mother out of recently for her new job a strain her.

3. 劳累和心情长期处于不好的状况使得你苍老多了。

tired and under the wether put on .

Please translate the following sentences with the phrases we learned⁵ today. 1. 她整个星期多郁郁不乐。

2. Jane Eyer的舅母对她过度苛刻的要求使得她想饿死自己。

3. 我哥哥由于牙齿痛，现在心情糟透了。你最好不要惹他，否则是自找苦吃。

4. 自从他失去工作后，就一直心情不好。

 

转自可可英语

1 foremost   

adj.最初的，最前的，第一流的；adv.在最前

参考例句：

• He is considered the foremost British artist of this century.他被认为是本世纪英国第一流的艺术家。
• The premier occupies the foremost place in the world of politics.首相是政界的首要人物。

2 temper   

n.恶劣的心情，心绪焦躁；性情，脾气

参考例句：

• The man lost his temper and struck out wildly.那人因发怒而大打出手。
• One day the man flew at me in a temper.一天,那个人冲着我大发脾气。

3 childish   

adj.孩子的，孩子气的，幼稚的

参考例句：

• The little girl spoke in a high childish voice.这个小女孩用尖尖的童声讲话。
• We eventually ran out of patience with his childish behaviour.我们终于对他幼稚的行为忍无可忍。

4 strain   

n.紧张，拉紧，血统；v.劳累，拉紧，过份使用

参考例句：

• Strain the fat off before you serve the soup.在上汤前把里面的油滤掉。
• He had a muscular strain.他肌肉过劳。

5 learned   

adj.有学问的，博学的；learn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He went into a rage when he learned about it.他听到这事后勃然大怒。
• In this little village,he passed for a learned man.在这个小村子里，他被视为有学问的人。