迷你对话学地道口语第285期:卷起铺盖走了

　　迷你对话：
A: We quarreled yesterday, and he picked up and left.
昨天我和我丈夫吵了一架，他卷起铺盖走了。
B: Terrible! Does he want to divorce¹?
太糟了，你想离婚吗？
A: I am not sure.
我拿不准。
B: Don’t lose your reason. Go to find him and talk with him.
别犯糊涂了，去找他谈谈吧。
地道表达：
pick up and leave
解词释义：
pick up本义是“拿起，捡起”，在美语中它的意思是“整理房间，收拾行李”，pick up and leave意思是“打点行李之后离开”。
联想记忆：
pack up and leave
支持范例：
Tigress' lips were trembling, her voice was ugly. “I'm picking up and leaving. How much money do I get?” (来自《骆驼样子》)
虎妞的嘴唇哆嗦上了，声音非常的难听，“我卷起铺盖一走，你给我多少钱？”
I am picking up and leave and I never come back again.
我卷起铺盖就走，再也不回来了。
词海拾贝：
lose one’s reason：失去理智，发狂，不讲道理
范例：He was not the only prisoner to lose his reason.
他不是唯一一个失去理智的囚犯。
If you lose your reason, the heckler wins.
如果你失去理智，那也就意味着质问者获得胜利。
Don't lose your reason however excited you are.
无论你多么兴奋都不要丧失理智。
联想记忆：
lose one’s mind
范例：I lose my mind just standing² next to him .
和他站在一起就使我意乱情迷。
I'm afraid Mary may lose her mind.
我担心玛丽会精神错乱。
lose one’s cool
范例：Be honest in your communication and don't lose your cool.
在交流中保持真诚，不要有失风度。
Don't lose your cool and give up.
不要失去冷静的头脑而放弃。

1 divorce   

n.离婚；分离；vi.离婚；vt.离婚；脱离

参考例句：

• Did he divorce his wife or did she divorce him?是他要和妻子离婚，还是妻子要和他离婚？
• None of us like the divorce of word and deed.我们都不喜欢言行不一。

2 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。