英语博客-北美风情 256 To hit the roof

 　　What makes you angry? What does it take to make you to hit the roof? Today we’ve got a bunch¹ of expressions for you to use when talking about a person who gets very angry very quickly. When this happens, it’s like the person loses control and suddenly gets very upset. It’s never funny when something like that happens, but we’ve got lots of creative expressions to describe those situations. Listen in and keep your cool.

　　Maura:Today’s expressions mean that a person becomes angry very quickly and suddenly. So this is something that’s obviously² not a very happy topic.

　　Harp³:Nope, but it’s very interesting and we have some really cool expressions we’re gonna look at.

　　Maura:But, you know, we did have some trouble thinking of examples because Harp and I don’t get angry that fast.

　　Harp:Nope, but we found some good examples for you all.

　　Maura:That’s right, we did. OK, so let’s look at the first expression today.

　　Harp:The first expression is to hit the roof.

1 bunch   

n.串，束；群，帮

参考例句：

• A bunch of girls was[were] sitting on the grass.一群女孩坐在草地上。
• I received a bunch of flowers yesterday.昨天我收到了一束鲜花。

2 obviously   

adv.显然；明白地

参考例句：

• Obviously they were putting him to a severe test.显然他们是在给他以严峻的考验。
• Obviously he was lying.显然他是在撒谎。

3 harp   

n.竖琴；天琴座

参考例句：

• She swept her fingers over the strings of the harp.她用手指划过竖琴的琴弦。
• He played an Irish melody on the harp.他用竖琴演奏了一首爱尔兰曲调。