4.15 Angry 生气
W: What's up? You sound a little down in dumps.
M: I quarreled with my roommate last night. He is really stubborn.
W: Calm down! Shouting won’t help?
M: He is really outrageous.
W: What happened?
M: I went back home last night. You know tired as a dog, so I took a quick shower and went to bed. I couldn't fall asleep, because Brian was there in the living room, playing his stupid stereo so loud. I kindly told him to turn that down a little bit. He shouted at me.
W: What? He can't do this to you.
M: Well, he did it anyway. Then he came into my room and shot all his shit blah blah blah… you know.
W: What did you do?
M: I shouted it back of course.
W: Hold it, Mike. You won't accomplish anything by hollering at him, right? You are worked up till now. Why not wait until you cool down a bit?
M: What would you do if you were in my shoes?
W: Just stay cool. You know. When you get back home tonight, tell him that you didn't mean to quarrel with him.
M: No way, Mike. I mean it's just not my fault.
W: I know. It wouldn't hurt much to say sorry first. And after that, you can casually mention the problem. I am sure he will cooperate.
M: I am too angry to do that.
译：
W：怎么了？你听起来好像情绪不太好啊。
M：我昨晚和室友吵架了，他太倔了。
W：冷静点，吵架不能解决问题。
M：他太过分了。
W：怎么了？
M：我昨天晚上回家，你知道累得像狗似的，我很快的洗了个澡然后就上床了，可是Brian在客厅把他那个破音响开得很大声，吵得我睡不着。我礼貌的告诉他把声音关小点时，他却对我大喊大叫。
W：什么？他不能这么做。
M：他就是这么做的，然后他到了我这屋里嘟嘟嚷嚷。
W：那你呢？
M：我当然也冲他喊。
W：忍一忍，迈克。喊解决不了问题，你们直到现在还很激动，为什么不等你们冷静下来呢？
M：你是我的话会怎么办？
W：保持冷静，今晚你回家的时候，告诉他你不是真想和他吵。
M：没门儿，又不是我的错。
W：我知道，可先说抱歉又不损失什么，之后你可以慢慢地和他提这件事，我相信他会合作的。
M：我实在是太生气了，我做不到。
注释：
1． 词组“turn down”表示“降低音量”。
2． 对话中的“…shoot all his shit”是俚语，意思是“说脏话，说废话”。“shoot”的过去式和过去分词都是“shot”。
3． 当你和外国人谈话的时候，他们会常用到“Blah blah blah”，其意思是“等等等等一堆的废话”，多数情况都表示他们对某人所说的话表示不满，觉得他们说得都是和正题无关的废话。
4． 词组“work up”意为“使激动，使兴奋”。 |